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Saturday, June 20, 2009 7:54 AM

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Jennifer Parrish, Go Green: In hot water: Choosing your next water ...
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA

Solar Hot Water Heaters: For most people, the word solar conjures up images of rooftop photovoltaic arrays powering their homes by converting sunlight into ...

Seeds: Sun's again rising for area solar industry
Sacramento Bee - CA, USA

Replacing its electric counterpart, a solar water heater will eliminate 50 tons of carbon dioxide emissions over 20 years. Using photovoltaic or PV cells, ...

Solar-powered education
Daily Gleaner - Fredericton,New Brunswick,Canada

Not only did he employ a number of energy-efficient technologies when building his home, but he also covered half his roof with photovoltaic solar panels, ...

Taiwan's first HCPV solar power system inaugurated
eTaiwan News - Taiwan

Any additional power will be sold to the state-run Taiwan Power Company, he noted. According to Tsai, the cost of constructing a HCPV solar power system is ...

Protesters bash FPL's $1.3 billion rate request
Bradenton Herald - FL, United States

Solar contractors appeared in the back of the room during the Public Service Commission hearing, urging the panel to support a system in which big power ...

Solar, Wind, Conservation, Green Careers, Renewable Energy Lease ...
By American Energy Conservation Group

The most widely-used microgeneration technologies include small wind turbines and solar power photovoltaic systems that have been promoted for decades as alternative sources of renewable energy. ... recharging devices for personal electronics, as well as advanced photovoltaic and wind-turbine products to power homes and factories. Traditional “megapower” production of electricity is inefficient because traditional power stations are located far from the point-of-use. ...

Solar, Wind, Conservation, Green... - http://yeswecansolveit.blogspot.com/

The Green Jobcast #4 | JobRadio.fm - free Career Advice Internet Radio
By chris@jobradio.fm (The Jobcasters)

“We didn't envision there would be some bailout of Toledo, so we had to do it ourselves,” said Norm Johnston, CEO of Solar Fields, a solar startup company. “We want to move from being the 'rust belt' to being the 'renewable energy belt. ... Edison says the 500 total megawatts makes the project “the largest photovoltaic program ever undertaken.” “The program will create hundreds of neighborhood solar power plants, strengthen local grid reliability and produce hundreds of ...

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Houses in New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward Holy Cross Project are ...
By GlobalWarmingisReal

Although solar panels and other renewable energy options are becoming increasingly available and accessible, particularly in Louisiana, which offers buyers generous tax credits in addition to the Federal incentives, the systems are ... as lead installers for a total of two installations in order to qualify for the second PV-certification exam. LCTN linked Cardoza up with South Coast Solar, who invited him to participate in Global Green's Holy Cross Project installation. ...

Global Warming is Real - http://www.globalwarmingisreal.com/blog/

Google Alert - energy auditor, Green Jobs, Training, Services,
Saturday, June 20, 2009 3:40 AM

Google Blogs Alert for: energy auditor, Green Jobs, Training, Services,

Governor O'Malley Announces Expansion of Home Weatherization Program
By stanmoore

The auditor also develops a work plan for items that need to be addressed. “Our weatherization efforts not only reflect our commitment to a Smart, Green and Growing agenda, but it also highlights our focus on job creation as Maryland families ... State agencies are working with a consortium of Maryland community colleges to put together a statewide training program. Under Governor Martin O'Malley's EmPOWER Maryland initiative, the State of Maryland will reduce energy ...

Inside Charm City: Baltimore,... - http://insidecharmcity.com/

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Veterans Green Jobs Academy - Home Energy Auditor Training (HEAT ...

Jun 2, 2009 ... The Home Energy Efficiency Audit Training (HEAT) that these veterans have ... with their military experience and their sense of service, ... June 2, 2009:
For Green Jobs, the First Step is Training, The White House Blog ...

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BayTEC sets forth its vision
Mercury-Register - Oroville,CA,USA

Walker said she has been talking to a bank about financing, as well as the alliance looking into grants. One woman didn't want to see wind turbines on ...

Google Blogs Alert for: wind, wind careers, wind projects, wind financing, wind jobs
Solar, Wind, Conservation, Green Careers, Renewable Energy Lease ...

By American Energy Conservation Group

Unnecessary, Overblown, Solar and Wind Projects & Schemes Now bend over, like you've been doing to all of us for years, And Just Stick Em All Where The Wind Don't Blow (in that direction) and The Sun Don't Shine_Green Earl ... These projects and systems have saved American Energy Conservation customers hundreds of thousand of dollars in utility cost. Currently consulting and setting up statewide dealer network in CA while financing projects Nationwide. ...

Solar, Wind, Conservation, Green... - http://yeswecansolveit.blogspot.com/
Renewables Grow 12.4% in Q109

UNEP says a minimum of $750 billion - which would equal 37% of the economic stimulus packages and 1% of global GDP - is necessary to finance a sustainable economic recovery by investing in the greening of five key sectors: buildings, energy , ... When liquidity returns in wind project debt and tax equity markets, they forecast 9 GW of wind capacity additions in 2010, and 11 GW in 2011. Annual growth for wind should increase from 8.5 GW in 2008 to nearly 15.5 GW by 2020. ...

SustainableBusiness.com General News - http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.daily

Sops for renewable energy projects should continue: Abdullah
By Ians

CHENNAI - New and Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah Friday said his department would request the finance ministry to continue with existing incentive schemes for renewable power projects. ... June 11th, 2009 RI lawmakers debate new plan for funding wind farmPROVIDENCE, R.I. — The state's dominant electricity distributor would be forced to buy power from renewable energy producers under a deal struck Wednesday that could remove a major financial obstacle to ...

The Gaea News - http://blog.taragana.com/n/

Bloggers Meet With Bill Clinton, Yet World Keeps Spinning ...
By Susie Madrak

"For one billion dollars, you can get 870 jobs at a coal plant. For one billion dollars spent on solar, you get 1850-2000 jobs. For one billion on wind energy, 3300 jobs. But for a billion spent on retrofitting, 6000 jobs," he said. ... He went from talking about decoupling electric rates from usage, how to change bank financing on energy projects, how loans to the right projects could improve other parts of the world, and last but not least, how "it may already be too ...

Crooks and Liars - http://crooksandliars.com/

Why Do We Need The Supergrid, What Is Its Scope And What Will It ...
By admin

Wind is the most widely available UK renewable resource and with adequate interconnection, we can sell our surplus and balance our supply within a large pan-Continental system, rather than continuing to pay for fuel imports. - Roughly speaking an area of wind .... We suggest that we need a process of pan-European planning and negotiation to be undertaken to allow the construction of the project to begin at the earliest possible opportunity. Presentation of Gregor Czisch ...

Claverton Group - http://www.claverton-energy.com/

The latest from Yahoo! News: Most Emailed - Odd News

* Police: Man attacked in Okla. for bologna sandwich (AP)
* Prosecutor wants to ban fast-food toys (Reuters)
* WVa couple get bridge souvenir in their bedroom (AP)
* Lottery winner plans to grow better carrots (Reuters)
* US man dressed as dead mother to collect benefits (AFP)
* Like Obama, Lincoln had run-in with a fly (AP)
* Unveiling the blinking phone dress (Reuters)
* Fla. city to workers: Wear underwear, deodorant (AP)
* Jobless man steals just for free prison lunch (Reuters)
* NY prison official resigns over behind-bars bar mitzvah (AFP)
* Musicians attacked at wedding (Reuters)
* Tattoo gone wrong: Stars and gripes forever? (Reuters)
* Belgian teen to sue over 56-star facial tattoo (AFP)
* Man sets off fireworks in bathroom in Del. Arby's (AP)
* Dutch muggers caught on Google street view camera (Reuters)
* Chicago couple with swine flu say 'I do' (AP)
* Man drives 3 miles on Wash. interstate in reverse (AP)
* Montana woman uses chickens as therapy animals (AP)

Police: Man attacked in Okla. for bologna sandwich (AP) Top
AP - A man in Oklahoma City said he was attacked for his bologna and cheese sandwich. Police say 24-year-old Roger Hamilton told them he was sitting on a bus station bench Wednesday, about to put mayonnaise on his sandwich, when another man began staring at him.

Prosecutor wants to ban fast-food toys (Reuters) Top
Reuters - Charging that toys sold with meals in fast-food outlets can lead children to develop bad eating habits, a Brazilian prosecutor on Monday asked a judge to ban such sales nationally at chains including McDonald's and Burger King.

WVa couple get bridge souvenir in their bedroom (AP) Top
AP - A West Virginia couple got an unexpected souvenir from the demolition of the Pomeroy Mason Bridge when a piece of it landed in their spare bedroom. When workers imploded the top half of a pier Wednesday, the blast sent a football-sized piece through the siding of Steve and Kelly Stewart's house in Mason. Kelly Stewart said the piece landed in a bean bag chair and missed her by a few feet.

Lottery winner plans to grow better carrots (Reuters) Top
Reuters - A 74-year-old amateur gardener who scooped a 25 million pound lottery prize said Tuesday he would spend part of his winnings hiring an expert to learn how to grow better carrots.

US man dressed as dead mother to collect benefits (AFP) Top
AFP - A New York man has been charged with fraud after dressing up as his dead mother so he could collect more than 100,000 dollars in welfare benefits, prosecutors said.

Like Obama, Lincoln had run-in with a fly (AP) Top
AP - President Obama launched his campaign from Abraham Lincoln's hometown, used his Bible to be sworn in and quotes Lincoln at the drop of a stovepipe hat.

Unveiling the blinking phone dress (Reuters) Top
Reuters - Former Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova presented a prototype dress to reporters that is designed to light up when the wearer's mobile telephone rings.

Fla. city to workers: Wear underwear, deodorant (AP) Top
AP - A Florida city is cleaning up with a new dress code that requires city workers to wear underwear and use deodorant. The city council in Brooksville north of Tampa recently approved a dress code that instructs employees to observe "strict personal hygiene."

Jobless man steals just for free prison lunch (Reuters)
Reuters - A jobless Taiwan man released from prison stole a box of cotton swabs just to get arrested again because he "could not forget the police department boxed lunches," officers and local media said Tuesday.

NY prison official resigns over behind-bars bar mitzvah (AFP) Top
AFP - A senior New York prisons official has stepped down following revelations that a Jewish fraudster held a lavish jailhouse bar mitzvah for his son, a prison spokesman Tuesday.

Musicians attacked at wedding (Reuters) Top
Reuters - Taliban fighters beat musicians, shaved their heads and left them tied to trees overnight because they performed at an Afghan wedding, a village tribal chief said Monday, a sign of the fighters' growing influence.

Tattoo gone wrong: Stars and gripes forever? (Reuters) Top
Reuters - A Belgian teenager has told police how she emerged from a tattoo parlor with 56 stars over one side of her face, rather than the three she had asked for, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

Belgian teen to sue over 56-star facial tattoo (AFP) Top
AFP - A Belgian teenager is suing a tattoo artist whom she says covered half her face with stars while she was asleep, media reports said.

Man sets off fireworks in bathroom in Del. Arby's (AP) Top
AP - The Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office said a man damaged a toilet at an Arby's by setting off fireworks in the bathroom. Fire marshals said the man walked into the restaurant Thursday about 9:30 a.m. Delaware State Police are also investigating and searching for the man.

Dutch muggers caught on Google street view camera (Reuters) Top
Reuters - Dutch twin brothers who mugged a teen-ager in the northern town of Groningen were arrested after being caught on camera by a car gathering images for Google's online photo map service, police said.

Chicago couple with swine flu say 'I do' (AP) Top
AP - The bride wore white — and a face mask. A Chicago couple married in surgical masks and latex gloves Sunday after learning less than 48 hours before that they both had swine flu. Ilana Jackson and Jeremy Fierstien went ahead with the ceremony after doctors assured them guests wouldn't be at serious risk.

Man drives 3 miles on Wash. interstate in reverse (AP) Top
AP - The Cowlitz County sheriff's office said a driver went at least three miles on I-5 near Castle Rock in reverse. Deputy Ryan Cruser said a 41-year-old Canadian was arrested about 8:30 p.m. Thursday after his car stopped in the middle of the northbound lanes. He laughed as deputies approached and refused to get out his rented car.

Montana woman uses chickens as therapy animals (AP) Top
AP - Therapy dogs are a comfort for people recovering from health disorders or facing other hurdles in their lives. How about therapy chickens? A woman has decided that white leghorn rooster Alex and Cornish game hen Carlita are too good to keep to herself.