November 11, 2011

Illustrated poster about Oregon’s pesticide law enforcement featuring warning signs, chemical containers, and text highlighting violations.

Oregon Pesticide Violations Lead to Settlements

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Three Oregon companies violated federal pesticide laws designed to protect consumers, according to three separate settlements with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Nufarm Americas, Inc., Morrow County Grain Growers, Inc. and Grange Cooperative Supply Association will pay $127,000 for selling mislabeled pesticide products in Oregon.
“When pesticides aren’t handled properly they can make people sick and harm the environment,” said Scott Downey, Manager of EPA’s Pesticide Unit in Seattle. “Companies must label products correctly and according to the law so people can use them safely.”
Nufarm Americas Inc. and Morrow County Grain Growers Inc.

How floating solar farms could make fuel and help solve the climate crisis

Germany Energy Concerns Amid Nuclear Shutdown

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On 30 May, in the aftermath of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that Germany would close all of its 18 nuclear power plants between 2015 and 2022, which produce about 28 percent of the country’s electricity.
Eight have now been taken offline, and with the winter coming on Berlin is scrambling to make up the energy shortfall lest the country suffer blackouts combined with the need to import massive amounts of electricity.
Despite Germany’s Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (German Development Bank) being set to underwrite renewable energy and energy efficiency investments in Germany worth $137.3 billion over the next five years, Merkel’s government has now announced that in addition to going green, it will also build a dozen coal-fired power plants as part of the country’s future energy mix. In order to assure the energy transition, the government also plans to subsidize new natural gas power plants as well.

Project 7: How Your Purchases Make a Difference

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A new company called Project 7 “Products for Good” (http://www.project7.com/) have their products that are now available in Walmart Stores nationwide. So much for a new company working their way to make it. I mean bam!!
In case you are unfamiliar with the brand.
In a nutshell: Go to Walmart and just by purchasing one tube of Feed the Hungry Peppermint Mints (as an example) you are providing seven meals to U.S. communities in need, and each tube of Save the Earth Fresh Mint Gum sold plants one fruit tree back into the earth.

A US Veteran Owned Business Gives ConEdison Solutions the Military TO Go Green on Veterans Day!!

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PS&S Global, LLC has been retained by ConEdison Solutions (CES) — one of America’s largest energy services companies — to explore new business opportunities within the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Energy Savings Performance Contracting (ESPC) program.
PS&S Global is a certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) providing clients with comprehensive project development and management services for projects involving energy procurement, alternative and renewable energy, energy efficiency, environmental remediation and modular buildings.
“ConEdison Solutions is one of the nation’s leading energy providers, and this is an exciting assignment that allows us to lend our expertise in the federal arena to a company that is at the forefront of the energy industry,” said Michael Dodd, CEO of PS&S Global. “We look forward to helping CES expand its business opportunities with the federal government.”

Reducing Carbon Emissions: The Impact of Conergy’s Solar Park

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The Conergy Group has completed Great Britain’s largest solar power plant. The 5 MW free-field park is situated in Hawton, near Newark on Trent in Nottinghamshire. The “fast-track” project was built in cooperation with Conergy’s local partner Lark Energy and was completed only six weeks after receiving the planning consent on May 24, 2011.
The local residents supported the green project from the beginning on: A community research conducted prior to the installation showed that 100% of the respondents generally favoured the idea of solar energy as a clean, renewable energy solution with no emissions. 92% of those who came to an open event in March 2011 supported the Hawton solar park. “I am sure in time this could be a major opportunity for renewable energy to prove to be a major benefit”, concluded one respondent.“
The project was clearly a race against time to meet the deadline of July 31, 2011 – but we made it, even more than two weeks beforehand thanks to our brilliant solar expert team”, says Robert Goss, Head of Conergy UK. “The deadline was imposed by the recent review of the Feed in Tariff incentive payments for large-scale solar projects that are to be slashed by 72%. All parties showed great determination to support this exciting project which will be one of a very few large solar projects installed in 2011.”