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Rising Fuel and Environmental Costs Prompted Filing by Progress Energy

A significant run-up in the market price for coal and other fuels used in electricity generation -- caused by global demand and market conditions -- has prompted a request by Progress Energy Carolinas to increase the fuel component of the rates paid by the company's S.C. customers.

30 Apr 2008

2008 Top Ten List of Hot Greenroof Design Trends

Greenroofs.com has selected the "2008 Top Ten List of Hot Greenroof Design Trends" and Publisher Linda S. Velazquez, ASLA Associate and LEED AP, and Design Editor Haven Kiers, MLA, will present the list at the sixth Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities Conference, Awards and Trade Show on May 2, in Baltimore, Maryland.

30 Apr 2008

Educating Consumers About Energy Efficient Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs

Georgia Power and two metro Atlanta Kroger food stores recently teamed up to provide shoppers with energy efficiency information and $1 off coupons on General Electric compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs). Senior citizen patrons received an additional 5 percent discount.

30 Apr 2008

URE to Debut Plug-In 1 - Ohio's First Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Union Rural Electric Cooperative (URE) will debut Plug-In 1, Ohio's first plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), a converted 2008 Ford Escape SUV that can run on a rechargeable advanced battery and achieve 50-60 miles per gallon.

30 Apr 2008

Farming Pushed Natural Drought into Disaster

Climate scientists using computer models to simulate the 1930s Dust Bowl on the U.S Great Plains have found that dust raised by farmers probably amplified and spread a natural drop in rainfall, turning an ordinary drying cycle into an agricultural collapse.

30 Apr 2008

Making the Best Economic and Environmental Choice Starts by Figuring Out the Facts

It's sunshine, it's free, it's simple enough-right? With all the dizzying things to consider, from interpreting your power bill and reviewing solar proposals to comparing paying cash with lower-cost offerings, the process of switching to solar can leave a homeowner buried in paperwork.

30 Apr 2008

Launch of EcoNEW Service Helps Consumers Recycle Electronics for Cash

N.E.W. Customer Service Companies, Inc. (NEW) is pleased to announce Sam's Club has launched ecoNEW®, its new online electronics recycling service that helps members nationwide get rid of their older, unwanted, small to medium size electronics through a free, easy-to-use, environmental solution for e-waste recycling.

30 Apr 2008

CDI Engineering Selected by Silfab for Polysilicon Technology Integration Services

CDI Corp. announced today that its CDI Engineering Solutions business unit has been selected by Silfab S.p.A. to provide technology integration, basic engineering and detailed engineering services for Silfab's solar grade polysilicon manufacturing project to be built in Borgofranco d'Ivrea, Italy.

30 Apr 2008

SMC Continues Commitment to Ensuring Products are Environmentally-Friendly

SMC Networks today announced its continuing commitment to ensuring that its products are environmentally-friendly - while in use, while in transit and after disposal.

30 Apr 2008

Doubling Data Center Energy Efficiency by 2012

The rapidly increasing demand for digital processing for everything from online banking to e-Bay auctions, Amazon orders, Google searches, and iTunes and YouTube downloads has become part of the global warming story.

30 Apr 2008

Green Carpeting

Green Carpeting. Not many have ever heard of this revolutionary product. Usually when a person concerned with Global Warming asks, "What can I do to prevent Global Warming?" the usual response follows, "Recycle your bottles! and "Use less electricity!" 23 year old entrepreneurs Emily Kreuz and Bhaskar Biswas are leading the way by introducing a revolutionary new idea to be more environmentally friendly. Purchasing "Green Carpeting".

30 Apr 2008

Renovation of Hydro Plant Increases Supply of Clean, Renewable Electricity

A PPL Corporation subsidiary will renovate and recommission its Orono, Maine, hydroelectric plant, adding 20,000 megawatt-hours per year of clean, renewable electricity to the region's power supplies.

30 Apr 2008

Predictions Suggest Global Warming will Weaken During the Next 10 Years

To date climate change projections, as published in the last IPCC report, only considered changes in future atmospheric composition. This strategy is appropriate for long-term changes in climate such as predictions for the end of the century.

30 Apr 2008

Eco-House Showcases Solutions Addressing Climate Change

Designed by renowned concept designer John Prewer, the Ideal Homes Show Eco-House showcases how eye-catching pragmatic solutions are available to address issues including climate change, the depletion of fossil fuels, as well as adapting to new building regulations and changing lifestyle requirements of households in the 21st century.

30 Apr 2008

The World’s Biggest Landfill to Biogas Conversion Plant

As part of a Joint Venture, the technology group The Linde Group and the American company Waste Management Inc. will build the world's biggest plant for the conversion of landfill gas into environmentally friendly biogas in Livermore, California.

30 Apr 2008