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  • Granholm facing pressure to stop new coal plants Thursday, January 8, 2009 @ 12:24AMLANSING - Retired second-grade teacher Jean Veselenak drove four hours to tell state regulators what she fears would happen if a new coal-fired power plant is built in her community along Lake Huron in northern Michigan.
  • Background Note: Djibouti Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 11:46PMGeography Area: 21,883 sq. km. (8,450 sq. mi.); about the size of Massachusetts. Cities: Capital --Djibouti. Other cities --Dikhil, Arta, Ali-Sabieh, Obock, Tadjoura. Terrain: Coastal desert. Climate: Torrid and dry.
  • Industrial Insulation Systems Signs Respected DC Advisory Firm SPG Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 11:39PM BOISE, Idaho----Industrial Insulation Systems engages Sonoran Policy Group , a full-service advisory firm that specializes in access to key points of influence, lobbying, marketing, investment and public relations.
  • Skype 2.8 beta for Mac released Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 6:49PMAmong other extras, this new version includes two all-new features: The first lets you use your Skype credit to pay for Boingo Wi-Fi hotspots on a minute-by-minute basis. So, forget having to fork over $10 just to send a quick message off to your loved one or business partner.
  • Time Warner to post loss, partly blames AOL Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 6:49PMTime Warner has revised its financial forecast and now expects to close the 2008 fiscal year with a net loss, due to a forthcoming multi-billion dollar asset write-down partly involving its struggling AOL Internet unit.
  • Whitepaper detail Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 6:19PMStudies show that implementing a remote access tool for your employees increases productivity and work/life balance. However, inherent VPN hassles and cost barriers often determine where remote access is available and who gets to use it.
  • Stocks Rise after Fed Minutes Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 1:22PMInvestors also weighed reports on factory orders, service-sector sentiment, and pending home sales. Alcoa announced production and job cuts
  • Perpetual Energy Systems and Fosters Wine Estates Activate Largest Solar Energy Installation Hosted by a United States ... Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 1:00PM NAPA, Calif. & HARRISON, N.Y.----Perpetual Energy Systems , comprehensive financier and developer of solar powered renewable energy systems, and Foster’s Wine Estates Americas , a subsidiary of Foster’s Group in Australia, today announces the activation of four solar installations including the largest solar energy system hosted by a United States winery.
  • Going geothermal Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 12:27PMAlternative heating, cooling system catching on
  • Ballina Swimming Pool makes a splash into the renewable energy world Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 11:26AMA RENEWABLE Energy Installation (Energy Cabin) has just been installed at Ballina Swimming Pool.
  • Siemens Installs Photovoltaic Plant For Climate-Friendly Power Generation Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 11:01AMSiemens Energy has installed a turnkey photovoltaic (PV) plant on the roof of the Siemens Healthcare x-ray systems manufacturing plant in Forchheim.
  • Lake Tahoe climate change plan to be revealed in 2009 Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 10:16AMLAKE TAHOE BASIN - As California Attorney General and climate change crusader Jerry Brown increases the pressure on local planners to consider future projections for the effects of global warming, more and more government agencies in the Tahoe Basin...
  • Hubble and Spitzer show Milky Way in amazing detail Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 3:13AMThis composite color infrared image of the center of our Milky Way galaxy reveals a new population of massive stars and new details in complex structures in the hot ionized gas swirling around the central 300 light-years.
  • HDTV and Mobile Gear to Steal CES 2009 Spotlight Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 2:48AMFrom multidisplay laptops and HDTVs wired for broadband to Blu-ray players that can deliver Web content, the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has it all.
  • Is Cuba a Jolly Green Giant? Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 2:05AMSanta Barbara’s Michael Marzolla heads to Castro-land to find their eco-soul.
  • HDTV and Mobile Gear to Steal CES 2009 Spotlight Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 1:47AMFrom multi-display laptops, HDTVs wired for broadband, to Blu-ray players that can deliver Web content, the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has it all.
  • Surprise! Milky Way Much More Massive Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 1:37AM LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Scientists have dramatically revised the mass of the Milky Way, saying our home galaxy is half again as heavy as previously thought.
  • Valley Furniture goes green Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 7:41PMThe long row of solar panels behind Valley Furniture are gray, but they are a sure sign that the furniture store is going green.
  • Husqvarna® Showcases New Automower™ Solar Hybrid at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 7:30PMHusqvarna’s Automower™ Solar Hybrid is a fully robotic lawn mower partly powered by the sun and uses no fuel or oil. Expanding its current fully-robotic lawn mower line, the Solar Hybrid model joins three other Husqvarna battery-powered units proven in the global marketplace. Powered by innovative and groundbreaking technology that combines solar power with electricity, the new Automower™ ...
  • Across the universe Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 7:28PMForetelling the future by the stars has long been a risky business. Take the case of the great 16th-century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. In keeping with the fashion of the time, he was also regarded as a competent astrological soothsayer.
  • Core of the galaxy in high-res Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 7:27PMNew high-resolution mosaic sharpens understanding of Milky Way’s turbulent center
  • Milky Way A Swifter Spinner, More Massive, New Measurements Show Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 7:26PMOur home galaxy is rotating about 100,000 miles per hour faster than previously thought, meaning its mass is 50 percent greater. This makes it even with the Andromeda Galaxy, and no longer the "little sister" in our local group of galaxies.
  • How the National Ignition Facility lets us journey to the centre of the Earth Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 7:08PMIn a structure the size of three football fields American scientists are preparing to fire the most powerful laser in history at the tiny target below in order to understand what conditions are like at the heart of the planet.
  • Husqvarna® Showcases New Automower Solar Hybrid at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 7:08PM CHARLOTTE, N.C.----Husqvarna’s Automower™ Solar Hybrid is a fully robotic lawn mower partly powered by the sun and uses no fuel or oil. Expanding its current fully-robotic lawn mower line, the Solar Hybrid model joins three other Husqvarna battery-powered units proven in the global marketplace.
  • Apple patents an iGlove for chilly iPhone users Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 7:04PMApple may have finally solved a very low tech problem that has beset some users of its iPhone and other gadgets cold hands .
  • Amtech Systems Announces Stock Repurchase Program Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 11:46AMAmtech Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASYS), a global supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of solar cells, semiconductors, and silicon wafers, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program authorizing the repurchase of up to $4 million of its common stock. As of September 30, 2008, Amtech had outstanding approximately ...
  • Amtech Systems Announces Stock Repurchase Program Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 11:30AM TEMPE, Ariz.----Amtech Systems, Inc. , a global supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of solar cells, semiconductors, and silicon wafers, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program authorizing the repurchase of up to $4 million of its common stock.
  • Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Core Labs NV, Canadian Solar, Inc., Hoku Scientific, Inc., Dow Chemical and Rohm and Haas Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 11:00AM CHICAGO----Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets.
  • The FP Quiz Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 10:03AM1) C, Nigeria. Hollywood may produce all the blockbusters, and India’s Bollywood has the market cornered when it comes to song and dance, but Nigeria’s Nollywood rakes in cash by churning out low-budget, direct-to-video flicks.
  • An Rx for Chinese Health Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 10:02AMFor decades, China has been content to let the invisible hand of the market work its magic on the country’s economy. But there’s one area where the government wants to reassert state control: healthcare.
  • Epiphanies: Tony Blair Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 10:02AMI WENT TO SEE Gen. [Pervez] Musharraf in Islamabad about four years ago. I remember going into his room, just the two of us. We were trying to get Pakistan’s help in the war against terrorism. And I said to him, ‘So, what can we do to help you?’ And he just said, ‘Palestine.
  • Grand Theft Solar Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 10:02AMLincoln Dahl, managing director of a company that markets alternative energies to African businesses, recently stepped into a used solar panel shop in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. He had come in to scope out his competition’s wares.
  • Manny could complete Giants Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 10:02AMA pologies to Brian Sabean, who gets cranky when outsiders yak about the Giants potential dealings. But all this Manny Ramirez-to-the-Giants talk is quite intriguing.
  • Proximity owner: Going green is easier than you think Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 8:10AM Dennis Quaintance  has some valuable advice for American industry as it faces growing pressure to cut energy use and play nicer with the environment. His message is simple: Relax, it’s easy. And it will be good for your bottom line. That’s the most surprising thing the Greensboro hotelier and restaurateur says he learned in building Proximity Hotel and the adjoining Print Works Bistro — the ...
  • Ken Sheinkopf: Choose air conditioner to match size of house Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 8:05AMReal estate advice on saving energy
  • Whatcom County slowly moving toward energy, food independence Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 8:01AM
  • Hubble Telescope To Get One More During International Year Of Astronomy Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 12:09PMby Staff Writers Seattle WA (SPX) Jan 03, 2009 From troubled beginnings nearly 18 years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionized astronomy and its stunning images have stirred the imaginations of people around the globe.
  • Voice in the wilderness Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 12:07PMSO MANY years ago, when we were just beginning the Hope Foundation with Bro. Rolly Dizon, I began to write what was supposed to be a regular column entitled "Voices in the Wilderness".
  • Solar rebate programs start in Feb. Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 11:24AMMONTROSE — Delta Montrose Electric Association got the final word from the Governor’s Energy Office and will be able to provide solar energy rebates again in 2009.
  • A fruitful archaeological year Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 9:21AMThis year saw several important discoveries, the restoration of ancient Egyptian, Coptic and Islamic monuments, and the return of artefacts smuggled illegally out of Egypt.
  • Green energy grants offered Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 8:45AMSolar and wind technologies could be coming to a home near you, thanks to a boost from the state.
  • Bike program on a roll Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 8:28AMThe bright pink, old-fashioned Townie bicycles stationed along River Parks appear to be a hit with park visitors.
  • Waterford eatery Pekoe & Joe recycles all Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 8:24AMThe bright green cement board panels and hybrid vehicle-only parking spaces are the first clues that Pekoe & Joe is an environmentally friendly drive-through restaurant.
  • St. Louis Park: The year in review Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 7:46AMThis past year was one of honors and celebrity visits in St. Louis Park, but also some challenges. The St. Louis Park School District faced budget worries but won a referendum that will raise more than $1 million per year and an $11 million bond issue for capital expenses, technology and security.
  • Carrollton woman wins first prize in TXU Energy contest Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 7:27AMAnnette Tolle often enters contests and sometimes wins. Some of her previous prizes include airline tickets and a recreation center membership. Last week, she won her biggest prize to date.
  • Lee County: 2008 Year in Review Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 3:03AMAs Lee County enters 2009, it’s time to look back at the major events — good and bad — that shaped 2008:
  • Photo stirred love for fragile Earth Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 2:58AM(By Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times) Earthrise: How Man First Saw the Earth By Robert Poole. Yale University Press. 256 pages. $26. On a winter day in 1968, the crew of Apollo 8, on its fourth orbit around the moon, saw the Earth rise above the lunar horizon. Commander Frank Borman later wrote: “It was the most beautiful, heart-catching sight of my life, one that sent a torrent of ...
  • Local business uses incentive program to go green and save money Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 1:41AMWith a little help from an incentive program operated by Public Service of New Mexico, the Ruidoso Athletic Club is launching a green campaign. At the end of December, the Club be-gan to operate its 60 PV solar panel system.
  • Night sky highlights in the new year Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 1:27AM The new year kicks off with the a strong display of the notoriously elusive Quadrantid meteors, on Jan. 3. And in late summer, skywatchers can catch the planet Saturn — without rings.
  • Sun to power Grand Canyon visitor center Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 12:32AMEffort funded by donations from utility customers.