The town of Marshfield will soon become a 21st century model for energy technologies and policies as NSTAR rolls out a new pilot program in the South Shore community. Dubbed the "Marshfield Energy Challenge," the program takes a holistic approach to meeting growing energy demand by combining targeted energy efficiency efforts with small renewable generation and demand response systems.
Today, growing steel production, usually based on carbon, generates important quantities of CO2 worldwide. Concerned by the environment, the leading world steel producers are participating in research programs aimed at reducing CO2 emissions by 50% by the year 2050.
Echelon Corporation announced today that the city of Oslo's intelligent street lighting system has been cited as a "best practices" example by the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, a partnership of 40 of the world's largest cities and the Clinton Foundation's Climate Initiative.
FirstEnergy Corp. announced today that it has joined Green Circuits, an 18-month Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) initiative that will identify possible options for reducing electricity losses on distribution and transmission lines and explore technology improvements in both infrastructure and equipment.
Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE+G) today received approval from state regulators to begin offering $105 million in loans to help finance the installation of solar systems on homes, businesses and municipal buildings throughout its electric service area. The funding will provide a source of stable, secure capital to spur additional investment in solar energy.
The United Steelworkers (USW), the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Blue Green Alliance, a partnership of the USW and Sierra Club, today launched the national Green Jobs for America campaign.
As environmental action enters the spotlight this 38th annual Earth Day on April 22, 2008, a national study shows that consumers remain largely "clueless" about residential energy use impacting greenhouse gas emissions -- despite a vast U.S. marketing movement toward green affinity and awareness in recent years.
DuPont and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote the cause of green building design and certification in India.
U.S. policy makers should make oil production a priority, according to a brief analysis released today by the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA). Advocates of Brazil's energy policies often cite Brazil's increased ethanol use as a reason for its recent independence from foreign energy.
Powdr Corp today announced that it will offset 100 percent of the grid supplied electricity consumed at its seven ski and snowboard resorts and one tubing park through the purchase of renewable energy credits (RECs) beginning in June 2008.
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