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GOV. SHUMLIN, LT. GOV. SCOTT, GMP & SUBARU OF NEW ENGLAND URGE VERMONTERS TO...
Gov. Peter Shumlin, Lt. Gov. Phil Scott, and Green Up Day sponsors Green Mountain Power and Subaru of New England today joined to remind Vermonters to participate in the 45th Annual Green Up Day this Saturday and to highlight a unique, Green Up Day-ins...
Dr. Ruiz Urges Department of Interior to Include the Salton Sea in the Desert...
Dr. Raul Ruiz (D-Palm Desert) wrote Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewel asking that the Department of the Interior (DOI) move forward with the federal portion of the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP) and ensure that lands at and under...
Mayor Garcetti Breaks Ground on Major Water Recycling Project
On Earth Day and amid this historic drought, Mayor Garcetti today broke ground on the Terminal Island Advanced Water Purification Facility (AWPF) Expansion project. Once completed in 2017, the expanded plant will produce 12 million gallons of purified ...
STATEMENT-REP. ENGEL: THERE IS MUCH TO CELEBRATE THIS EARTH DAY
Congressman Eliot Engel (NY-16), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement on Earth Day. “We have a lot to celebrate this year as we honor the 45th anniversary of Earth Day. Climate change can no lon...
Raimondo Announces Municipal LED Streetlight Energy Efficiency Incentives
Governor Gina M. Raimondo today announced the availability of $525,000 in financial incentives for qualified municipalities seeking to reduce their energy consumption and costs through the installation of light-emitting diode (LED) streetlights and con...
Kuster Applauds House Passage of Bipartisan Shaheen-Portman Energy Efficiency Legislation
Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) applauded last night’s House passage of common sense, bipartisan energy efficiency legislation that was first introduced in the Senate by Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Rob Portman (R-OH). Kuster has lon...
USDA Announces Funding for Rural Electric Infrastructure Projects
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced funding for six rural electric infrastructure projects, including three in North Carolina that will use solar energy to generate electricity for rural communities.
Governor Cuomo Announces First of Its Kind Energy Efficient Home Built by Veterans for...
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the groundbreaking of the country’s first U.S. Department of Energy Zero Energy Ready Home, which will be built by veterans, for veterans, in Huntington Station. As part of the United Way of Long Island VetsBu...
Following QER’s Findings, Committee Leaders Want to Work Together to Modernize U.S. Energy Policy
House Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today released the following statement following the administration’s release of the first installment of its Quadrennial En...
Ahead Of Earth Day, Mayor de Blasio Announces Three New Operational Solar Installations –...
Mayor de Blasio today announced three new solar installations on City buildings as part of the Administration’s green buildings plan, taking another step toward dramatically reducing the City’s contributions to climate change. The three solar insta...
MTA AND NYPA PARTNER TO COMPLETE $25 MILLION ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECT AT GRAND CENTRAL...
In celebration of Earth Week, Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Thomas F. Prendergast (left) and New York Power Authority President and CEO Gil C. Quiniones commemorate the completion of a $25 million energy efficiency project in Grand Cen...
Portman and Shaheen Targeted Energy Efficiency Bill Headed to the President for Signature
U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) today announced that their Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015 has passed the House and is now headed to the President for signature. This bill, which passed the Senate in March, cont...
HOUSE PASSES ENERGY BILL PROTECTING GRID-ENABLED WATER HEATERS
Congressman Kevin Cramer joined a bi-partisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives to pass S. 535, the Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015 by a voice vote. This legislation protects Grid-Enabled Water Heaters from U.S. Department of Ene...
Sen. Murkowski Applauds House Action to Approve Energy Efficiency Legislation
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today applauded action taken by the House to approve, by voice vote, energy efficiency legislation authored by Sens. Portman, R-Ohio, and Shaheen, D-N.H. The Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015 would promote in...
Boozman, Hill Request Investigation into Little Rock VA Solar Panels Activation Failure
U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) and Congressman French Hill (AR-02) urged the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General (VAIOG) to evaluate the planning process for renewable energy programs, like the solar panels at the Little Ro...
N.Y. Power Authority and City of Syracuse Formally Kick Off New Syracuse Energy Plan...
Gil C. Quiniones, president and CEO of the New York Power Authority (NYPA) will join Syracuse Mayor Stephanie A. Miner and state and local officials on Wednesday, April 22, at 10 a.m. to discuss implementation of the recently unveiled Syracuse Energy P...
Solar Growth in Georgia, Southeast to Highlight New Conference
U.S. solar energy leaders and representatives of top solar companies from an 8-state area will gather in Atlanta, GA, on May 7-8 at the Marriott Marquis for the inaugural Solar Power Southeast conference, co-sponsored by the Solar Energy Industries Ass...
MSU Extension offering backyard greenhouse symposium April 25 in Big Timber
MSU (Montana State University) Extension in Sweet Grass County will offer a backyard greenhouse symposium on April 25 for those interested in extending the growing season. The program will be at the Sweet Grass County Fairgrounds, 78 Fairgrounds Rd., B...
Appraisal Institute Expands ‘Green’ Education Offerings
The Appraisal Institute, the nation’s largest professional association of real estate appraisers, today announced it has extended its partnership with Build It Green, a California-based “green” building organization, enabling more valuation profe...
Indiana Shows Impressive Growth in Solar Installations
In 2014, Indiana added 59 MW of solar electric capacity, bringing its total to 112 MW. That’s enough clean, affordable energy to power more than 12,000 homes. The report went on to point out that Indiana’s biggest solar gains came in utility-scale ...
Heitkamp Discusses Strengthening & Expanding Renewable Energy Production, Infrastructure in ND
U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp today toured Ulteig Engineers, an innovative 70-year-old energy engineering and consulting company headquartered in Fargo, to discuss the direly needed build-out of North Dakota’s energy infrastructure with a particular fo...
HUD Secretary Castro, Senator Charles Schumer, And Mayor De Blasio Announce Nation’s Largest Energy...
Initiative Estimated to Provide At Least $100 Million in Building Work to Reduce City Emissions While Lowering Energy Costs, Preserving Funds for Vital Repairs and Upgrades, and Creating Hundreds of Green Jobs.
Through a series of competitive Energy P...
Mayor Launches L.A.’S First-Ever Sustainable City Plan
Sets targets and details actions in 14 categories to improve city's environment, economy and equity in anticipation of 500,000 more Angelenos by 2035; achieves progress by 2017 on issues like water conservation, clean energy, waste, green jobs, trans...
Gov. Inslee praises five “Solar Communities”
Bellevue, Edmonds, Kirkland, Mercer Island, and Seattle recognized for increasing residential solar energy installations through reduced costs, streamlined permitting
Governor Cuomo Announces $160 Million Investment in Clean Energy
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a $160 million investment designed to grow large scale clean energy projects statewide. As part of the State’s Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) strategy, this funding is being made available to support publi...
Rep. Lewis announces $85 million in federal grants to 5th District
Periodically, Rep. John Lewis is notified that organizations within the 5th Congressional District have been selected to receive a variety of federal grants. This federal grants announcement will advise press and constituents of these notifications.
Mayor Landrieu Announces Plan to Install Solar-Powered Trash Compactors for French Quarter and DDD
Mayor Mitch Landrieu and the Department and Sanitation today unveiled a plan to install BigBelly solar-powered trash compactors in the French Quarter, Downtown Development District (DDD), and other high-profile locations throughout the city. The trash ...
Senators Isakson, Perdue Call on President to Withdraw EPA’s Harmful Overreach
U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and David Perdue (R-GA) today called on President Obama to withdraw the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) massive rule to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants.
Udall Statement on U.S. Plan to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions
WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 1, 2015 – (RealEstateRama) – U.S. Senator Tom Udall, the lead Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Environment and the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Econ...
Sen. Whitehouse Applauds U.S. Commitment for Greenhouse Gas Reductions
Today the Obama Administration announced the United States’ commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as part of the global effort to tackle climate change. The commitment comes in advance of the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Paris in Decem...
