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SOURCE: usatoday.com
“Jet contrails may be adding to global warming but on the ground, many airports are getting very green. During last week’s Earth Day celebration air travelers could get free recycling tips at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s energy fair, free tote bags at Denver International Airport, and free plantable postcards embedded with wildflowers at Boston’s Logan [...]
SOURCE: saratogian.com
“You may need less green to make a green impact on your life than you expected thanks to an array of tax credits and incentives available in New York.
Scott Rakowski, regional manager of Alteris Renewables, a Connecticut-based company that installs renewable energy sources across the Northeast, said that the financial incentives for homeowners and [...]
SOURCE: WSJ
“What will the energy-efficient house of the future look like?
It could have gardens on its walls or a pond stocked with fish for dinner. It might mimic a tree, turning sunlight into energy and carbon dioxide into oxygen. Or perhaps it will be more like a lizard, changing its color to suit the weather [...]
SOURCE: bizjournals
“After years of zero financial incentives for alternative-energy enthusiasts, Virginia is bursting out of the starting gate with tens of millions of stimulus dollars just for renewable-energy aid…” – Vandana Sinha
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SOURCE: Bnet
“Solar rebates are off and running in Pennsylvania, thanks to $100 million approved by the state last week. To get the program started, the state’s Commonwealth Financing Authority had to borrow $30 million, according to Philly.com. In turn, they’ll be able to cover about a third of the costs for new buyers…” – Chris [...]
SOURCE: reuters.com
“The United States and other rich nations must do more to help clinch a landmark deal on climate change this year, a top U.N. official said at a meeting of global environment ministers.
The three-day meeting of the Group of Eight industrial countries and major developing economies, which opened in Sicily on Wednesday, has been [...]
SOURCE: NYT
“The Obama administration is using Earth Day for launching another all-out effort to sell the American public and key lawmakers on “green jobs” as the solution for the United States’ environmental and economic woes…” – ALEX KAPLUN
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SOURCE: semiconductor.net
“The economic turmoil of the PV market in 2009 could actually turn into a more mature and orderly supply chain for the worldwide solar industry when growth returns, iSuppli predicts…”
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SOURCE: forbes
“Despite – or maybe even because of – the flagging economy, hundreds of representatives from cities across America are in town this week learning how to embrace sustainability.
The National League of Cities picked Portland as the site of its first-ever Green Cities Conference and Expo, in part, said president Kathleen Novak, because it’s a [...]
SOURCE: newbernsj.com
“President Obama’s economic recovery program could create or save 2.5 million green jobs designing, building and maintaining renewable energy projects and increasing the energy efficiency of schools, homes and federal office buildings.
The work funded by the stimulus spending bill includes jobs in fields ranging from ironworking to window manufacturing, power distribution and alternative energy [...]