The Virginian-Pilot
Williamsburg angler's going to 'Super Bowl'
The Virginian-Pilot
The Williamsburg angler is simply too low-key to cause any hoopla. "I'm pretty mild-mannered. It takes a lot to get me going," Pratt said. "I'm a rookie as far as they're concerned and if I do well, I know there will be a lot of attention paid to me.

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Officials celebrate green credentials of Harrington's Royal Farms
Milford Beacon
The Harrington store and 20 other Royal Farms locations in the Mid-Atlantic region are under application to receive LEED certification through the US Green Building Council, she said. Royal Farms, founded in 1959, owns and operates 137 convenience ...

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Carroll County group to get tips on gas pipelines
Canton Repository
Carroll Concerned Citizens will host Ray Rummell of the Carroll County Soil and Water Conservation District at its March 1 meeting. Rummell will provide landowners with insight on best management practices for the design, installation and ...

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Greenearth Energy: clean technology program a windfall for energy efficient ...
Proactive Investors Australia
The company also has technology opportunities and project applications in the waste heat recovery, energy efficiency, combined heat and power solar, and CO2 to fuel conversion markets. Greenearth Energy's Metrolight energy efficiency technology is ...
GREENEARTH ENERGY LTD. : GER Energy Efficiency Technology Right for Govt Program4-traders

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Replacement-window firms agree to settlement with Federal Trade Commission
Washington Post
Five companies that sell replacement windows agreed to stop making “exaggerated and unsupported” claims about their products' energy efficiency as part of a settlement announced Wednesday by the Federal Trade Commission. The companies targeted by the ...
FTC ends exaggerated energy claims by window makersConsumerReports.org (blog)

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Jani-King of Cincinnati, Ohio Recognized for Exemplary Green Cleaning Standards
MarketWatch (press release)
CINCINNATI, OH, Feb 22, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Jani-King of Cincinnati is a finalist for the coveted 2012 Green Business Award. The annual award is presented by the Cincinnati Business Journal and the US Green Building Council.

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Dallas Morning News (subscription)
Is gray water solution to drought?
Dallas Morning News (subscription)
Over the past decade or so, use of this so-called gray water to irrigate lawns and landscape has been taken up by green living advocates and approved by legislatures in approximately 13 states. Texas authorized residential use of gray water in 2003.

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A wet tradition: No escape from annual flood for Lower Valley campers, farmers ...
Snoqualmie Valley Record
If the water rises high enough, the entire campground is cut off. "If we leave, we all leave together and come back together," Creasey said. "All our houses have wheels. We're all ready to go in a few minutes." Creasey makes the best of the bad ...

Marketwire (press release)
Emerging Trends in the Green Building Industry Featured in February's Issue of ...
Marketwire (press release)
SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - Feb 22, 2012) - In our February issue, Construction Digital takes a look at up-and-coming trends in the green building sector. As the construction industry adapts to new challenges and the constraints of a contracting ...
Top Ten Extreme Environment Projects, Los Angeles - NFL Stadium Proposals and ...PR.com (press release)

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Bloomberg Australia-NZ
Energy use surges 7% in 2011
China Daily
BEIJING - China's energy use rose at the fastest pace in four years in 2011 while efficiency improved, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. Consumption climbed 7 percent to 3.48 billion metric tons of standard coal equivalent, ...
China Energy Consumption Rises at Fastest Pace in Four YearsBloomberg

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Farm-to-Factory
Honolulu Weekly
More than 50 members of the surrounding community protested “the purple spot” on the map, signifying the industrial land use designation made by the Waianae Sustainable Community Plan against their will. “I'm against the purple spot because that land ...

Tūtaepatu Lagoon ecological restoration project on video
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A short video celebrating the ongoing ecological restoration work at the Tūtaepatu Lagoon near Woodend (around 30 minutes north of Christchurch) is now available on YouTube. “We are very excited to be able to show the progress we have made in just over ...

Marco mangrove restoration underway
NBC2 News
They say restoring the mangroves will help the environment and make an impact on the local economy. "It's really an economic issue as well as a ecological issue," said Robin Lewis, with the Coastal Restoration Group. "The mangroves are what holds the ...

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Fairview Court in Clarendon Hills to get new water main
The Doings Clarendon Hills
The Clarendon Hills Village Board approved a low bid of $184807 Feb. 21. Thirteen bids for the work were received, and the low bid from Cerniglia Co. of Melrose Park was $45622, or about 20 percent, less than the engineer's estimate of $230429.

Palo Alto looks for allies against housing mandates
Palo Alto Online
"Staff believes that the differences between the three land use scenarios (1.5 percent) is not significant and certainly not worth the cost and consternation associated with substantial changes in the city and county land-use control," Williams wrote ...

Controller, lawmakers propose energy efficiency program
Los Angeles Times
But on Wednesday, he joined state lawmakers, labor representatives and business groups to announce legislation aimed at increasing energy efficiency in commercial buildings. “It is really nice for a change to talk about moving California forward,” ...
Cheaper financing for energy retrofits proposedCentral Valley Business Times

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$1 Billion Proposal, Part III
Huffington Post (blog)
This is the third and final blog discussing Obama's $1 billion proposal to put 20000 veterans to work over the next five years rebuilding our public lands infrastructure. Part one can be read here, and part two can be read here Is it sustainable?

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High Plains Underground Water Conservation District Issues Moratorium on New Rules
News/Talk 790 KFYO
The High Plains Underground Water Conservation District's board has issued an enforcement schedule for certain water district rules. The HPWD Board of Directors established a two-year moratorium on the enforcement policy and civil penalty for exceeding ...
Farmers Fight Proposed Water RestrictionsEverythingLubbock.com

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog)
Focus on Energy hires Port firm to run energy-saving programs
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog)
By Thomas Content of the Journal Sentinel Franklin Energy Services of Port Washington has been awarded two contracts to ipmlement energy-saving programs for businesses in Wisconsin. Franklin was hired by the state Focus on Energy program, ...
Focus on Energy Appoints Implementers for New Energy ProgramsMarketWatch (press release)

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Tutaepatu Lagoon restoration video released
Voxy
A short video celebrating the ongoing ecological restoration work at the Tutaepatu Lagoon near Woodend (around 30 minutes north of Christchurch) is now available on YouTube. "We are very excited to be able to show the progress we have made in just over ...