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New solar farm ground breaking in Pflugerville.

Posted in Energy, green jobs, Renewables, solar, tagged Austin, Business, public citizen texas, renewable, RRE Solar Austin, solar energy, Solar Farm on December 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »

RRE Solar Austin held its groundbreaking ceremony in Pflugerville yesterday. This is the first utility scale solar farm, and one of the largest photovoltaic projects in the country, to be built by the company and the first to break ground in the Austin area. Planned to produce 60Mw of solar energy when completed it will [...]

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Solar incentive funds in the Oncore area or Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus

Posted in Renewables, solar, tagged Business, Efficient energy use, Funds, oncor, renewable, solar, solar energy, Solar Incentives on November 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

For the last few months people who wanted to install solar systems in the Oncore service area have been disappointed as they have been told that the incentive funds are all reserved. It turns out there is another pool of funds available that has been harder to find. The Oncore website lists all the solar [...]

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Watch the “Story of Electronics”

Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, green jobs, Toxics, tagged Business, Electronic waste, Electronics, environment, recycling, The Story of Stuff, Waste Management on November 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

A new online film, the “Story of Electronics”, is available to watch today, Tues, November 9. This is the newest in the series of the excellent, user-friendly Story of Stuff web-films about excessive consumerism and waste. The Story of Electronics tells the story of how electronics are really “designed for the dump” and not made [...]

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The Story of Electronics online film release coming

Posted in Consumers, Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, green jobs, recycling, Toxics, tagged Business, Electronic waste, Electronics, environment, recycling, The Story of Stuff, United States, Waste Management on October 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »

A new online film, the “Story of Electronics”, will be released on Tues, November 9. This is the newest in the series of the excellent, user-friendly Story of Stuff web-films about excessive consumerism and waste. The Story of Electronics tells the story of how electronics are really “designed for the dump” and not made to [...]

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