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Cardin is Energized by Visit to Washington County Solar Array
U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, today toured the Washington County solar array with County Commissioners, County energy officials and private sector partners from EPG Solar. The Was...
MPSC Conditionally Approves Consumers Energy’s Request to Amend Its Renewable Energy Plan by Adding...
The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) today conditionally approved Consumers Energy Company's request to amend its renewable energy plan by adding a community solar program. If adopted by the utility, it would be the first community solar prog...
VA OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL TO REVIEW LITTLE ROCK VA MEDICAL CENTER SOLAR PANEL...
The Department of Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General (VAOIG) notified U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) and Congressman French Hill (AR-02) that it will add the Little Rock Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) to its national project on ...
Commonwealth Financing Authority Announces New Alternative, Clean Energy Investments
Governor Wolf announced today that the Commonwealth Financing Authority approved funding to support seven new Alternative and Clean Energy (ACE) projects with the investment of more than $8.12 million in grants and $1.74 million in loans.
Daines Introduces Bill to Roll Back EPA Regs
Senator Steve Daines today joined a bipartisan group of Senators to introduce legislation that ensures Montanans have access to affordable energy and protects good-paying coal jobs.
Tester fights to improve affordable broadband access in rural Montana
Tester today sent a bipartisan letter to Tom Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), urging the agency to modernize its Universal Service Fund, a fund that provides financial assistance to telecommunications carriers who suppl...
Mike Graham Heating And Air Conditioning Launches New Website for the Wichita Area
Mike Graham Heating And Air Conditioning today announced the launch of www.mgpcomfort.com as an informational portal that features educational resources on subjects such as property value benefits from air conditioning repairs, heating repairs and air ...
SEIA Applauds Signing of Major Solar Legislation in Georgia
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has signed into law consensus legislation which will make it easier and more affordable for homeowners, businesses, churches, schools, nonprofits, military facilities, and police and fire departments to install rooftop solar sy...
AUTH BILL APPROVED BY ASSEMBLY PANEL IS A ‘NATURAL’ FOR POLLUTED WATERWAYS
Legislation sponsored by Assembly Republican Robert Auth to help cleanup contaminated waterways with shellfish earned approval from the Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. Auth’s bill, A-3944, would lift Department of Environmental ...
MSU’s online master’s degree program for science teachers continues to grow
Nine science teachers from across the U.S. earned online graduate certificates from Montana State University via MSU’s National Teachers Enhancement Network. It is the largest number of science teaching certificates awarded in one semester since the ...
USDA Announces Funding for Smart Grid and 1,000 miles of line on 80th Anniversary...
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is providing more than $100 million in loans to build or improve 1,000 miles of electric transmission and distribution lines for rural electric cooperative utilities in four states.Thumb Elect...
USDA Announces Funding for Smart Grid and 1,000 miles of line on 80th Anniversary...
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is providing more than $100 million in loans to build or improve 1,000 miles of electric transmission and distribution lines for rural electric cooperative utilities in four states.In Indiana,...
USDA Announces Funding for Smart Grid and 1,000 miles of line on 80th Anniversary...
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is providing more than $100 million in loans to build or improve 1,000 miles of electric transmission and distribution lines for rural electric cooperative utilities in four states.
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USDA Announces Funding for Smart Grid and 1,000 miles of line on 80th Anniversary...
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is providing more than $100 million in loans to build or improve 1,000 miles of electric transmission and distribution lines for rural electric cooperative utilities in four states.
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Sen. Franken Proposes New Measures to Invest in Energy Storage Systems, Help Minnesotans Tap...
The Advancing Grid Storage Act would accelerate investments in the deployment of energy storage systems, which are key to a more resilient, efficient, clean, and cost-effective electrical grid. Investing in energy storage will, in turn, help promote ec...
New Bloomfield AmeriCorps Project Will Reduce Energy Costs and Provide Weatherization Services for Residents
This investment, which will reach two-thirds of all homes in Bloomfield, will lead to energy cost savings and a reduced carbon footprint for the city’s plan to be a net-zero electric community by 2030.
Mayor Garcetti Announces Department of Transportation Technology Advisor
Mayor Eric Garcetti today announced a new transportation technology advisor fellowship at Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT). Serving in a one-year fellowship, made possible by a grant from the Goldhirsh Foundation, the technology advisor...
Gov. Shumlin Announces Nearly $900,000 in Broadband Grants to Underserved Vermont Communities
Eight rural, underserved Vermont communities are getting help to boost broadband internet speeds. The towns of Norwich, Pittsfield, Randolph, Royalton, Jamaica, Rochester, Reading, and Bradford will receive nearly $900,000 for speed improvement upgrade...
Tester taps into Montana’s geothermal energy potential
After the hottest year in recorded history, Senator Jon Tester wants Montana to become a renewable energy leader by tapping into the state's geothermal energy resources.
Groupon Director of Editorial Content Joins Agent Publishing as Editor-in-Chief / Vice President of...
Agent Publishing, the country’s dominant hyper-local B2B real estate media company, has announced John Thomas, 50, has joined the firm as editor-in-chief and vice president of content strategy.
Mayor de Blasio Announces Selection of Rise: Nyc Technologies to be Deployed at Sandy-Impacted...
Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced the selection of 11 organizations to deploy their innovative technologies and climate change solutions to at-risk and vulnerable small businesses. The technologies were selected from a group of 27 finalists competin...
Perry Amendment to Boost Hydropower and Create Jobs Passes U.S. House
U.S. Rep. Scott Perry (PA-4) continued his efforts this week to remove government barriers to the development of hydropower in the U.S. by sponsoring an amendment to H.R. 2028, the Energy-Water Appropriations bill for FY2016 that would restore funding ...
Alexander to EPA: Obama Plan that Favors Wind, Solar Over Nuclear Hurts Tennessee
“60 percent of our country’s carbon-free, emission-free electricity comes from nuclear power,” Alexander said. “Yet, when we’re developing a clean air plan in Tennessee under the regulations in the Obama administration’s proposed Clean Powe...
Congressman Garamendi Responds to Governor Brown’s Revised BDCP Water Policy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 1, 2015 – (RealEstateRama) — Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, CA), one of California’s strongest voices against the proposed twin tunnel project, today responded to Governor Jerry Brown’s reimagining...
Gosar-Buck Amendment Blocks $18.7 Million for New, Duplicative Climate Model Program
Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after successfully passing amendments on the House floor that cut wasteful federal spending at the Department of Energy (DOE), thereby attaching them to the Energy a...
Proposed State Budget Threatens Wisconsin’s Leadership in Green Building Innovation and Technology
The Wisconsin Green Building Alliance (WGBA) is very concerned about proposed cuts to State and University programs that support Wisconsin’s green building and construction industry. Public investment in the UW system is critical to supporting local ...
Edwards Testifies In Support Of Clean Water Protection
Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards (MD-4) spoke today in the House Rules Committee in opposition to H.R. 1732, the Regulatory Integrity Protection Act, and asked that her amendment be considered on the House floor. H.R. 1732 would halt the current Clean Wa...
Udall Water and Energy Conservation Bill to Receive Committee Hearing
Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall announced that legislation he has introduced to promote water and energy conservation will receive a hearing in the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resourcestomorrow, Thursday April 30 at 10 a.m. ET. Udall's Sm...
GOVERNOR BROWN ESTABLISHES MOST AMBITIOUS GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION TARGET IN NORTH AMERICA
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued an executive order to establish a California greenhouse gas reduction target of 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 - the most aggressive benchmark enacted by any government in North America to reduce dangerou...
Heinrich Calls for Building a Robust 21st Century Energy Infrastructure
During a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) called for building a robust 21st century energy infrastructure, which is critical to realizing our nation's true clean energy potential and cr...
