Sunday, April 11th, 2010
FedEx Shows Off Their New Green Machine On ‘America’s Main Street’
FedEx Corp. celebrated the expansion of its alternative-energy vehicle fleet with a road trip for the first all-electric FedEx parcel delivery truck in the United States.
Four purpose-built electric trucks optimized for electric operation from the wheels up are slated to hit the road in the Los Angeles area starting in June 2010. By the end of June, the FedEx alternative energy fleet will have grown to 1,869 vehicles in service worldwide. Helping to diversify and expand the all-electric and hybrid-electric vehicle market around the globe. (more…)
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Sunday, November 1st, 2009
The Government handed out some big bucks this week. How does 338 million in grants sound? Well, this is in an effort to get the development of geothermal energy on a fast track.
Some of the companies that got the grants were:
Ormat Technologies
AltaRock Energy
City government of Raleigh, NC
County government of Hattiesburg, MS
Companies that are putting the grants into their projects ranging from putting geothermal heat pump into a waste water processing center to putting heat pumps in to keep prisoners comfortable. (more…)
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Saturday, January 10th, 2009
Every black cloud……….
In the western United States over the past few decades, wildfires have/are
burning more area for longer periods of time. Scientists have correlated the
rampant blazes with warmer temperatures and earlier snow melt.
The global average temperature in the past 100 years has risen 1.3 degrees F. (more…)
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