MSNBC.com – June 26, 2009 WASHINGTON – In a triumph for President Barack Obama on Friday, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed sweeping legislation calling for the nation’s first-ever limits on pollution linked to global warming. The bill also aims to usher in a new era of cleaner, yet more costly energy. The vote was 219-212, [...]
Associated Press – June 24, 2009 CHICAGO – Wind turbines, roof gardens and solar panels will join the pair of antennas atop the Sears Tower’s staggered rooftops, said building officials who announced Wednesday that the skyscraper would undergo a $350 million green renovation. The 5-year project would reduce the tower’s electricity use by 80 percent [...]
Media Release (City of Columbus) – June 22, 2009 Implementation of the City of Columbus’ 10-Year Reform and Efficiency Action Plan is underway thanks to the assistance of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009. Columbus has been allocated $7.4 million through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program. Projects funded with this [...]
By Dan Gearino, The Columbus Dispatch – June 26, 2009 Ohio soon will receive $38.4 million in federal stimulus money for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, the U.S. Department of Energy said today. “There is no question for us in Ohio that these dollars will help lay the foundation for an energy-based economy that [...]
By Adrian Burns, Business First of Columbus – June 26, 2009 The Columbus Regional Airport Authority didn’t get its hands on federal aviation stimulus funding that brought $29.2 million to other Ohio airports, but has scored millions from other pots of stimulus money for environmental and infrastructure projects. The $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment [...]
By Spencer Hunt, The Columbus Dispatch – June 26, 2009 Two utility companies, including Columbus-based American Electric Power, have backed out of a plan to help build the world’s first “clean” coal-fired power plant. Both companies citied the bad economy and the growing cost of the project. AEP was a founding member of the FutureGen [...]
By Dana Wilson, The Columbus Dispatch – June 26, 2009 DELAWARE, Ohio — A $3.13 million consulting contract pushed through by Delaware County commissioners on Monday lacked one key detail: the money. The board rescinded its agreement with ST eGe Delaware yesterday because the contract to study building a waste-to-fuel facility was not signed beforehand [...]
From MORPC.com: On Monday, June 8, 2009 MORPC hosted its first Home Energy Efficiency Showcase using Federal stimulus funding. MORPC’s Energy Efficiency Program recently received $4.5 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for the next two years. The event took place at the home of Jackie and Janice Roberts in [...]
By Matt Burns, Business First of Columbus – June 24, 2009 Had all gone as planned, the developers of a proposed biogas facility in Columbus would have shovels in the ground at the former trash-burning power plant site off Jackson Pike. Even with key permits from the Ohio EPA in hand, Schmack BioEnergy of Cleveland [...]
By Sabrina Eaton, The Plain Dealer – June 24, 2009 House Democrats trying to rally support for a 1,200-page energy bill scheduled for a vote on Friday won’t get any help from Cleveland’s Dennis Kucinich, who announced his opposition to the bill today on the House of Representatives floor. Kucinich said the bill gives too [...]