Fla. PSC sets stronger energy conservation goals

The Public Service Commission set 10-year energy conservation goals Tuesday that are significantly stronger than Florida's major electric utilities had proposed but well short of what environmentalists wanted.

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Weak Fla. power conservation goals rejected

The Florida Public Service Commission on Tuesday rejected proposed energy conservation goals that environmentalists had called too weak.

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The Sacramento Municipal Utility District on Tuesday scored $127.5 million in federal stimulus funds to install "smart meters" in every home and business in its territory – the first step in giving local consumers real-time, online information about their energy use.

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Keep in mind, much of our electricity is generated in a coal fired plant. We do have a percentage generated by our "local" nuclear pile, Davis-Bessie, but most from plain old, ordinary coal.

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Energy efficiency is the "low-hanging fruit" of energy policy, and is the quickest, easiest, and most cost-effective way of driving new investment, creating jobs, saving consumers money, and cutting pollution.

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The idea that green buildings can make financial as well as environmental sense is central to California's plans to fight global warming.

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McKinsey & Co. have released another report about climate change, but this time they're putting it in motivating terms: money, money, money.

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"Palm Springs Regional Association of Realtors is a contender in the Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) residential pilot program by the U.S. Green Building Council." This is the first I've heard of this and it's a step in the right direction.

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By monitoring the energy use in your home which can save money, a smart meter seems like an especially good device in this economy.

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Google, a company revered for its ability to think outside the box, has come up with a novel way to clear its land of brush. Goats. They've hired goats to clean their brush. More Articles

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A study into spam has blamed it for the production of more than 33bn kilowatt-hours of energy every year, enough to power more than 2.4m homes. More Articles

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Imagine leaving a window open all winter long -- the heat loss, cold drafts and wasted energy! If your home has a folding pull-down attic stair, a whole house fan, a fireplace or clothes dryer, that may be just what is occurring in your home every day.

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"Policies being considered at both the City and State level would promise to increase local standards for energy efficiency in a way that plays on the market ..

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Seattle City Light is doing a pilot of LED streetlights in the Capitol Hill and South Park neighborhoods. They're hard to miss since the LED streetlights are shiny white, a marked contrast to the orangey glow of their more traditional kin.

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The rapid whop, whop, whop of a wind turbine outside the New Mexico National Guard headquarters hints at a new mission for the homefront military: Going green.

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A recent study by American research firm Gartner suggested that IT now causes two percent of global emissions. More Articles

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In April, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) promised that the Democratic National Convention this week will be the "greenest, most sustainable" convention in history.

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What I find breathtaking in this cold, business-style, just-do-it-and-execute -- it is all to make it ubiquitous, mass-adopted and available to anyone iwth basic DIY skills. I want IKEA to bring revolution here.

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Even as most of the world struggles with soaring fuel and food prices, two major issues facing President Bush and seven other leaders meeting here this week, many in Japan see an opportunity to shine during these tough economic times because of this nation's long-running conser …

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With its towering furnaces and clanging conveyer belts carrying crushed rock, Taiheiyo Cement's factory looks like an Industrial Revolution relic. But it is actually a model of modern energy efficiency, harnessing its waste heat to generate much of its own electricity.

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Imagine for a minute, just a minute, that someone running for president was able to actually tell the truth, the real truth, to the American people about what would be the best — I mean really the best — energy policy for the long-term economic health and security of our coun …

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If you are about to buy or build a house make sure it is environmentally sound. It will make a difference to you. You will be much more comfortable in a house that is working to help the environment rather than being against it. >>

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It was announced yesterday that Dell Computer's 2.1 million-square-foot headquarters in Round Rock, Texas is now powered entirely with renewable energy.

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Google users in the United States will notice today that we "turned the lights out" on the Google.com homepage as a gesture to raise awareness of a worldwide energy conservation effort called Earth Hour.

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Power washing a jet's engine can cut energy consumption. EcoPower Engine Wash Rig visiting jets at JFK airport

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The attached article references how the Secretary of Energy eliminated the Weatherization Assistance Program, the only energy efficiency program in the country designed to help America's low income families save on their bills and fuel usage.

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