March 28, 2011

Lincoln Can’t Believe Their MKZ Hybrid Electric Car is Selling Like Hotcakes!

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Let’s start with the basics, Lincoln just announced that the percentage of hybrid models sold within the MKZ range is higher than expected. Furthermore:
Lincoln MKZ Hybrid is the most fuel-efficient luxury sedan in America and is the first model to offer a no-charge hybrid powertrain option
Lincoln received highest score for durability in the latest J.D. Power and Associates Vehicle Dependability Study of three-year-old vehicles

Homeowner using natural cleaner in a bright kitchen with plants, alongside a green backyard garden with compost bin and native flowers.

Choose Spring Garden Clean and Refresh Your Space

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Spring is a great time to begin most lawn and landscaping projects around your home. During this time it is important for homeowners to clean up any debris left over from winter storms as well as check the health of the plants on their property. Pruning during spring months can help promote growth and aid in keeping plants in good health.
The Professional Landcare Network (PLANET), the nation’s lawn, landscape, and interior plantscape association, offers these pruning tips to improve plant health:

A composite image featuring Alexis Madrigal on the left and the Fukushima nuclear power plant on the right, with solar panels and a wind turbine in the foreground.

Fukushima Nuclear Energy: A Turning Point Ahead

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I just got an email today about Alexis Madrigal and Da Capo will soon be publishing:
POWERING THE DREAM:
The History and Promise of Green Technology.
Many Americans today view green energy as an unexplored area of scientific research, yet green technologies have represented a viable set of strategies.
In this POWERING THE DREAM, it reflects on 150 years of American invention and innovation in energy. Telling the stories of the remarkable inventors whose past creations seemed to predict our current problems, pointing us toward a world with breathable air, drinkable water, and renewable resources. Few of the issues we face today are as universal—or as pressing—as our changing environment, and our sources and uses of energy are often closely tied to our concerns about the health of the planet, the health of our communities, the preservation of other kinds of life, and our national credibility. We’ll see..

Columbia Forest Product Introduces MPX™ Hardwood Plywood – The Newest, Smoothest, All-Wood Core In The West!

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Columbia Forest Products introduces their new MPX™ hardwood plywood, answering the call for a smoother veneer core panel for customers in western and central North America. MPX is the newest core innovation from Columbia’s Klamath Falls, Oregon facility, and features the company’s EPA award-winning PureBond® formaldehyde-free technology.
The secret to the MPX panel is the incorporation of domestic hardwood yellow poplar crossbands under the decorative face and back veneer. These poplar crossbands, which are produced in Columbia’s east coast operations with state-of-the-art Meinan lathe technology, make this panel the “smoothest all-wood core in the west,” according to Ed Woods, Columbia’s Vice President of Western Operations.

Exterior of a Half Price Books retail store with signage promoting its transition to 100% renewable energy.

Half Price Books Went 100% Green Power

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Source: Houston Business Journal
Nine Houston retail stores and two distribution centers will now be powered by wind energy after Half Price Books signed an agreement with Green Mountain Energy Co. for 30 Texas stores and other facilities.
Dallas-based Half Price Books, the nation’s largest family-owned new and used bookstore chain, will power the locations with 100 percent wind power for the next three years, or about 11.3 kilowatt hours annually.
The move earned commendation from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency after Half Price Books’ purchase ranked fourth on the list of largest renewable energy retail power purchases in Texas, behind Whole Foods, FedEx Office and H-E-B Grocery Co. It’s also the second-largest retailer to provide 100 percent renewable energy to all of its Texas locations, behind Whole Foods.