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'Off grid' brings power to the people
Feb 8, 2010 — CNN
On February 1, the British Government announced details of the rates that will be paid for renewable power generated by homeowners and communities. King also believes that it will also support an emerging green industry and generate high quality jobs. There has been considerable public interest to the scheme in the UK. -
Alternative energy splits Pa. business community
Feb 8, 2010 — The Philadelphia Inquirer
Those mandate that the state's electricity suppliers obtain 8 percent from renewable resources by 2021. House Bill 80 would increase that to 15 percent by 2026. Both companies are solar installers that credit the Pennsylvania Sunshine Program for their growth in the last year. -
Building initiatives raise questions
Feb 8, 2010 — The Indianapolis Star
It also allows for local governments to achieve a similar rating on other green building standards. Indiana falls into that group because in 2008, Gov. Encourages the use of reused and recycled materials. --Indoor environmental quality: Promotes ways and systems that improve indoor air quality. -
Can 'Old Betsy' spark our slumping economy?
Feb 8, 2010 — Dayton Daily News
The proposal calls for the state to issue $700 million in bonds over four years. The Third Frontier, conceived by former Republican Gov. Unlike most elected officials who talk all the time about "creating jobs," McGregor, a Republican, has first-hand experience as manager of business projects for Pentaflex Inc., a family company in Springfield. -
Checks of voter records coming
Feb 8, 2010 — The Columbus Dispatch
The case went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. She also worried that the mismatches could be used to improperly challenge or intimidate voters. At the time, Brunner said the statewide voter-registration database needed to be scrapped and rebuilt. But the decision was made to update the registration systems in each county as needed to process mismatch information from the secretary of state's office. -
Chuck DeVore faces steep climb for California Senate seat
Feb 8, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
Primary opponent Carly Fiorina, a multimillionaire, has already lent her campaign $2.5 million, and former U.S. Rep. The silver lining: The lack of bureaucracy allows DeVore's circle to be nimble. As Brown gained steam in Massachusetts, DeVore directed his volunteers to call voters there the weekend before the election on Brown's behalf; Campbell and Fiorina merely put out statements on election day. -
Climate bill backers pick up jobs theme
Feb 8, 2010 — The Hill
...energy and climate policy that will create nearly 2 million jobs here in America,” said David Di Martino, a spokesman for Clean Energy Works, a coalition that supports climate legislation.The Blue Green Alliance, a coalition of labor and environmental groups, wrote senators on Monday to urge that “comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation remains at the top of the Senate agenda in coming weeks.”“The ambitious policies found in comprehensive climate... -
David Plouffe advising White House on 2010 midterm elections
Feb 8, 2010 — Washington Post
It's a choice."That choice was made explicit far too late in last month's special Senate election in Massachusetts between then-state Sen. And not all the numbers in it are bad for Bayh. -
Day cares, parents use kids for profit
Feb 8, 2010 — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
They sign up their children with friends or relatives who provide child care. Regulators found that 18 of the 22 children Goodwin was billing the state for were children of alleged employees. Jim Doyle announced a new program, YoungStar, that would rate all child-care centers that receive public funding according to the quality of care they offer and link payments to their performance. -
DeWine too moderate for Tea Party crowd?
Feb 8, 2010 — The Columbus Dispatch
Portman said he has "a lot of friends who are Tea Party people. But Rink conceded that "Tom Ganley is sort of an ideal candidate for the Tea Party movement." Unlike Portman, Ganley is cast as the political outsider. To Ganley, the Tea Party activists and other conservatives are the key to defeating Portman. -
EDITORIAL
Feb 8, 2010 — The Augusta Chronicle
...suffocating regulations, paperwork and litigation fodder. The Obama folks seem to believe a resurgence of Big Labor would be good for the country. They ought to let workers decide that, don't you think? Instead, the Obama administration wants to end the secret ballot in workplace elections over whether to unionize. They want a "card check" system in which employees would have to declare their support or opposition in full view of often intimidating union bosses. ... -
Exit polls show tight race in Ukraine
Feb 8, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
It was popular rage over his fraud-tainted presidential election in 2004 that drove Ukrainians into the street en masse to foment the pro-Western Orange Revolution. He spoke in Russian, slipping out of the Ukrainian he had adopted during many of his political speeches during the campaign. Earlier in the evening, Tymoshenko gave a brief, defiant appearance. -
Fiorina and DeVore appeal for the women's vote
Feb 8, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett Packard (NYSE:HPQ) chief making her first bid for elective office, detailed her ascension from receptionist to multimillionaire corporate chief. Let's rumble!" said Fiorina, speaking at a Saturday evening banquet at the California Federation of Republican Women's winter conference in Westlake Village. Instead, she said, small-business taxes should simply be cut. But Fiorina's business record is also grist for her opponents. -
For UC's Commission on the Future, nothing is off the table
Feb 8, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
Why not abolish student fees at the University of California? About 80 people, mainly UC faculty, along with some students and outside experts on finance and education, serve with regents and campus chancellors on those subcommittees. They are meeting behind closed doors, and UC attorneys, citing exemptions to public access for UC advisory groups that don't include a quorum of regents, have refused to allow reporters to attend. -
GOP rivals in governor's race target welfare costs
Feb 8, 2010 — The Sacramento Bee
General fund expenditures proposed for the next fiscal year amount to $82.9 billion. Gov. -
Green Inc. Column: Fraud Besets E.U. Carbon Trade System
Feb 8, 2010 — New York Times
In December, Europol estimated that E.U. governments had lost about $7.4 billion in tax revenues. Karmali acknowledged there was growing skepticism in the United States about carbon trading. -
Green Investment Leads To Job Growth
Feb 8, 2010 — Politico
While we delay, other nations are leading a clean energy revolution. While highway and transit investments account for just 4 percent of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, they have been responsible for 25 percent of the jobs created or saved. In the meantime, we must look at other ways to curb global warming emissions while putting Americans to work. -
Greens Call On Brown With Talk Of Jobs
Feb 8, 2010 — Politico
Lisa LererIt’s no secret that Scott Brown, the Senate’s newest Republican, will oppose health care reform. This week, Repower America, a group founded by former Vice President Al Gore, started running television ads on cable networks in the state. John Kerry (D-Mass.), the sponsor of a Senate climate bill, met with Brown shortly after the special election, as did Massachusetts Gov. -
Hawaii is paradise for green-tech entrepreneurs
Feb 8, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
Hawaii residents already pay the highest pump prices and electricity rates in the country. The islands are blessed with abundant solar, wind, geothermal and wave resources. The couple spent $23,000 to put solar panels on their house in Wainane, an Oahu neighborhood. -
Ideas for a better home, better world
Feb 8, 2010 — Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Here are 10 ways that you can make your home (and, therefore, your life) more eco-friendly and energy-efficient.SAVE ENERGY1. Install a programmable thermostat. Energy Star appliances require a lot less energy _ which, in turn, requires a lot less money. The EcoRain retails for $34.99; find it at home-improvement stores or at www.waterpik.com. -
If Congress Leads, Industry Follows
Feb 8, 2010 — Politico
Peter A. DarbeeIf the recent havoc in the economy has hammered home one message, it’s just how lethal large-scale uncertainty is to business. With billions of dollars at stake, many utilities are holding off as long as possible before committing themselves to massive, long-term investments. -
In a comeback, Yanukovych leads Tymoshenko in bid for Ukraine president
Feb 8, 2010 — Washington Post
Ukraine's presidential elections as "professional, transparent and honest," putting pressure on Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to concede defeat despite a tight vote count and her campaign's charges of irregularities.Official results of Sunday's vote showed opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych, a Kremlin favorite who was pushed aside in 2004 by the mass protests of Ukraine's peaceful Orange Revolution after he was accused of election fraud, holding a slim lead of 2.7 percentage... -
In Secret, Nations Work Toward Crackdown on Piracy
Feb 8, 2010 — New York Times
...negotiations via his blog.Portions of the negotiations dealing with the Internet have attracted more attention than proposals for cracking down on piracy of physical goods and other trademark violations.In an interview with World Trademark Review, a trade journal, the assistant U.S. trade representative for intellectual property and innovation, Stan McCoy, lamented what he called a “misperception that this agreement will focus mostly or exclusively on copyright infringement... -
Jobs Bill Gets Snowed Under
Feb 8, 2010 — Politico
The administration would like to make the tax retroactive at the 2009 rate of 45 percent. Mark Warner (D-Va.) plans to introduce legislation along those lines early this week. Republican deficit hawks, such as New Hampshire Sen. -
Las Vegas Review-Journal The Political Eye column: THE POLITICAL EYE
Feb 8, 2010 — Las Vegas Review-Journal
Harry Reid is still being beaten by potential Republican opponents in a recent Rasmussen poll. Jim Gibbons, 39 percent approve of his job performance and 59 percent disapprove. What about President Barack Obama, who won 55 percent of the Nevada vote in 2008? Rasmussen says 46 percent of voters in the state approve of how he's performing, with 27 percent strongly approving.
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