Archive for July, 2008

Residents can drop off old electronics at a recycling drive Friday.  LC Industries will dispose of the electronics in an environmentally friendly manner.

Items accepted include desktop PCs, laptops, fax machines, printers, photocopiers, shredders, scanners, cell phones, digital cameras and computer peripherals. No CRT monitors or televisions.

Items will be accepted Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at LC Industries, 4500 Emperor Blvd., Durham. Call 596-8277 or visit www.lcirecycles.com for details.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Some of the Triangle’s largest employers met Tuesday to discuss going green — while making a profit, the News and Observer reports.

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The Fayetteville Public Works Commission held groundbreaking ceremony of its LEED-registered Customer Service Building Wednesday prior to the Commission’s regularly scheduled meeting.

The 10,000-square-foot building is one of the first buildings in Cumberland County to be built to LEED standards and is expected to be completed in the summer of 2009. LEED (Leadership in Energy Efficiency Design)  is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings.

WASHINGTON (AP) - He made his fortune in oil. But he thinks the future is wind power.
     
Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens has asked Congress to “clear the path” for his plan to boost use of wind and natural gas.
     
Pickens is promoting his plan to erect wind turbines in the Midwest to generate electricity, replacing the 22 percent of U.S. power produced from natural gas. The freed up natural gas then could be used for transportation.
     
Testifying before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, Pickens said the government should begin building transmission lines for wind-generated power or provide the right of way on private land and extend tax credits so the private sector can build the lines.
     
Pickens has leased hundreds of thousands of acres for a giant wind farm in West Texas, where he plans to erect 2,700 turbines and produce energy for urban areas such as Dallas and Fort Worth.

mailonline.com reports that workers are putting together a “green” firework display designed to reduce firework pollution. Read the full story here.

Raleigh’s Sue Sturgis reminds everyone that a screening of ‘End Of Suburbia’ is planned for 7 p.m. Thursday at the Cameron Village library location.

Read more about it in her Raleigh Eco News blog here.

The Daily Green releases its Top 10 list of the most efficient vehicles. So how did your vehicle rate? Hint: Toyota had four of the top 10.

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The secret? Batteries. Check out how one local man transformed his truck from gasoline to electricity.

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FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Fort Bragg officials have received the first Army award for environmental sustainability at a post where vast acreage is used for combat training.

The Fayetteville Observer reported Monday the post received the Secretary of the Army Sustainability Award last week. The award recognizes protection of environmental resources.

Army official Tad Davis said the award recognizes Fort Bragg’s work to preserve air and water quality for the next 25 years. Since 2002, the post has cut its water use by nearly 45 percent and has stepped up recycling debris from torn down buildings.

Al Gore is calling for America to run on 100 percent zero-carbon electricity in 10 years.

Can it be done?

Here is what The Huffington Post’s green pages have to say.