http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1101735.html


"State regulators this morning said that N.C. GreenPower, a Raleigh nonprofit, can start selling “carbon offsets” to subsidize programs designed to reduce greenhouse gases."

http://www.newsobserver.com/print/friday/business/story/1098244.html 


"Fibrowatt, an energy company that generates electricity using poultry droppings, picked Surry County as a site for a second planned power plant in North Carolina. The Pennsylvania-based company is received $5.3 million in state and county incentives to build the plant at the site. Fibrowatt in April picked Sampson County for its first power plant in North Carolina fueled by chicken litter. A third and final site also could be announced this year."

http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/greenest-presidential-candidate/

"All three presidential nominees for the upcoming 2008 US elections are promising that they can end America?s addition to oil through the research and development of green energy technologies. They claim that developing alternative energies will create jobs and turn the economy around, while helping to stop global warming and the national security issues [...]"

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/01/business/01metrics-txt.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

"As energy is unlocked from fuels at power plants, two-thirds of the energy consumed to create electricity is lost."

 

http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/toyota-bus-train/

"A dual mode road/rail vehicle is being tested in Japan by Toyota and its truck-manufacturing division Hino Motors. The bus bridges the gap between road and rail with 4 rubber tires for road use and 4 steel wheels for riding on rails. It can hold 25 passengers and is based on the Toyota Microbus. [...]"