Published on 27 Oct, 2009 at 20:04 in Live News | viewed 25 times and users have made 0 commentsTwo countries are putting into effect their own unique plans to cut back on energy and energy costs. The leaders of Venezuela and the United States have developed ways to make their nations less reliant on electricity and oil.VenezuelaAccording to an article from the Associated Press, Venezuela’s president Hugo Chavez announced last week that he wants his country to use less electricity, and he will a

I pay my power bill online, so whenever I get something from Dominion Virginia Power over snail mail it catches my attention. Usually, it’s some notice about utility work nearby. However, the mailing I got today was unusual. It was an appeal to sign up for Dominion’s Green Power initiative. The scheme appears simple enough. The mailer says, “When you sign up for Dominion Green Power, you add a little extra to your monthly bill which Dominion will use to purchase certified renewable energy cert

Names : Matt Perfetuo and Steve Riggle Ages : 27 and 29 Hometown : New York City, NY Occupations : Paralegal (Matt) and Actor (Steve) Why I Found Them at The NEM : Matt and Steve were kind enough to talk to me while Lady Gaga was speaking at the rally. We’ll all be able to say we knew exactly where we were when she asked Obama if he was listening. Both these gentlemen are concerned about rights. Steve grew up in Wyoming and was a senior in high school when Matthew Shepard was b

Soft Sailor President talks up clean energy in Fla., candidate in Va. WLOS WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will be talking up clean energy technology today as he tours a solar power station in Florida. … Obama plans big smart grid announcement Reuters Obama targets power grid Pittsburgh Post Gazette Obama may have little sway in state’s clean-energy debate Sarasota Herald-Tribune The News-Press  - Tampa Tribune  - WWSB ABC 7 all 2

At first blush, this story from the Washington Post is pretty funny: a “green energy” firm’s wind farm project in West Virginia is being challenged under the Endangered Species Act by some local tree bat huggers. Tiny bat pits green against green It is the first court challenge to wind power under the Endangered Species Act, lawyers on both sides say. … At the heart of the Beech Ridge case is the Indiana bat , a brownish-gray creature that weighs about as much as three pennies and,

I know someone who skipped out on class to attend President Obama’s speech at MIT on Friday (she’s a fan). I suppose she remained unfazed by his teleprompter failure (Hat tip: Freedom Eden ): Maybe TotUS grew confused- in HAL 9000 fashion – as to the purpose of the MIT trip : Elizabeth Williamson reports on President Barack Obama’s remarks in Boston. President Barack Obama flew to Boston today for a speech at Massachusetts Institute of Technology about energy and the economy

Environment Minister Jim Prentice is going out of his way this week to lower expectations for the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this December. Citing Canada’s “faster-growing population and energy-intensive industrial structure”, Prentice is continuing to insist that Canada should not be held to the same standards as, say, Japan or the E.U. when it comes to emission targets. Moreover, he is presenting something of a chicken-or-the-egg conundrum regarding Canada’s plan, or lack t

I know that Barack Obama is under pressure for his decisions concerning the health system, but there is another reason to criticise him… Why no reactions by Greenpeace and WWF against Obama and his government that would let Westinghouse go on with Italian policy for – improbable? – nuclear energy? No nuclear energy in Italy is good as in Denmark although Italy is not Denmark… And what about Steven Chu, US energy secretary, who is behaving as a bad politician from this poi

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (center, at podium) announced the granting of leases for wind power development off the coast of New Jersey on June 23 of this year in Atlantic City. NJ governor John Corzine stands to Salazar’s left. (image: John Corzine via flickr.com) Last week, US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced that the Obama administration has begun taking steps to hasten progress toward alternative energy production , the Associated Press reported on Friday. Salazar addressed

A NewsOne Exclusive With everyone from celebrities and huge corporations to small businesses touting their efforts to “go green,” there’s no doubt that the environmental movement has become mainstream. But does environmentalism include Black people? Between dealing with a struggling economy and the host of other problems afflicting the community, some Black people might feel we hardly have any energy left to monitor our carbon footprints or seek organic foods. But according to Kari Fulton