How Corporate America Might Just Save Recycling
Earlier in the week, this blog looked at some of the ways in which the U.S. recycling system has become dysfunctional. Today, we look at what might happen if recycling started to really work in this country, and turn to a potential solution–one that is being promoted by some of the very companies responsible for...
read moreVt.’s Sanders to discuss geothermal energy
BURLINGTON, Vt.—Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders says geothermal energy is helping heat more Vermont homes, businesses and schools. On Monday Sanders, an independent, outlined some of the successes of geothermal heating projects in Vermont. He says investments in geothermal energy will reduce the $350 billion a year that Americans spend to import oil from foreign countries. Geothermal systems use underground temperatures to heat buildings in the winter and cool them in the summer. it costs...
read moreThe Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future: One-Year Progress Report
Office of the Press Secretary For immediate Release March 12, 2012 one year ago, the President put forward a comprehensive plan in the Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future that outlined the Administration’s all-of-the-above approach to American energy – a strategy aimed at reducing our reliance on foreign oil, saving families and businesses money at the pump, and positioning the United States as the global leader in clean energy. On Monday, the...
read moreArmy Issues Draft RFP for $7 Billion in Renewable Energy Contracts
On Friday February 24, 2012, the U.S. Army Engineering & Support Center in Huntsville, Alabama issued a draft request for proposals (Solicitation No. W912DY-11-R-0036, the “Draft RFP”) titled “Large Scale Renewable Energy Production for Federal Installations.” The objective of the solicitation, in its current form, is to procure renewable and alternative energy through power purchase agreements (PPAs) or contractual equivalents for terms of up...
read moreStudent architects to build residence from of recycled boxes : The Rebel Yell
January 30, 2012 by Rochel Leah Goldblatt Constructing building models with materials from Rebel Recycling saves green in two ways Architecture students plan to use 25,000 recycled boxes this semester to build models — and construct a full-size house. Rebel Recycling donated hundreds of cardboard boxes to the UNLV School of Architecture and the students are using the boxes to build all their models throughout this semester. At...
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