Archive for August, 2009
Cash for Clunkers Ends with 700K Car Sales
The CARS program came to a close Tuesday night with nearly 700,000 clunkers taken off the roads, replaced by far more fuel efficient vehicles. Rebate applications worth $2.877 billion were submitted by the 8 p.m. deadline, under the $3 billion provided by Congress to run the program.
Cars made in America topped the most-purchased list, from [...]
Americorps Lend a Hand at 5 State Parks
RALEIGH, N.C. – Five North Carolina state parks are benefiting from the work of a team of AmeriCorps volunteers as part of the national “United We Serve” campaign, according to the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation.
The “Wolf 3” team of eight young adults is spending a week camping in each of the state parks. [...]
$12.9M In Clean Cities Grants for NC
WASHINGTON, DC – Energy Secretary Steven Chu Wednesday announced the selection of 25 cost-share projects under the Clean Cities program that will be funded with nearly $300 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
These projects will speed the transformation of the nation’s vehicle fleet, putting more than 9,000 alternative fuel and energy efficient vehicles [...]
Energy Office Wants To Give $8.8M To Green NC Residents
RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina’s State Energy Office has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy to receive $8.8 million in federal funds to help homeowners purchase energy-efficient appliances such as furnaces, room air conditioners, refrigerators and dishwashers.
The program for distribution of the money for ENERGY STAR-rated appliances is being developed by the [...]
Hillsborough: Cardboard Costs Taxpayers
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — One piece of cardboard in the trash won’t matter, right?Wrong! The Town of Hillsborough recently was fined $394.50 by Orange County for delivering corrugated cardboard to the landfill in a truckload of waste. This is the town’s second fine in two months.
Corrugated cardboard was banned from the Orange County [...]
New Landfill Bans Added To State List
RALEIGH, N.C. — State environmental officials encourage North Carolina residents to do their part to keep motor oil filters, wooden pallets and plastic bottles out of landfills. Effective Oct. 1, 2009, these items are banned from solid waste disposal in North Carolina.This disposal ban on oil filters, pallets and plastic bottles recognizes [...]
Going White to Go Green
Would you paint your roof white?
Starting this summer, the Obama administration pushed out there the idea that we should all have white roofs to help save energy. Energy secretary Steven Chu said in May “it would be it’s the equivalent of reducing the carbon emissions due to all the cars on the road for 11 [...]
Progress Energy Carolinas to Close 3 Plants
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Progress Energy Carolinas says it plans to shut down three coal-fired power plants in eastern North Carolina, and wiil seek regulatory permission to build a natural gas-fueled plant on the site.
The three Lee Plant coal units were built in 1951, 1952 and 1962. They are on the Neuse River west of [...]
Seattle Voters Deciding on 20-cent Grocery Bag Fee
SEATTLE (AP) – Voters in eco-conscious Seattle were deciding Tuesday whether to pay a 20-cent fee for every paper or plastic bag they get from supermarkets, drug stores and convenience stores.
City leaders had passed an ordinance to charge the bag fee, which was to start in January. But the plastics industry bankrolled a referendum to [...]
Johnston HS Team Gets 2nd at Green Competition
JOHNSTON COUNTY, N.C. — The West Johnston High School Envirothon Team, the ‘Sequoias’, placed second in the nation at the Canon North American Envirothon held in Asheville, NC last week, the Cleveland Post reports.
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