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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Laredo Bus Facility Solar Canopies: Provide shade structures with integrated, grid tied photovoltaic cells to be erected on the bus storage lot at the Laredo Bus Maintenance Facility. Renewable Wind Energy: MBTA will design and construct wind energy generation turbines in eastern Massachusetts (from among Kingston, Newburyport, Bridgewater).

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The vehicles and infrastructure being funded include the use of natural and renewable gas, propane, ethanol, biodiesel, electricity, and hybrid technologies. The project will result in expanded availability of alternative fuels with 17 new CNG and E85 fueling stations and 63 electric vehicle charging stations.

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Hot Tub Time Machine WayBack Wednesday – Reposted Word-for-Word from June 25 of 2008

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Here’s the version I remember hearing in New Jersey: A man goes on vacation and his brother agrees to housesit for him — feeding the cat, picking up the newspapers and mail, watering the plants, etc. PLUG IN – make your next car a plug in electric car and plug it into the new solar panels you need to get.

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Honda launches new “Green Path” initiatives for manufacturing and operations; new $210M paint line at Marysville with new 4C2B process

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But there’s much more automakers can do beyond fuel efficiency to reduce our environmental impact by adopting energy efficiency and renewable energy throughout our operations. Rob May, Honda Marysville plant manager, announces the new Line 1 paint facility. We work every day on these issues. —Ryan Harty. Click to enlarge.

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The Cat Is Still On The Roof – And The Roof! The Roof! The Roof Is On Fire!

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Here’s the version I remember hearing in New Jersey: A man goes on vacation and his brother agrees to housesit for him — feeding the cat, picking up the newspapers and mail, watering the plants, etc. PLUG IN – make your next car a plug in electric car and plug it into the new solar panels you need to get.

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Headless Body In Topless Bar

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Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, I read the New York Daily News after my parents were done reading it. All three of the newspapers I used to relish reading to start my day are now like a dear friend with terminal cancer who you behold physically wasting away to the point where it gets painful to look.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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The legislation would also provide new incentives for domestic oil and gas drilling, nuclear power plant construction, carbon capture and storage, and renewable energy sources like wind and solar. Graham recently declared, “ Economy-wide cap-and-trade is dead. ” After 2014, the amount of allowances shrinks gradually by 2.5

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