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Investors Fund US $10.75 M for Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:43:13 -0400

by Peter Myers

Hawaii, United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com]

Private investors have completed the US $10.75 million equity financing for Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning, the innovative renewable energy project for downtown Honolulu. The company anticipates a construction start date of January 5, 2009.

I GRO EC for City Fresh

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:46:05 -0400

Maurice Small is the most economically and ecologically sensible planner I know.

Joe Stanley, Sudhir Kade and I have been brainstorming with City Fresh's Maurice Small about "I GRO EC" - Independent Green Republic Of East Cleveland. City Fresh already operates a Fresh Stop at Huron Road Hospital - which Maurice reports is doing great - and is active in community farming in East Cleveland. Recently, we've been discussing City Fresh having an involvement converting Brown's Convenient store into a pilot City Fresh Market, which could offer a paradigm-shifting model for bringing local food, farming and their economies into very needy urban neighborhoods, in very innovative and important ways.

Big Steps In Building: Remove Stupid Rules That Are Making It Hard To Go Green

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:16:59 -0400

Big Steps In Building: Remove Stupid Rules That Are Making It Hard To Go Green

by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 05.12.08 Design & Architecture

The China Problem!?

Fri, 02 May 2008 00:19:55 -0400

So I am just back from 14 days in Japan. Interesting to be on the sidelines as 3,000 Japanese police protect the olympic toarch from what I thought would be a calm, reserved crowd. Dont get me wrong, I was not in Nagano, I was in Shibuya / Tokyo.. but it got a lot of attention. Pro and anti China student groups and observers literally throwing punches, 70 year old Japanese men going to jail for throwing tomatoes in the face of the police protecting the toarch... etc. It was akin to what I saw in the USA when the toarch came thru California.

Question of the Day: How are you greening your republic?

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:26:33 -0400

As we begin a new Spring - a new beginning - what are you doing to green your republic?

We're Number Four In The Country!!!

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:52:09 -0400

CLIPPER TURBINES GO BACK TOGETHER AT STEELWINDS IN LACKAWANNA

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:57:33 -0400

Clipper's Steelwinds project in Lackawanna, New York is passing through a dark and uncertain repair/redesign. This photo taken on March 28, 2008 shows 6 of the 8 turbine towers without their blades. Earlier in the week only the tower on the right hand (north) had blades, so it appears that the lattice boom crane in the center of the photo is installing, not removing, the turbine hub and blades - presumably after the repair of the gear box.

Earth Day

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:21:45 -0400

Start: 2008/04/20 - 9:00pm

Wear BLUE for Earth Day 2008 to Vote for NO COAL

CUYAHOGA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES: MEDCON OR STREET LIGHTS?

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:43:18 -0400

At the City Club recently, Cuyahoga County Commissioner Peter Lawson-Jones suggested that the first priority for the County goverment was "economic development", and that's why the Commissioners and Fred the Fixer Nance were working so hard to be able to pay a wealthy developer from out of state to build and operate a public-private pirate ship here in Cuyahoga.

Kevin O'Brien's column "Forget Global Warming" made more sense in Canadian

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:14:47 -0400

On March 12, 2008, Cleveland Plain Dealer deputy editorial page director Kevin O'Brien published a snide, pointless editorial taking the position global warming is over-hyped. His conclusion is a Russian scientist predicts the world is entering a new Ice Age, which trumps Global Warming, so do nothing about Global Warming. I googled the Russian scientist O'Brien references - Oleg Sorokhtin - and came across a February 25th National Post column, by conservative Canadian columnist Lorne Gunter, to which O'Brien's March 12th column is so similar as to be plagiarism, in my book.

50 YEARS OF AMP COAL - PHONY PUBLIC "HEARINGS" SUPPORT IGNORANT ORDINANCES IN CLEVELAND COUNCIL

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:42:56 -0500

The Cleveland City Council Chamber is a grand room, with wood paneling, curved seating and a colorful mural above President Sweeney’s high backed seat.

PETER GRIESINGER WRITES CLEVELAND COUNCIL RE: AMP COAL PLAN

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:30:05 -0500

Dear Cleveland City Council Members: This is an urgent plea to exercise your right to cancel the 50 YEAR obligation by Cleveland Public Power to purchase 100MW of electricity from American Municipal Power’s proposed $3.4 billion power plant in Meigs County, OH.

The AMP Contract is The Wrong Deal for Cleveland

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:07:07 -0500

Cleveland City Council should rescind its involvement in AMP-Ohio's proposed coal-fired utility in southern Ohio. A fifty year commitment to coal is the wrong direction, for Cleveland Public Power (CPP), its customers and the environment. Instead, CPP should develop a comprehensive plan for energy need and energy sources, that includes efforts to reduce demand through conservation, insulation, wind, solar and other alternative sources.

AMP OHIO NEGOTIATES IN BAD FAITH WITH CLEVELAND

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:24:24 -0500

Committing to American Municipal Power's proposed Meigs County pulverized coal generator for 50 years is a death trap for the City of Cleveland - and AMP knows it.

Attending the Cleveland City Council subcommittee on CPP all day yesterday brought things to my mind that wouldn’t have aligned in my head if I hadn’t sat and listened to the back and forth for hours. AMP OHIO is negotiating with Cleveland in BAD FAITH.

How Cool Is This??? "Seagull" Solar and Wind Powered StreetLights In Tokyo

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:35:33 -0500

Solar and Wind Powered Street Lights In Tokyo