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47 hats in the ring
Published December 2, 2008, 10:08 pm, Mountain Xpress
To read the full applications of all 47 would-be City Council members, click here. To read summaries of each application, see alphabetical list below. City Council asked — and Asheville delivered. By noon on Nov. 26 (the deadline for submitting an application), 47 city residents were vying for the right to serve out the remaining year of Council member Holly Jones‘ term. Jones was just elected ...
Giving a green example
Published December 2, 2008, 10:02 pm, Central Michigan Life
Editor's Note: This is the second article in a five-part series looking at local initiatives to become more environmentally-friendly. Living green is a state of mind and the lifestyle for student environmentalist Audrie Thelen. "My passion is sustainability," the Grand Ledge senior said.
Community Briefs
Published December 2, 2008, 9:28 pm, Asheville Citizen-Times
ASHEVILLE – Asheville Parks and Recreation's Senior Treks program, a low-impact trekking club, will travel to the Grassy Mount Carl Sandburg trails on Dec. 12. The trek will be an easy, four-mile walk through the grounds of the Carl Sandburg Home. The day doesn't involve visiting the inside of the home, just the grounds.
Business Tri-State: Effort would make St. Louis clean coal focal point
Published December 2, 2008, 9:16 pm, The Huntington Herald-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS -- Two major coal companies and one of the Midwest's largest utilities are combining with Washington University to try and make St. Louis the nation's center for clean coal research and education.
Drury to Ditch Plastic Water Bottles
Published December 2, 2008, 9:07 pm, KOLR - KSFX Ozarks
(SPRINGFIELD) -- Drury University is among the many schools around the area working to have a greener campus. Drury leaders are planning to create a policy that would change the way people drink water on school grounds.
Arroyo: ‘Hard choices’ paid off for RP
Published December 2, 2008, 9:04 pm, Philippine Daily Inquirer
HONG KONG—The Philippines has been able to weather the effects of the global economic crisis because of the “hard choices” it made in the past to reform its fiscal system, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo told the Clinton Global Initiative here.
Taupo decision not to be appealed
Published December 2, 2008, 8:07 pm, Scoop.co.nz
Federated Farmers has confirmed it will not be lodging an appeal in the High Court challenging the recent Environment Court decision on Environment Waikato's ''Lake Taupo Variation'', Variation 5 to the Waikato Regional Plan.
Mesa may combine several departments
Published December 2, 2008, 7:45 pm, East Valley Tribune
Last month, Mesa management announced a proposal to trim spending by $62 million over the next year-and-a-half, eliminate about 350 jobs, possibly change work hours and consolidate several departments.
Ever Vail shoots for top green standard
Published December 2, 2008, 7:29 pm, The Vail Trail
When Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz announced the Ever Vail ski village last year, he was asked what level of certification under Leadership and Energy and Environmental Development the project would shoot for.
Doh! HP has some "green" data center news, too
Published December 2, 2008, 7:26 pm, ZDNet
Sometimes, I SWEAR that companies put out green IT-ish press releases on the same day just to divert attention from their rivals. So, here's the thing, after writing about Dell's latest data center proclamations and new optimization services this morning, I would be remiss not to point to some of...
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