Archive for May, 2010
Green Neighborhood Spotlight: Green Souls!
The All Souls Church Unitarian Green Souls Committee is signed-up for the Green Neighborhood Challenge. The Green Souls Committee is in the lead with 130 wind power sign-ups from their congregation! Check out additional information below on the background of the committee, green principles of the Unitarian Universalist Church, why the committee decided to sign-up for the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Clean Currents Founding Member of Renewable Energy Coalition
The Renewable Energy Markets Association (REMA), the leading industry trade group for the voluntary renewable energy market, launched the Renewable Energy Coalition (VREC) today. VREC is comprised of organizations that share a common belief in the importance of voluntary renewable energy. The 50 founding members of VREC include private companies, nonprofits, school districts, and municipal [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )China’s New Solar City
Many solar panel companies have developed in both Europe and United States, and now more developing countries wanted to want to lower their carbon footprint as well, using solar panels. China has invested 34 billion dollars on both solar panels and wind turbines, double the amount of money as the United States. In Dezhou, a city located [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Obama Mandates Fuel Efficiency Improvements
On Friday, President Obama took a step to improve his image as an environmentally aware president by ordering further improvements to fuel efficiency standards for vehicles this past Friday in a presidential mandate. While current rules require that cars made by 2016 must get at least 35.5 miles per gallon for combined highway and city, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Breaking News: Montgomery County Passes Nation’s first Carbon Tax
Its official: today, the Montgomery County Council passed a carbon tax bill- the first of its kind in the United States! The bill, proposed by County Councilman Roger Berliner, taxes stationary emitters in Montgomery County that release more than one million tons of co2 into the atmosphere annually. Currently, there is only one such emitter- a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )June 4: IGNITE Creativity in Business Conference
Calling all entrepreneurs, business leaders and creatives! Join Clean Currents at the Ignite! Conference on June 4 in Rockville, MD and learn how to harness the power of creativity and innovation for business success. Register NOW for the early bird special: http://igniteconference10.eventbrite.com Full Press Release below. CONTACT: Shellie Williams 301‐565‐3805 ext. 24 Shellie.Williams@creativemoco.com ARTS & HUMANITIES [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Oil Catastrophe in the Gulf
After 3 weeks BP is still unable to stop the oil from gushing into the gulf. The leak, a result of an offshore oil rig that exploded breaking a large underwater pipeline and killing 11 people, is gushing tens of thousands of gallons a day. According to the Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar, it may take many more [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Growing Energy Demand in China
Despite emerging as a world leader in manufacturing and installing renewable energy, China’s surging demand for power has resulted in the largest six-month increase in tonnage of human generated greenhouse gases ever by a single country. This can be partly attributed to the fact that the vast majority of China’s energy needs are still met [...]
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