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Cheaper heat as Bridgewater Township homeowners opt for geothermal

Alan Warren | The Ann Arbor NewsGreg Lanford checks out the pumps for his ClimateMaster geothermal heating and cooling system at his home in Bridgewater Township on Friday. Their propane bill for last winter? $5,400. With heating costs like that,... read

Geothermal Heat Pumps Yearn for Respect

Manufacturers shipped a third more geothermal heat pumps in 2006 than in 2005. We're still waiting on the numbers for 2007, but it's expected that they'll continue rising significantly. In 2005, manufacturers sold 47,830 units, and in 2006 they sold 63,682, according to the Energy Information Administration. Many sellers don't call their products geothermal pumps, though. According to a post from Consumer Reports, Mark Morelli of Air Connection, Inc. said that the name confused buyers. "Geoth read

GreenBuildingTalk: Save Money on Your Heating and Cooling Bill with Geothermal

Editor’s note: While we’ve discussed home geothermal systems a number of times around the Green Options Media network (see the list at the bottom), we’re glad to bring you today’s post from GreenBuildingTalk on the subject. They not only provide an overview of the technology, but point you to some cutting-edge models of geothermal heat pumps. This post was originally published on Thursday, May 15, 2008. With energy costs on the rise, homeowners are looking for ways to offset higher bills. G read

Energy from the ground up

Along 15th Street near Cherry, the din of the drilling has stopped for a while. Beyond the trucks and equipment is a wellhead. Fifteen feet along, another. Six in all. The Friends Center is drilling 1,500 feet below the sidewalk - half again as deep as the Comcast tower is high - in search of energy savings. The center will use the ambient temperature of the ground, about 50 degrees, to heat and cool the Quaker-run office complex. T read

Solar Panels Donated for Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity Homes

Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity is planning to harness the power of the sun to provide energy to two homes in its Hope Crossing addition in northeast Oklahoma City. The two homes are being outfitted with roof-mounted solar panels in conjunction with a partnership between OGE Energy Corp. and ClimateMaster, a geothermal heat pump manufacturer. OGE is providing $15,000 and ClimateMaster is ... read

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Most Wanted: Michael Jason Registe

The FBI placed Michael Jason Registe on its wanted for murder list last fall, but today moved him to its 10 Most Wanted list. Rigiste is wanted in connection... read

Michael Jason Registe joins the FBI Top Ten

Registe is a Georgia man accused of killing two men in a execution-style homicide back on July 20, 2007. Here's his wanted poster. And here's more info from the FBI, which is offering $100K for information leading directly to his arrest. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Jim! read

Officials up reward for alleged killer to $20,000

Michael Jason Registe. (FBI) A renewed effort is under way to capture a man wanted in a nearly 1-year-old double homicide case in Columbus. The FBI and Columbus Police announced Wednesday that the reward for information leading to the capture of Michael Jason Registe was increased from $5,000 to $20,000. Police said Registe is wanted in the shooting deaths of 21-year-old Randy Newton Jr., and 20-year-old Bryan Kilgore. Both men were gunned down on July 20th, 2007 in the parking lot of Cr read

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Could a New Orleans Hurricane Derail the McCain Message? [Framing Science]

For a campaign that appears to be making all the right moves, Mother Nature might be the one variable that the McCain team can't control. As New Orleans prepares to evacuate three years to the day that Hurricane Katrina hit, Republicans should not be happy. Indeed, it was Hurricane Katrina that sent the Bush administration's approval ratings plummeting. As I detailed in this blog post back in 2006, Hurricane Katrina suddenly made long standing claims that the Bush administration was of touch read

The Big Dog is Speaking Now -- More or Less Liveblog

Y'all sit down, we've got to get on with the show! Come on! (They only gave him 8 minutes for the speech and the applause is going to take up the whole time.) Yeah, Democrats still love Bill. We have important work to do. I'm here first to support Barack Obama. And 2nd I'm here to warm up the crowd for Joe Biden. I love Joe and America will too. Campaign generated so much heat it increased global warming. My candidate didn't win, but I'm proud of the campaign she ran. Grateful for the ch read

Observations on the Convention

I've watched all the prime time speeches and several of those leading up to them over the last two days mostly on PBS and MSNBC. Here are some quick observations: 1. Women. Okay, the two big speeches over the last two days were good (they better be) but one of the best things is that both were delivered by women. It's one thing to be a party that works for women and another to be a party with women front and center. Increasingly, Democrats are demonstrating both. Besides the moral benefits the read

Delmarie Cobb speaks out on Emil Jones' Uncle Tom slur

Illinois State President Emil Jones, Jr., a mentor for presumptive Democratic Nominee Barack Obama, called Chicago Hillary Clinton delegate Delmarie Cobb an "Uncle Tom." That's what Cobb claims, although Jones denies it. The Fox News Channel interviewed Cobb this morning. Technorati tags: politics Illinois Election Democrats Chicago Obama Barack Obama Emil Jones cronyism nepotism read

McCaskill returns to convention podium — more spice, less sugar

DENVER –U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., returned to the convention stage briefly Tuesday night as part of a parade of eight women Democratic senators. Each delivered short speeches, most of them filled with criticism of the Republican occupying the White House and the Republican hoping to replace him. McCaskill offered a bit more spice, and less sugar, than she did in her longer speech Monday night. Tonight, she contended that the election of Republican John McCain would lead to the “same read