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Marc Lefkowitz | 12/08/14 @ 3:00pm | Posted in Clean energy, Recycle
quasar energy group has grown from a novelty—taking waste ice cream from Pierre's at its Collinwood facility—into an operation that converts the entire City of Wooster's wastewater into electricity, natural gas to run vehicles and a business model that will someday challenge the status quo.
Marc Lefkowitz | 11/11/14 @ 9:00am | Posted in Clean energy
When it comes to renewable energy, Cleveland has had to scrap for opportunities. Last year, the city used the bully pulpit of its “2019” sustainability project and the release of its Climate Action Plan—which calls for an 80% reduction in its carbon emissions from electricity by 2050—when writing an RFP for its municipal aggregation program. The city picked FirstEnergy Solutions...
David Beach | 10/29/14 @ 1:00pm | Posted in Clean energy
After a few years of progress, a new national ranking of state energy efficiency policies confirms that Ohio is now falling fast behind competing states.
Marc Lefkowitz | 07/25/14 @ 10:00am | Posted in Clean energy
Cleveland will take the first step to reduce its carbon emissions from power generation—a goal it laid claim to in its 2013 Climate Action Plan (CAP)—with a request for proposals (RFP) for a “solar farm” located at an old municipal waste dump. The Cleveland Climate Action Plan calls on the city to use 25% renewable energy by 2030 (with an interim...
David Beach | 05/14/14 @ 2:00pm | Posted in Clean energy, Climate
Religious congregations are increasingly placing carbon pollution in a moral context. They are seeing how climate change exacerbates issues on which faith communities are already working — issues such as hunger, clean water, disaster relief, refugee services, and conflict resolution.
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