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grist.org - 30 days ago
President Obama announces $3.4 billion investment to spur transition to smart energy grid
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by Grist As the Senate debated the Kerry-Boxer climate bill in Washington, President Obama travelled to Arcadia, Florida to announce a $3.4 billion investment in to modernize the U.S. energy grid. Have a look at this official White House press release on the president’s new smart grid ...
Obama awards $3.4 billion in ’smart grid’ grants
features.csmonitor.com - 10/29/2009
Obama awards $3.4 billion in ’smart grid’ grants
— features.csmonitor.com — Obama awards $3.4 billion in ’smart grid’ grants (more) Obama awards $3.4 billion in ’smart grid’ grants

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Florida: Fairly Fatal for Peds and Cyclists
treehugger.com - 22 days ago
Florida: Fairly Fatal for Peds and Cyclists
— treehugger.com — Evel Knievel (here in the 1970s in Fort Lauderdale ) wore a special suit and helmet for... his Florida biking. According to Transportation for America's (ToA's) new report Dangerous by Design , 43,000 pedestrians have been killed this decade (3,906 ... (more) Florida: Fairly Fatal for Peds and Cyclists

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Conservation Value Notes — ... usage and costs, and spur development of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. I'm a huge fan of Smart Grid technologies, which will allow you to set, for example, your dishwasher or dryer to automatically go on late at night -- when electricity is often half the price (or lower) than it is than during the day.   If anybody out there is reading this, we volunteer our house for testing! Read the full story>> Read Grist's analysis>> ... ...

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