USA TodayBy Kevin Maney One Day Searchers May Quit Googling And Start ChaCha-ing Coming out with a new search engine must be like coming out with a new ketchup. Heinz makes the default ketchup – the dominant ketchup. Someone might … Continued
Cities Spend Millions On Land to Protect Water By Jim Carlton From The Wall Street Journal Online Environmentalists have been fighting for years to corral urban sprawl. Now they have a new ally: local governments that want to lock up … Continued
EPA-Influenced Vehicles Get Set to Hit Road Agency Inspires Commercial Manufacture Of Fuel-Saving, Hydraulic-Hybrid System in Trucks By JOHN J. FIALKAWall Street JournalAugust 22, 2006; Page A4 ANN ARBOR, Mich. — After badgering American manufacturers to produce cleaner, more-fuel-efficient vehicles, … Continued
Drive sensibly (no jack-rabbit starts, ect)– Fuel saved: 5% to 33%– Equates to saving: 15 cents to 96 cents a gallon Remove excess weight– Fuel saved: 1% to 2% per 100 pounds removed– Equates to saving: 3 cents to 6 … Continued
Your voice matters. Contact your elected representatives and urge them to support efforts for vast improvements in energy productivity to enable transition to domestically available, pollution-free renewable energy. Access Project Vote Smart to search by zip code for your elected … Continued
Wall Street JournalAugust 16, 2006By Sofia Celeste MILAN-If renewable-energy company Italgest Energia SpA has its way, the southern Italian region of Puglia soon will play host to a solar-energy farm spanning nearly a square kilometer with a production capacity of … Continued
The house that green builtFlorida lags in efforts to make homes eco-friendly Nin-Hai Tseng | Sentinel Staff Writer Posted August 14, 2006 Instead of granite countertops for the gourmet kitchen, Pamela and John Pare chose the kind made of recycled … Continued
MarketWatch.ComBy Marshall Loeb NEW YORK — If you’re thinking of purchasing a hybrid car or SUV, which supplements a traditional internal combustion engine with an electric motor to boost fuel efficiency, you should be aware that you could qualify for … Continued
Cities reward ‘lifestyle’ that conserves waterBy Judy KeenUSA TODAY More cities are creating or expanding programs that give residents and businesses rebates or utility-bill credits for installing grass-free lawns or toilets, washing machines and showers that use less water.Warren Selkow, … Continued
Experts Across Political Spectrum Challenge ‘Emotionally Compelling’ Slogan By JOHN J. FIALKAJuly 5, 2006; Page A4 WASHINGTON — The U.S. may be addicted to oil, but many of its politicians are addicted to “energy independence” — which may be among … Continued
