Green Energy


Hodes stumps in Laconia

Guay/Citizen photo Congressman Paul Hodes, D-N.H., accompanies his wife, Peggo Horstmann Hodes, on guitar Saturday during a campaign stop in Laconia.


It’s a case of biomass catch-22

Slash from a forest thinning operation in the northern end of the Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forests is put into a wood chipper, after which the compacted material will be hauled away and used to generate electricity at a power plant.


Denley: Those political winds keep blowing

Earlier this week, Energy Minister Brad Duguid told us what he thinks we need to know about the provincea s soaring electricity bills.


Gubernatorial Candidates Face Off at S.D. State Fair

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Scott Heidepriem says South Dakota has not done enough under Republican Gov.


Hoosier pitches solar-power solution

If the father of alternating current, Nikola Tesla, were still around, he might well give Jason Oliver a high-five. Oliver, of Arcadia, has developed a novel way to generate alternating current from solar panels.


Most New Tropic Farmland from Slashing Forests

More than half a million square miles of new farmland — an area roughly the size of Alaska — was created in the developing world between 1980 and 2000, of which over 80 percent was carved out of tropical forests, according to Stanford researcher Holly Gibbs.


Academics clash over wind farms

They’re in a fight that could shape wind power in Ontario, billions of dollars of investment and the green reputation of Dalton McGuinty’s Liberals.


SGS to Showcase its Renewable Energy Services at the North American…

SGS, the worlda s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, is one of the exhibitors at the North American Offshore Wind Conference & Exhibition in Atlantic City.


Health Care REIT is making its move

After nearly a year of multimillion-dollar renovations incorporating green energy and employee-wellness features, Health Care REIT Inc.


Miss. gov signs bill banning synthetic marijuana

A senator holds up a copy of the governor’s proclamation for the call to Special Session and the consideration of outlawing synthetic marijuana that’s been sold in convenience stores and smoke shops under several names, including Spice, K2, Demon, Voodoo, Genie and Zohai, Friday at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss.


Hopes pinned on wind energy to replace Iowa’s lost manufacturing jobs

Posted on Sep 03, 2010 by George Ford . Midland Forge is one of a handful of major manufacturers that has closed this year, and the building is now up for sale.


Salmond hails low carbon projects

Investment in renewable energy and low carbon projects will create real economic wealth, First Minister Alex Salmond has said.


Montana lumber mill gets alternative energy project

Stoltze Lumber, a family-owned lumber production facility in Northwest Montana, will participate in an alternative energy project utilizing algae, wood chips and methane gas.


Smog is down, but political fog is up

It’s been hot – plenty hot – but smog days are way down this summer. There have been just 12, compared with 53 in the sweltering scorcher of 2005.


Sestak pulls earmark request that raised questions

U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak says he’s revoked a request he made for a taxpayer-paid grant that raised questions about whether it complies with House rules.


Bacteria Harvests Precious Metals to Produce Clean Energy

Typical of industrial construction, precious metals such as gold, platinum and palladium are sometimes lost given the difficulties of effectively extracting them.


Typhoon Lionrock makes landfall at E China’s Fujian

This year’s eighth tropical storm, dubbed Lionrock, made landfall at Zhangzhou city in east China’s Fujian Province early Thursday morning, local meteorologists said.


Casey tours Tioga County wind project

U.S. Senator Bob Casey on Wednesday toured AES Armenia Mountain Wind LLC, a wind project located in Tioga and Bradford counties.


Alternative energy group submits proposal to buy Chrysler Plant in Fenton

Denny Coleman with the St. Louis Co. Economic Development Council confirms that an alternative energy group has put in an offer to purchase the plant in Fenton.


Bans on ‘open carry’ and plastic bags die in Legislature

Bills to prohibit the “open carry” of unloaded handguns, to ban plastic shopping bags, to set a stringent new renewable energy standard and to change how teachers are laid off died in the acrimonious final minutes of this year’s Legislative session.


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