Wed, Jan 12, 2011
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri farmers will soon be able to tap a $5 million federal grant to help reduce energy costs at their farms and homes. The statewide program will be formally announced Jan. 21 at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Jefferson City. Farmers will be offered energy audits that cost $1,500 per […]
Sat, Jan 1, 2011
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Fri, Dec 31, 2010
Students from Truman State University submitted their resumes in Kansas City to Senator Claire McCaskill for employment in a clean energy economy. Kansas City, MO – infoZine – A transition to a clean energy economy can create up to 29,000 jobs in Missouri, and recent Truman State graduates are calling on their Senators to help […]
Fri, Dec 31, 2010
When Bob and Joy Lominska began organically farming in the ’70s, it was considered admirable but unrealistic. More than 30 years later, they’re on another ambitious venture: bringing solar power to their Hoyland Farm north of Lawrence. “We advertise ourselves as being sustainable,” Bob says. “But we do use electric pumps, coolers and grow lights. […]
Thu, Dec 30, 2010
RICHMOND, Va. — Two years ago, the promise of a new day loomed for the U.S. nuclear energy industry. Both presidential candidates supported to varying degrees an expanded role for nuclear power, as each vowed to reduce America’s reliance on foreign oil and its greenhouse gas emissions. John McCain proposed building 45 new nuclear reactors […]
Tue, Dec 28, 2010
WRIGHT, WYO. • Every minute, a machine at Peabody Energy Corp.’s North Antelope Rochelle mine scrapes an 80-foot wall of coal with a giant steel claw. With each swipe, the beast pivots and deposits a heap of black rock into a waiting truck. From a distance, the yellow CAT looks like a Tonka toy. But […]
