Thousands of residents in north London have
been left without heating and cooking in the freezing conditions after
their gas supply failed. About 750 homes in East Barnet faced a
second day without gas after water from a burst main got into the gas
pipes, cutting off the flow in the early hours yesterday. (more)
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PROVIDENCE — A
vigorous cleanup effort avoided what could have been a substantial oil
spill on the city’s East Side yesterday after the axle of a tank truck
carrying 1,800 gallons of heating oil broke, dumping the truck on its
side and poking holes in its tank. (more)
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BRIDGETON — For five days, Roberta Algarin and her family have gone without heat in their Columbus Avenue home. It’s not because she hasn’t paid her bill to South Jersey Gas. It’s not that she doesn’t pay an extra $11 per month to the company for a warranty providing service in case of a problem, she said. With a potentially vicious nor’easter approaching, Algarin has no heat in the two-story home because in five days, no one can seem to deliver the needed part to get the system running again. (more)
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Probably not the brightest way to save energy. (more)
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Town of Union, NY (WBNG Binghamton)-The holiday season is a difficult time for families who loved ones serving in the military overseas. A heating company is looking lessen the burden by helping to keep military families warm this winter. (more)
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The future looks bright for solar panel manufacturers, as the 15th
United Nations Climate Change Conference is about to get started next
week. Leaders from countries all over the globe will converge in
Copenhagen to look for solutions with regard to the dangers of climate
change. This is a major step in the battle against global warming.
One sector that would closely monitor the results of the Copenhagen
Summit are solar panel manufacturers. At present China is the world’s
top manufacturer of solar cells, with industry leaders Suntech and
Trina calling it their home. Chinese manufacturing plants have
increased their production capacity in 2009 to eight gigawatts, which
is more than the projected global demand of 7.5 gigawatts. (more)
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Post-election New York is going to be significantly less
energy-efficient than pre-election Mayor Bloomberg promised it was
going to be. Bloomberg announced Friday that he's backing down on a
major component of the PLANYC Greener, Greater Buildings Plan he announced with great fanfare on Earth Day this year.
In the face of opposition from real estate interests, Bloomberg has
decided that the owners of buildings his plan identifies as using half
the city's energy will no longer be required to make them energy
efficient. With Greener, Greater Buildings in place, the city's carbon
emissions were supposed to be reduced 30% by 2030. (more)
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CEDAR RAPIDS - A long tradition has ended in Cedar Rapids. For more
than a century, a giant steam system heated much of the downtown area.
Tuesday, Alliant Energy shut it down. (more)
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Attic furnace venting is coming apart in some homes when the roof is replaced. (story)
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Indianapolis-based Peerless Pump Co. will have a new president
in the coming weeks. Andrew Warrington will take over for Dean Douglas,
who is leaving to become president and chief executive officer of
another company. (more)
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