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Enterprise Holdings will move its fleet of buses to biodiesel
From Green Right Now Reports
Enterprise Holdings today announced that it will convert its entire fleet of more than 600 Alamo Rent A Car, Enterprise Rent-A-Car and National Car Rental airport shuttle buses in 50 North American markets to begin using at least 5 percent biodiesel (B5). The company said it will immediately convert buses in nine markets to 20 percent biodiesel (B20) as a first step toward the company’s goal of converting its entire bus fleet to B20 over the next five years.
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Enterprise Holdings expects to complete the conversion to all B5 by spring of this year, with at least 50 percent converted to B20 by the end of next year. Buses in nine markets are immediately being converted to run on B20 where the fuel is centrally stored and available: Boston, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, Raleigh/Durham, San Antonio and San Diego.
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Tags: · airport shuttle buses, Alamo Rent A Car, Boston, CEO of NBB, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Dr. Richard Sayre, Enterprise Holdings, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Joe Jobe, Lee Broughton, Los Angeles, Miami, National Car Rental, Raleigh/Durham, San Antonio, San Diego
Sleeping out in Boston pays off; protesters win clean energy proposal
Propelled to action by student protesters who’d been sleeping out in Boston Common for several weeks, Massachusetts state officials introduced a bill this week to study making the state run entirely on green energy.
It wasn’t exactly what the protesters had demanded — a bill promising to put the state on 100 percent clean energy by 2020 — but it was a good compromise, student leaders said.
“We’re happy…This is a step in the right direction and it seems very practical and rational to get this task force going first,” said Dan Abrams, who handled communications for the campaign. “This task force is charged with proposing ways to get 100% clean electricity by 2020. We’ve given them the goal and asked them to figure out how to get us there. We know it can happen and we know it needs to happen. We have our own policy recommendations that we’ve come up with from our own research and experts and we would like to see what experts on this task force will propose.”
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Tags: · 2020 clean energy, Boston, Massachusetts task force, Renewable Energy, sleep out protests, Students for a Just and Stable Future, studying green energy, The Leadersnip Campaign
Sleep-out protest in third week in Boston; Dr. Hansen testifies
November 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Green Right Now Reports
Rallying for a clean energy bill in Massachussetts, noted climatologist Dr. James Hansen told students this weekend that they must take the future in their hands.
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“Our universe is incredibly unjust and inequitable for young people and future generations. ” Dr. Hansen said. “Unless someone can change the direction, young people are really in trouble. Our governments are not taking actions or planning actions that will achieve this.”
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Tags: · 100 percent clean energy by 2020, Boston, Dr. James Hansen, lobbying for clean energy, sleep out protest, student activists, The Leadership Campaign
Climate expert James Hansen to join sleep outs in Boston
Green Right Now Reports
Dr. James Hansen, the NASA scientist known for sounding an early alarm about climate change, will join student protesters at a “sleep out” in Boston this weekend.
The students, from Boston-area and other Massachusetts colleges, have been sleeping out on Boston Common and at various campuses to push the state to pass a law committing to clean energy. Their target goal: Have Massachusetts pledge to be using 100 percent clean energy by 2020.
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Tags: · Boston, clean energy, Climate Change, Dr. James Hansen, Massachusetts, sleep outs to protest
DOE funding solar projects in 16 cities
From Green Right Now Reports
The Department of Energy announced $10 million has been awarded to 16 cities for 40 new Solar America Cities Special Projects. The funds, made through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will enable the cities to increase solar energy use in their communities through innovative programs and policies that the government believes can be replicated across the nation.
The cities chosen for these awards came from the group of 25 large U.S. cities that are part of the DOE’s Solar America Cities program, which recognizes the participating cities as partners highly committed to solar technology adoption at the local level. Those cities already have been given millions of dollars in funds and technical assistance to accelerate solar adoption.
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Tags: · Austin, Berkeley, Boston, Department of Energy, Madison, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York City, Portland, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Rosa, Seattle, Solar America Cities Special Projects, Tucson
Green Briefs: St. Anthony’s first ENERGY STAR hospital in Florida
From Green Right Now Reports:
St. Anthony’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR, the national symbol for superior energy efficiency and environmental protection. St. Anthony’s is the first hospital in Florida and one of only 86 hospitals in the nation to achieve this recognition. Buildings that receive the EPA’s ENERGY STAR designation reduce greenhouse gas emissions by meeting strict energy-efficient specifications set by the government.
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Tags: · Boston, Detroit Edison, green technology trade center, International Green Technology Trade Center, photovoltaic (PV) technology, Solar Energy, SolarCurrents, St. Anthony's Hospital, St. Petersburg
Tiny homes getting to be a big deal
By Harriet Blake
Green Right Now
One or two of the seven dwarfs would enjoy these houses, but certainly not all of them, and forget about Snow White. In Peter Pan, the lost boys made such a house for Wendy. And when Alice landed in Wonderland, she too experienced the tiny house phenomenon.
So, now in 2009, what’s the appeal of a home that ranges 100 to 800 square feet? Is there a market for them? Are people really downsizing to this level?
The economy may be one factor, but most folks who are attracted to these miniature homes are seeking a simpler, scaled down lifestyle –one that is kinder to the environment. Such a home uses less energy and takes advantage of renewable resources.
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Tags: · Austin, Boston, Brad Kittel, California, Carbon footprint, Jay Schafer, PlaceTailor Inc., Pratt House, Texas, Tiny Texas Houses, Tumbleweed Tiny Houses, U.S. Green Building Council
Green Apple Festivals will kick off Earth Day in major U.S. cities
By Sommer Saadi
Green Right Now
Do not underestimate the excitement of Earth Day. Trust us. There is a lot to look forward to this year – the Green Apple Festival and Earth Day Network are making sure of it.
The two organizations have teamed up to put together the largest Earth Day festival in America. The event will take place April 17 to 19 (the weekend before the official Earth Day on April 22) and features simultaneous service events in ten major cities across the nation including New York, Boston, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Austin, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle.
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Tags: · 1 House at a Time, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Earth Day Network, Green Apple Festivals, International Bird Rescue Research Center, Los Angeles, Lower East Side Ecology Center, New York City, Planet Green, Seattle, Washington
America’s least wasteful cities
Nalgene’s least wasteful city study, which was produced from a survey of 3,750 Americans in the top 25 largest cities that sought to probe their “mindset”, asking them about their green habits like whether they used public transportation and reusable grocery bags or composted and reused containers — resulted in San Francisco taking top honors as the most mindfully-least-wastefully green city:
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Tags: · Boston, Denver, Least Wasteful Cities, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Nalgene, New York City, Philadelphia, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington DC
Artists announced for Green Apple Festival ‘Thank You Concerts’
Photo: Green Apple Network
From Green Right Now Reports
Green Apple Festival and Earth Day Network have released the 2009 line up for the free “Green Apple Thank You Concerts” for volunteers in major cities across the country over Earth Day Weekend (April 17 through 19).
Performers at the flagship event “Earth Day on the National Mall” in [...]
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Tags: · Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Denver, Earth Day Network, Green Apple Festival, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington DC
Roll up your shirt sleeves on Earth Day
By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
Next month we celebrate Earth Day, the calendar hub of environmental action in the United States and around the globe.
The event, launched back in 1970, has enjoyed enduring life, inspiring countless mid-April tree plantings and “trash offs” No doubt many adults today remember canvassing a ditch for soda cans and paper litter sometime during their childhood.
Lately, Earth Day has been enjoying a resurgence as green aspirations break out in corporate offices, Jaycee meetings and kindergarten classrooms across the land.
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Tags: · Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Earth Day Network, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington DC
ExxonMobil pays $6 million fine for Boston-area spill
By Tom Kessler
Green Right Now
ExxonMobil Corporation’s pipeline subsidiary has agreed to plead guilty and pay more than $6 million in fines and other charges for a 15,000-gallon spill of diesel oil into the Mystic River from ExxonMobil’s oil terminal in Everett, Mass.
The Justice Department announced Tuesday that it had filed charges in federal court that ExxonMobil Pipeline Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of ExxonMobil Corporation, violated the criminal provisions of the Clean Water Act. The plea agreement is subject to court approval.
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Tags: · Boston, Clean Water Act, ExxonMobil, Oil spills
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