Reverb Greens the Music Industry and Saves 67,000 Tons of CO2
Posted on Feb 09, 2010 by Scott James.
I love going to concerts, but on my way out there’s always that twinge of reality when I see a field covered with old plastic cups and see the fleets of buses out back idling before they leave for the next show. Wouldn’t it be great if somebody was figuring out how to do an environmentally friendly tour? There is: Reverb.
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If you suffer from skin problems, you have probably spent a lot of money trying different products, both natural and chemical, that promise relief. Whether you complexion problems are mild and occasional or more severe acne, there’s a simple solution in your kitchen pantry. Honey!
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Home Wind Power for Half the Price, Over the Counter
Posted on 03. Feb, 2010 by Derek Markham.
For commercial renewable energy enthusiasts, there’s no shortage of eye candy among industrial sized wind installations, but for the homeowner, the closest they get to feeling like they’re really generating clean energy might be the ‘Powered by the Wind’ sticker they get from their local utility when purchasing the wind power option for electricity. But that could change very soon, because a major retail store, Ace Hardware, will soon be selling a very cool new home wind turbine at half the installed price of a traditional turbine.
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EPA Win: Kansas Coal Power Plant Must Install $500 Million Pollution Scrubber
Posted on 02. Feb, 2010 by Susan Kraemer.
In a case begun immediately after the Obama administration took office – under New Source Review rules that have not been enforced for over a decade, a Kansas coal power company has just settled with the newly activist EPA led by Lisa Jackson.
Under the settlement, Westar Energy has agreed to pay a $3 million fine and must now spend $500 million to correct its longstanding violations of the Clean Air Act.
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Ethanol Industry Sues California
Posted on 01. Feb, 2010 by Scott James.
The Federal government is asking the fuel industry to incrementally raise the levels of ethanol in the country’s gas. California has state legislation called the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 calling for car fuels to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The California Air Resources Board counts indirect GHG’s created in the production of ethanol, meaning it will not be part of California’s solution when the plan starts in 2011. The Air Resources Board believes it is doing its duty, as “the Legislature declared that global warming poses a serious threat to the economic well-being, public health, natural resources, and the environment of California.” The ethanol industry isn’t about to say aw, shucks.
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