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• The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Growing a Stronger Workforce

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) has presented countless opportunities for organizational, business, education, and community renewal nationwide. Workforce development represents a particularly vital area of growth for the refinement of human capital that represents the engine for stimulating economic and community recovery. The rapid allocation of much-needed stimulus funds to workforce development organizations has necessitated a veritable flash flood of energy and organizational prowess to meet the ambitious goals of ARRA. The Yuma Private Industry Council (YPIC) is a private not-for-profit organization that provides job seeker and employer services in the Yuma County labor market. Incorporated in 1988, YPIC is the private sector partner in the public/private...

• T + D
• Vol. 64 Nbr. 2, February 2010

• SUEZ Energy Resources NA Teams with Council of Industry of Southeastern New York to Provide Power To Members.

HOUSTON -- SUEZ Energy Resources NA, Inc., the U.S. retail energy business of SUEZ Energy International, has teamed with the Council of Industry of So...

• Business Wire
• June 28, 2005

• Facebook Joins the Digital Energy Solutions Campaign (Desc)

Partnership to Promote Environmental Responsibility Through New Facebook Page by Sharing Best Practices and Smart Use of Information and Communications Technology WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) today announced that Facebook joined the Digital Energy Solutions Campaign (DESC). Hosted by ITI, DESC works to advance ideas, best practices and public policies that promote information and communications technology- enabled energy efficiency, clean energy innovation, and sustainable growth.

• U.S. Newswire
• November 04, 2010

• Department of Energy Adopts Council on Competitiveness' Recommendation to Include Industry for First Time in INCITE 2006 Call for Proposals.

WASHINGTON -- INCITE Program Seeks Research Projects to Utilize Government Supercomputers at National Laboratories; High Performance Computing a Criti...

• Business Wire
• May 23, 2005

• Q&Amp;A: Jo Bradley and the Dolce Veda

Bradley has served on the following boards and commissions, Vermont Community Development Board, Vermont Housing Finance Agency, Vermont Home Mortgage Guarantee Board, Vermont Job Start Board, Vermont Economic Development Authority, Green Mountain Cupital Advisory Board, Vermont Life Advisory Board and the Vermont World Trade Board. Bradley is a member of the Vermont Business and Industry EXPO Board, Vermont Energy Efficiency Utility Advisory Board, Women Business Owners Network the Council of Development Finance Agencies Board of Directors, and the Vermont Farm Viability Advisory Board.

• Vermont Business Magazine
• Vol. 36 Nbr. 8, August 2007

• Council on Competitiveness Praises Department of Energy on Decision to Again Include Industry Participation in INCITE Program.

WASHINGTON -- DOE Decision to Drive Greater Industry Inclusion Critical to US Private Sector Global Competitiveness in 21st Century The Council on C...

• Business Wire
• July 28, 2006

• Two Weeks in the West

Most significant is the $45 billion bid by private equity firms to buy out TXU, the largest energy provider in Texas. The buyers have promised to spend more on energy efficiency, tie executive pay to environmental performance and cancel eight of 11 coal plants that the company currently plans to build. Western coal will feel the pain: The canceled plants would have burned millions of tons of coal from Wyoming's Powder River Basin. * The Federal Railroad Administration denied a $2.3 billion loan for a new rail line that would move coal out of the Powder River Basin to power plants to the east. Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad officials won't give up yet; they're now looking for private investors. Two railroads already operate out of the basin, but utilities say the existing lines l...

..., spokesman for Sithe and the energy industry group Electric Reliability Coordinating Council, s...

• High Country News
• August 18, 2009

• Council on Competitiveness Driver of Industry Participation in Department of Energy INCITE Program; DOE Awards Supercomputing Time to Industry for First Time Ever.

WASHINGTON -- The Council on Competitiveness today praised the Department of Energy (DOE) for including industry among the academic and research organ...

• Business Wire
• February 21, 2006

• Denmark, Climate Summit Host, Tops Table of Fighting Climate Change with Wind Power

To: ENVIRONMENT EDITORS Contact: For all information about wind energy, the wind industry activities at the Copenhagen climate negotiations, or for interviews with wind industry representatives please contact: Angelika Pullen, Communications Director, Global Wind Energy Council, angelika.pullen@gwec.net, tel +32-2-502-55-02, mobile +32-473-947- 966 ; Julian Scola, Communications Director, European Wind Energy Association, js@ewea.org, tel +32-2-546-1981, mobile +32-486-117- 394 ; For more information visit the EWEA website ( http:// www.ewea.org/ ) or contact Paolo Berrino, EWEA, paolo.berrino@ewea.org, +32-2-400-10-55

• U.S. Newswire
• December 04, 2009

• Riding the 'Green' Wave

Gagnon noted that the council will be putting Xlerators in its new corporate headquarters building in Washington, and Excel will work to maximize exposure from that contract; * The dryer was voted one of the top 10 products of 2002 by the editors of Environmental Building News, a leading newsletter on environmentally responsible design and construction; * The Xlerator is endorsed by the Green Restaurant Assoc. as the best environmental solution in the hand dryer category for the restaurant industry; * Excel Dryer is an ally member and approved vendor of the Green Hotels Assoc., and the Xlerator is the recommended hand dryer for green hotels; * Excel is a registered supporter of the Green Building Initiative, which has as its mission the goal of accelerating the adoption of business prac...

..., the numbers, meaning those referring to energy savings and overall cost reduction, also have to w...

• BusinessWest
• August 26, 2009