Coca-Cola Enterprises expects to slash its consumption of electricity by 5.6 million kilowatt-hours a year as a result of an energy efficiency overhaul of lighting systems at 24 facilities in the state. The new lighting by Orion Energy Systems has … Continued
Why does Florida’s top tourism bureau now support offshore drilling? In early October, tourism officials from across the state gathered in the Panhandle town of Destin for a two-day discussion on offshore oil drilling. Florida Association of Convention and Visitors … Continued
WaterSense Labeled Toilets Toilets are by far the main source of water use in the home, accounting for nearly 30 percent of residential indoor water consumption. Toilets also happen to be a major source of wasted water due to leaks … Continued
Motorola has announced plans to launch the world’s first completely carbon neutral mobile phone, at CES 2009 in Las Vegas. The shell of the W233 Renew is made entirely of recycled water bottles, and will be available via T-Mobile within … Continued
Try this on a globe sometime, or Google Earth: Looking head-on at the planet, spin it until Hawaii is a little north and east of center. What you’ll see — besides the barest fringes of America and Asia up there, … Continued
Tim DeChristopher, the student who won over 22,000 acres of land at a Bureau of Land Management Auction, is on his way to purchasing the land, which was originally intended for sale to oil companies. DeChristopher infiltrated a Bureau of … Continued
Would you like power with those fries? A new garage-engineered generator burns the waste oil from restaurants’ deep fryers to generate electricity and hot water. Put 80 gallons of grease into the Vegawatt each week, and its creators promise it … Continued
In an attempt to protect pristine coral reefs, rare fish and underwater volcanoes, Mr Bush will mark out an area spanning 195,000 square miles in the Pacific Ocean as a trio of “marine national monuments,” a spokesman said. The areas … Continued
A few weeks before we even rang in the start of 2009, I was already thinking about my New Year’s resolutions. And then I started wondering what resolutions other people were making. I heard both the usual: eat better, exercise … Continued
In July, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist announced that the Florida’s Turnpike Turkey Lake Service Plaza gas station, just north of Interstate 4, was the first in Central Florida to offer E85 ethanol for sale to the motoring public. “The rising … Continued
