By John DeFore
Green Right Now
It seems like a no-brainer that national parks, those monuments to America’s natural beauty, would be powered by renewable resources. But renewable-power installations aren’t free, and the park system isn’t the best-funded part of the U.S. government.
The Grand Canyon, at least, is now starting to get with the program. This spring, the visitor center at the Grand Canyon National Park will draw a healthy chunk of its energy from the sun.
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Phoenix Suns Tap The Phoenix Sun
By Barbara Kessler
Some things 
just make sense, like the Phoenix Suns using the desert sun to help power the US Airways Center where they play.
The basketball team, electricity provider APS and the city of Phoenix announced Thursday that the utility and the team have teamed up to install a 194 kilowatt photo-voltaic system on the fifth level of the US Airways parking garage. The system will cover about 18,000 square feet and produce more than 330,000 kilowatt-hours each year – enough to meet about one-quarter of the parking garage’s power needs.
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