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Gas Drilling Bringing Jobs to Pennsylvania, but How Many?

Wall Street Journal

The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry says industries related to natural-gas extraction directly and indirectly created just over 13000 jobs in the state in 2010. "It's still a relatively small part of the state's overall economy, ...
 
Germany Shows How Renewable Energy Should Be Done

DailyFinance

By Travis Hoium, The Motley Fool Posted 7:06PM 08/01/11 Investing Germany is doubling its efforts to be a renewable-energy power over the next 50 years, and it's expanding beyond just solar power. After the country put the kibosh on exploding solar ...
 
Worcester pursues solar project grant

Delmarva Now

The county in March 2010 was awarded a $299692 grant by the Maryland Energy Administration to fund an energy-efficient project, according to county spokeswoman Kim Moses. They have since developed an alternate project that would construct a bank of ...
 
Where Your Power is Going in Your Home

KBTX

With the calls for energy conservation, we wanted to know a breakdown of just how the average home uses power. According to the Department of Energy, water heating accounts for between 14 and 25 percent of power use. Appliances and electronics account ...
 
BMW Teases Us With Two Electric Concepts

Wired News

The i3 and i8 join the Mini E and Active E electric 1-Series — in BMW's e-lineup, and they are the first BMWs designed from the ground up for e-drive. They're also the first projects from the BMW i brand, which in addition to electric vehicles will ...
 
It's AAA to the electric vehicle rescue

ZDNet (blog)

AAA will soon be able to aid electric vehicle drivers who stray beyond the range of their vehicles. Heather Clancy is an award-winning business journalist with a passion for green technology and corporate sustainability issues. ...
 
GE to produce 228 wind turbines for 2 projects

BusinessWeek

General Electric Co. and Wind Capital Group said Monday that they reached a deal for 228 wind turbines along with operations and maintenance services for a pair of projects in Oklahoma and Kansas. Under the agreement, GE will supply 94 of its 1.6-100 ...