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Last minute Valentine’s Day gift ideas.

Feb 22, 12 Last minute Valentine’s Day gift ideas.

Here are your top Wednesday morning local news stories for February 22, 2012 in Local 5 News @ Your Desk…. Election results from February 21, 2012, including several local Mayoral races…. Oconto Falls fire crews responded to a fire at St. Anthony Catholic School…. fire crews from several Oconto & Marinette County communities battled a fire at Meatski’s Quality Meats on Highway 64 early Wednesday...

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Advantages of Metal Recycling

Feb 22, 12 Advantages of Metal Recycling

According to a recent survey, more than 150 million metric tons of various types of scrap materials are being recycled each year. Out of this 150 million metric tons scrap materials, metal scraps comprise of the majority of them. The time has come when metal recycling activities have become an essentiality to make our planet...

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WLOX-TV and WLOX.com – The News for South MississippiFULL TEXT: Gov. Bryant’s State of the State Address

Feb 22, 12 WLOX-TV and WLOX.com – The News for South MississippiFULL TEXT: Gov. Bryant’s State of the State Address

JACKSON, MS (WLOX) – Gov. Phil Bryant gave his first State of the State address Tuesday night outside the Capitol. The following is the full text of his speech: Thank you, Governor. First, let me congratulate you on your excellent appointments of committee chairs. I know them all very well and look forward to our successes together. mr. Speaker, you have also honored...

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Australia Steps Up Its Biomass Game

Feb 22, 12 Australia Steps Up Its Biomass Game

As renewable energy continues to gain popularity worldwide, more countries are turning to biomass as a potential renewable energy source. Australia has recently begun to explore the energy production possibilities of biomass. Biomass is the collective name given to all of the plants and animals living on Earth. Energy derived from plants and animals, usually waste or wood byproducts, is most often obtained from burning materials in a steam generator. The energy...

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New LED lights brighten Muscatine streets

Feb 22, 12 New LED lights brighten Muscatine streets

MUSCATINE, Iowa β€” Even when the moon wanes, people will be ableto drive in the moonlight on several Muscatine streets. Muscatine Power and Water has been replacing standard,high-pressure sodium street lights with LED β€” or light-emittingdiode β€” lights. The new lights are more efficient than theirtraditional predecessors because they emit light in a targeteddirection. Mark Nelson, chief operations engineer for MP&W, established300 sites for the replacement LED lights. as...

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Feature: Small modular nuclear reactors – the future of energy?

Feb 22, 12 Feature: Small modular nuclear reactors – the future of energy?

  Nuclear? Hell yes! fear of nuclear power is ignorant sillyness, grow up. Its green, its safe, its ready to go. Im NOT talking about old school huge plants, tear them down. But the new kind could fill the gap untill fusion reactors become practical in lets hope 20-30 years. Lumpy – February 16, 2012 @ 08:16 am PST One of the more interesting reactors I think is...

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Wind Energy Facts – How Much Can a Farmer Earn?

Feb 22, 12 Wind Energy Facts – How Much Can a Farmer Earn?

The focus on wind energy is often rightfully aimed at the reduction of pollution from the use of fossil fuels. while this is a wonderful goal to aim for, the production of alternative energy is essentially a business and that business is out to make money while saving the Earth. Wind farms are very easy to take care of once the initial capital is raised and the wind turbines...

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