Florida PSC staff makes only slight change to rejected energy conservation recommendation Florida Public Service Commission staffers have slightly changed their recommended energy ...
EPA: Fuel efficiency for new cars and trucks up slightly in 2008 model year The fleet of new cars and trucks sold to ...
SAN FRANCISCO - NOVEMBER 18: A Costco customer looks at a display of LCD HDTV televisions November 18, 2009 in San Francisco, California. The California Energy Commission voted unanimously to require all new televisions over 58 inches to be more energy efficient ...
Poll: People embrace protecting the environment, but don't always walk the walk Sometimes it's easier to think green than be green. A survey released Tuesday suggests people have largely embraced recycling bottles and cans, and are inclined to turn down thermostats to ...
Energy Dept. leads by example, erects Colo. building that uses as much energy as it creates Homes and office buildings consume three-quarters of U.S. electricity, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory wants to lower that figure by erecting what it believes will ...
Kansas launches' $34 million program funded by stimulus to encourage energy upgrades on homes Kansas launched a new energy efficiency program Tuesday to make low-interest loans available to several thousand home owners and small businesses for upgrading insulation, installing new furnaces and ...
Scholar with logical but unpopular idea will give talk today If you go When: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. today Where: UNLVÕs Science and Engineering Building auditorium Cost: Free To conserve energy, we need a higher gas tax. But wait, before you get ...
Regulators want tougher energy conservation goals for Florida's major electric utilities The Florida Public Service Commission on Tuesday rejected proposed energy conservation goals that environmentalists had called too weak. Commissioners said a proposal drawn by their own staff fell short of what's ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most U.S. consumers recognize the Environmental Protection Agency's blue Energy Star label when it is posted on an energy-saving refrigerator, water heater or other appliance. But the program reached a major milestone on Tuesday when the agency marked the ...
HASTA LA VISTA, POWER-HUNGRY TVs How green is your TV? If you're like most people, you have no idea how much energy your television uses. Yet as screens have grown bigger in recent years, the amount of electricity gobbled up by TVs ...
US Energy Department gives Honolulu $3.8 million for energy efficiency, conservation The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Honolulu a $3.8 million energy efficiency and conservation block grant. Such grants are used to help communities improve their energy efficiency, reduce energy use ...
Ohio utility proposing a voluntary light bulb distribution plan following criticism An Ohio utility criticized for passing on to customers the cost of a mandatory light bulb giveaway program on Wednesday proposed a voluntary program instead. The change will accommodate customers who ...
