1. Turn your heater thermostats down one or two degrees in wintertime, and turn your air conditioning thermostats up one or two degrees in summertime. If we all did this, the combined difference would be great. We’d even so sense warm in wintertime and cool in summer, so learn how to live green and save money with your heating and cooling appliances.2. The another gadget that wants your attention is your washer. Start washing your clothes in cold water. Latest powders function just as efficientl

United Arab Emirates: His Excellency Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri, UAE Minister of Economy, said Portugal contributed to the UAE?s wining the bid to host the headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena). [AMEInfo.com]

Cap and Tax… National Energy Tax… or my personal favorite… “a pile of sh#t” to quote Rep. John Boehnor. These are the names folks with common sense call The Ones Cap and Trade bill. You won’t get the administration to call it that though. They want to call it a global warming bill or a climate bill, or some other cute and fuzzy name. BS! This is a huge tax on the American people. That would be YOU and me. I already know it, but if you’re not paying attention to what’s happening in Washingt

San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco ranks second among the greenest cities in the country.San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco is lauded for its goal to be America’s solar energy leader, its innovative recycling program, and for being the first US city to ban plastic …and more » For more detail click here.

GROWING OUR FUTURE, TOGETHER June 16, 2009, 6-8 p.m., Kihei Community Center, 303 E. Lipoa St. Kihei, Maui, HI The Kihei Community Association hosted South Maui Sustainability for a slide presentation and breakout group discussion of community gardens, renewable energy, reef sustainability and recycling and conservation. SUGGESTED ACTION ITEMS FROM BREAKOUT GROUPS Recycling and Conservation Committee Curbside Recycling    - Advocate for full service curbside recycling    - In the m

Forbes : Waxman-Markey Flunks Math A couple we know got a rude interruption on Saturday night. The two had settled into their seats at the AMC Cupertino Square 16 theater and were enjoying The Taking of Pelham 123, a thriller remake starring John Travolta and Denzel Washington. But Pelham 123 never finished; the theater lost its electrical power. The cause was a rolling brownout, due to a California heat wave and excessive use of air conditioning. Electricity is a good thing. It powers y

The Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade , ICEX, has organized a fact-finding visit from June 28 to July 3 for 10 high ranking officials from California, as the leading US state in the development of renewable energy, to reinforce the relations between Spain and the Golden State. It will also serve the purpose of allowing the participants to share best practices and know more about their respective regulatory systems to promote renewable energy. The visit is part of ICEX´s commitment to showca

MANILA – The Philippines has overtaken Japan as the country with the highest electricity cost in Asia, a party-list congressman said yesterday. Citing a recent study made by American investment bank J. P. Morgan Chase on investment competitiveness, Rep. Jonathan dela Cruz of Abakada-Guro said the Philippines now has a power cost equivalent to 14 US cents per kilowatt-hour. Japan’s cost is only 11 cents, he said. About a year ago, Dela Cruz said Japan had the highest electricity co

We may be headed into a renewed market slump. If so, it will pay to wait before buying, but when the time does come to buy, here are 5 electric transmission stocks I have my eye on. Tom Konrad, Ph.D., CFA On June 2, I wrote that I thought the market was near its peak . That day, the SP 500 closed at 944.74. On June 12, it closed up 0.15% at 946.21, and has since trended down, currently trading down 5% as I write. I expect further declines this year, either with the market headin

Tue 30 Jun 2009Uncategorized Because nothing would be more exciting than spending a weekend with the K fam, no?Kidding. I said that I’d share pics so here goes!Every time we’re at the beach it’s high noon and really challenging to shoot so I’ve been saying that I want to go around sunset sometime. Soooooo we arrived on Friday, late afternoon, killed some time and walked down to the beach area but it was only 6:30 – not quite sunset – and still a bit of a challenge with the sun. I made the bes