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Chambersburg, area business get state funding for natural-gas vehicles
The Borough of Chambersburg and an area business have been awarded state funding to purchase natural gas vehicles or convert existing vehicles to natural gas. The Borough of Chambersburg, along with project partners IESI Corp. and the Borough of...Tags: Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Petroleum Industry, Vehicles, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Services and Shopping
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IESI Blue Ridge Landfill converts methane into electricity
waynesboro@herald-mail.comPeople touring a new facility that converts methane gas into electricity might have been turned off by the dreary weather Tuesday morning, but the microbes making the needed methane loved it. The microbes converting decaying landfill trash into...Tags: Energy Saving, Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy, Business, Rob W. Kauffman
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Jonathan Lesser: Measuring the full cost of Md.'s wind farm subsidy
With the approval of Maryland’s legislature, Gov. Martin O’Malley will soon sign into law new state subsidies to lure power companies to build windmill generators off the coast of Ocean City. The legislation will raise electricity bills, but...Tags: Plant Openings, Executive Branch, Electricity Production and Distribution, Politics, Environmental Issues
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W.Va. taxpayers want credit for using solar tech
Some taxpayers in the Eastern Panhandle are challenging the state’s exclusion of solar energy from an alternative energy tax credit. A 2011 law allows a credit of up to $25,000 for alternative-fuel motor vehicles and more than $300,000 for...Tags: Solar Energy, Earl Ray Tomblin, Justice System, Credit and Debt, Environmental Issues
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Chambersburg gets grant to build compressed natural gas station
The Borough of Chambersburg has been awarded a state grant to help build a compressed natural gas fueling station. The Redevelopment Assistance Capitalization Program Grant worth $500,000 was awarded to the borough to assist in the construction of the...Tags: Energy Resources
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Pennsylvania briefs
Waynesboro Area School Board adjusts school calendar WAYNESBORO, Pa. — The Waynesboro Area School Board this week made adjustments to this year’s school calendar, establishing April 24 as an early-dismissal day. The school board also...Tags: Energy Resources, Renovation, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia)
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Wilson College to host energy forum for home and business owners
Wilson College will host the 5th annual “Energy and You” — a day-long workshop for home and business owners who want to learn how to reduce energy consumption and costs — on Saturday, Feb. 9. This year’s theme is “...Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, Technology, Energy Saving, Science and Technology, Fuel-efficient Vehicles
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Local legislators unimpressed by Gov. O'Malley's State of the State address
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comGov. Martin O’Malley showcased Maryland’s achievements during his tenure as governor in his State of the State address Wednesday and made a case for gun control and the repeal of the death penalty. But Washington County legislators, most of...Tags: Energy Saving, Executive Branch, Republican Party, Environmental Issues, Politics
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Deadline nears for Potomac Edison energy conservation kits
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comPotomac Edison residential customers in Maryland have until next week to ask for energy conservation kits that include energy-saving light bulbs, surge protectors and other items. Todd Meyers, a Potomac Edison spokesman, said Tuesday that the utility...Tags: Conservation, Energy Saving, Energy, Environmental Issues, Maryland General Assembly
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Fracking, septics, wind facing Maryland lawmakers
Natural gas drilling in western Maryland, offshore wind power, and new growth and septic system requirements are among the environmental issues facing state lawmakers again as the Maryland General Assembly gathers Wednesday. Senate President Thomas V....
Tags: Environmental Pollution, Executive Branch, Justice System, Credit and Debt, Environmental Issues
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HCC students get a peek into their solar future
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comSolar panels are coming to Hagerstown Community College. Students at HCC toured the solar farm on Roxbury Road on Monday along with staff and faculty as part of the school’s collaboration with First Solar that was announced in a press release at...Tags: Solar Energy, Roxbury, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy
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Pa. towns eye switching municipal vehicles to natural gas
waynesboro@herald-mail.comSome local governments in Franklin County, Pa., are considering whether converting municipal vehicles to run on natural gas could provide long-term cost savings. Waynesboro’s borough manager, Lloyd Hamberger, said this week he thinks his...Tags: Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Petroleum Industry, Local Government, Waste, Energy Resources
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