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Banish junk mail Email Banish junk mail By Lori Bongiorno
Sick of all the junk mail piling up in your mailbox and home? While it's virtually impossible to stop all unwanted mail and catalogs, there are ways to seriously curtail the onslaught.
It's worth the effort, when you consider that junk mail is a colossal waste of time and resources (paper, energy, etc.). The average American household gets 848 pieces of junk mail a year, and we'll each spend about eight months of our lives dealing with it.
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Hawaii Takes Bold Renewable Energy Initiatives Email Hawaii Takes Bold Renewable Energy Initiatives Hawaii, United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com]
Hawaiian governor Linda Lingle announced in October a comprehensive agreement that is aimed at decisively moving the state away from its dependence on fossil fuels for electricity and ground transportation and toward renewable energy.
The historic accord — agreed to between the Lingle-Aiona Administration, including the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism and the State Consumer Advocate , and the Hawaiian Electric companies — is an achievement stemming from months of discussions and work on the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative .
The effort, which began in January between the state and U.S. Department of Energy , seeks to move Hawaii toward having 70 percent of its energy use come from clean energy sources by 2030.
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How Will Renewables Fare in the New Political Environment? Email How Will Renewables Fare in the New Political Environment? Washington, D.C., United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com]
Americans have heard the Presidential and Congressional candidates talk about renewable energy for the last 24 months. Now it's up to Democrats to live up to the talk. With a Democrat in the White House and a significant Democratic majority in Congress, industry leaders are hopeful that renewable energies will become a higher national priority.
"To date, we have had no leadership capable of moving the world in a new direction. President Obama can be this leader, he will be the catalyst for the dawn of the solar revolution and the beginning of the transition to a truly renewable economy," said Financial Analyst J. Peter Lynch
President-elect Barack Obama and Democrats in the House and Senate will have many items on the clean-energy agenda in 2009. Extending the Production Tax Credit, creating a Renewable Portfolio Standard and passing carbon cap and trade legislation are some of the top goals for lawmakers.
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Lab makes renewable diesel fuel from E. Coli poop Email Lab makes renewable diesel fuel from E. Coli poop
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, California -- Fossil fuels that keep our planet running -- oil, natural gas and coal -- were created from the decomposition of plants, plankton and other organic material over millions of years.
Today, scientists all over the globe are working to create fuels with the same properties but without that pesky 100 million-year wait. And "renewable petroleum" is now a reality, on a small scale, in some laboratories.
The biotech company LS9 Inc. is using single-celled bacteria to create an oil equivalent. These petroleum "production facilities" are so small, you can see them only under a microscope.
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Gore: Make U.S. electrical energy carbon-free Email Gore: Make U.S. electrical energy carbon-free The United States should be making all of its electricity with renewable and carbon-free energy in 10 years, former Vice President Al Gore said Thursday.
"The survival of the United States of America as we know it is at risk," Gore said.
In a speech at Washington's Constitution Hall, Gore touched on an array of the nation's current woes, saying the economic, environmental and national security crises are all related.
"I don't remember a time in our country when so many things seemed to be going so wrong simultaneously," Gore said.
To begin to fix all the problems, Gore said, "the answer is to end our reliance on carbon-based fuels."
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Storing the Sun: Molten Salt Provides Highly Efficient Thermal Storage Email Storing the Sun: Molten Salt Provides Highly Efficient Thermal Storage
by Julie Way
California, United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com]
Despite their widespread use, solar technologies suffer the limitation of most renewable technologies: an unpredictable operating profile due to weather variations. However, using the highly efficient properties of molten salt for heat transfer, one technology insulates electricity production from weather volatility and, more importantly, it offers the capability to dispatch electricity as needed without requiring the use of natural gas. This technology is a concentrating solar power (CSP) technology, built around a proprietary central receiver tower and molten salt loop.
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Best Buy testing free e-waste recycling program Email Best Buy testing free e-waste recycling program
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Business Writer Mon Jun 2, 6:56 AM ET
SAN FRANCISCO - Under pressure to help dispose some of the electronic waste it helped create, Best Buy Co . is testing a free program that will offer consumers a convenient way to ensure millions of obsolescent TVs, old computers and other unwanted gadgets don't poison the nation's dumps.
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Rockefellers call for change at Exxon Mobil Email Rockefellers call for change at Exxon Mobil
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Members of the Rockefeller family are calling on Exxon Mobil Corp to make corporate governance changes and adopt a renewable fuels strategy to help address the soaring cost of energy.
John D. Rockefeller founded the Standard Oil Co in 1870, which was a precursor to Exxon Mobil . Exxon Mobil is the world's largest publicly traded oil company based on market capitalization, and is a favorite target of consumer advocate groups and politicians unhappy with record prices for oil and gas and its effects on the environment.
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Mangrove project creates fish, fire and hope in Eritrean desert Email Mangrove project creates fish, fire and hope in Eritrean desert
HIRGIGO, Eritrea (AFP) - Kneeling by the sparkling waters of the Red Sea , Ahmed Shengabay presses sand carefully over a mangrove seed.
"When this grows, it will provide protection for fish and food for my goats," Ahmed said smiling, waving at a long and thick line of tall trees already reaching high into the sky.
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