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Willow Run Foods uses natural-gas trucks to save money, reduce emissions
KIRKWOOD — Willow Run Foods, Inc., a Kirkwood–based food-distribution company, has added a group of compressed natural-gas (CNG) trucks to its fleet that seek to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and save the business money on diesel-fuel consumption. The firm announced, what it called, an “alternative-transportation project” in early September. The New York State Energy […]
Cornell study: hotels’ green efforts don’t help or hurt revenue
ITHACA — As hotels around the world work to improve their sustainability and reduce their carbon footprint, those efforts don’t appear to have an effect, either way, on their sales and bookings. That’s according to a new study from two professors at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration (SHA). Howard Chong, assistant professor of economics
Solar-panel testing lab formally opens in Cortland
CORTLAND — The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the Center for Evaluation of Clean Energy Technology (CECET) on Wednesday formally
NYSERDA awards funding to organizations in Syracuse, Pulaski
Organizations in Syracuse and Pulaski will use state funding to explore new technologies to make buildings more energy efficient. The New York Energy Research Development
New York Biomass Energy Alliance offers assessment calculator for woody-biomass projects
SYRACUSE — The New York Biomass Energy Alliance (NYBEA) today announced the completion and availability of an assessment tool to analyze the localized impacts of
U.S. Department of Energy awards Ithaca firm $3.2 million grant
ITHACA — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Monolith Semiconductor, Inc. of Ithaca $3.2 million in funding to develop a next-generation power-conversion technology.
Southern Tier consortium seeks grant to promote wood-pellet fuels
ITHACA — A consortium of private companies and public agencies wants to promote the use of wood-pellet fuels produced within the eight counties of the
Tops Markets opens Cazenovia fuel station
CAZENOVIA — Tops Friendly Markets has opened a fuel station at its location in Cazenovia, its fifth in Central New York. The on-site gas station,
NYSEFC approves nearly $19 million for three CNY drinking-water projects
The New York State Environmental Facilities Corp. (EFC) recently approved nearly $19 million in drinking-water projects in Tompkins, Oneida, and St. Lawrence counties. The EFC
NYAG, DEC announce funding to improve water quality on Onondaga Lake
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Oct. 8 announced an agreement between his office, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), the Atlantic States Legal Foundation, and Onondaga County that directs environmental-penalty funds toward projects to reduce sewage overflows to Onondaga Lake and its tributaries. The funds originate from a 1996 court
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