Governor, Energy-Related Companies Want More Energy Jobs In Charlotte - WSOC-TV
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The sun shines for about 1,800 hours a year in Charlotte, so it makes sense that North Carolina’s only solar panel manufacturing company, Sencera, is expanding in the Queen City. Sencera plans to use federal stimulus money to

Green energy will hike electricity bills: report - CNEWS
TORONTO - A new report commissioned by the Opposition says Ontario’s Green Energy Act could hike electricity bills by hundreds of dollars a year. The report by London Economics International says the average additional cost per household ranges from

Retail Energy Supply Association Welcomes Green Mountain Energy - Earthtimes
HARRISBURG, Pa. , April 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA), a leading trade association of retail energy suppliers committed to the advocacy of vibrant and sustainable competitive retail energy markets, today

EcoTrack 11: Now’s a good time to invest in renewable energy - WTOL-TV
TOLEDO (WTOL) - The time to invest in renewable energy has never been better, says Chris Downey, from Green by Design, who says business has been booming. The government has come out with some incentives: People could possibly get a 30 percent tax

Empire State Building to go “green” - Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Empire State Building is going “green” in a model project that will save about $4.4 million a year on energy. Completed in 1931, the Art Deco building immortalized in the film “King Kong” has been named by the American

Green ETFs Poised for Obama Bounce? - CNBC
This post is part of a regular series written by ETF Trends editor Tom Lydon, special for CNBC.com. Green ETFs have been challenged ever since oil retreated off its record highs last July. The long-accepted feeling has been that as oil prices rise

Perdue seeks regional energy hub - Charlotte Business Journal
Gov. Bev Perdue warns that North Carolina faces tough economic choices but vowed to work with Charlotte-area companies to create a national energy hub to attract jobs to the region. She likens the effort to the public/private partnership that created

Americans choose simple green life in recession - Forbes
When it comes to going green, Kristen Chase does what she can: recycling, using her own grocery bags, buying organic produce and conserving energy and water. But the 32-year-old mom of three doesn’t drive a hybrid, have solar panels on the house or

Energy urgency pits tree-huggers against smokestack pluggers - Abbotsford News
If we want to put the brakes on global warming and reduce our reliance on nonrenewable fossil fuels, we must look to renewable energy such as solar, wind, hydro, and sustainable bioenergy. Given what the world’s leading climate change scientists

Empire State Building going green - 14 WFIE
NEW YORK (AP) - The lights atop the Empire State Building already change colors. Now the building itself is getting a permanent green makeover. The goal is to cut energy use by 38 percent, saving $4.4 million a year in energy costs. Former President