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3 hours ago ago from nuclear-news
Mass. pushing whole energy efficient neighborhoods Google News By STEVE LeBLANC (AP) – 22 Dec 09 BOSTON — Massachusetts officials are hoping to use a federal stimulus grant to take the idea of energy conservation down from the lofty heights of solar panels and wind turbines and bring it back to the neighborhood. The approach to energy efficiency sounds simple enough, even mundane — from weather-stripping to improved insulation.But in New ...
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12 hours ago ago from CitySpur - When You Simply Want the Best a City Has to Offer
Nilanjana Bhowmick AHN India Correspondent New Delhi, India (AHN) India has approved, in-principle, 34 cities in the country to be developed as Solar Cities. The states from which these cities will be chosen come from around the country. They include Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chandigarh, Chattisgarh, Gujarat, Goa, Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamilnadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, ...
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22 hours ago ago from Earth 4 Energy
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7 hours ago ago from MyPointNow
Today Hawaii has by far the highest electrical rates in the nation. The major reason its electricity costs are so high us that imported oil accounts for 90 percent of the remote state's energy needs. The state's ambitious goal is to generate 70 percent of its power from clean energy sources by 2030, and it is looking everywhere. Solar is one component. State law now requires all new homes being built in 2010, at a minimum, include a ...
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Mass. pushing whole energy efficient neighborhoods
13 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Mass. pushing whole energy efficient neighborhoods BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts officials are hoping to use a federal stimulus grant to take the idea of energy conservation down from the lofty heights of solar panels and wind turbines and bring it back to the neighborhood. The "whole-neighborhood" approach to energy efficiency sounds simple enough, even mundane - from weather-stripping to improved insulation. But in New England with its ...
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8 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Okla. treasurer: State faces additional shortfall OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Oklahoma Treasurer Scott Meacham said Monday that even with budget cuts that have already been made, state government will face a $530 million shortfall this year. And things don't look much better for the next fiscal year, which starts in July. Meacham said lawmakers will have about 20 percent less in funding than they budgeted for the current fiscal year due to the ...
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We all know that states have "official" animals, birds, and flowers. Until I did a little research, I didn't know that there were also state insects, amphibians, and reptiles. For example, the state insect of New York is the ladybug, Missouri's reptile is the three toed box turtle, and the official amphibian of Washington is the Pacific chorus frog. However, recently Wisconsin has taken this naming of living things a step further. America's ...
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7 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Forecast: Jobs recovery spotty in Upper Midwest The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis' annual forecast calls for a gradual recovery in the Upper Midwest in 2010, but the labor markets in the district's six states won't recover at the same time. The following chart shows the state, the predicted percent change in nonfarm employment in 2010 and actual number of jobs predicted to be added or lost. For comparison, nonfarm employment in the ...
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The recession's jobless toll is draining unemployment-compensation funds so fast that according to federal projections, 40 state programs will go broke within two years and need $90 billion in loans to keep issuing the benefit checks. This Story The shortfalls are putting pressure on governments to either raise taxes or shrink the aid payments. Debates over the state benefit programs have already erupted in South ...
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