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Saturday was moving day for the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition, and over a dozen volunteers came to help out with the move. They hauled the desks and cabinets—and lots of paperwork and office supplies too—3.5 miles to the United Way Building in San Jose, all by the power of their own two pedals.
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San Jose Receives Biogas Grant
Environment Aug 13, 2010, by Silicon Valley Newsroom
In 2009, San Jose decided that one of the best ways to become energy independent was to be the first city in the U.S. to generate its electricity through an organics-to-energy biogas facility. This vision will come a step closer when the city receives a $1.9 million grant from the California Energy Commission to construct a biomethane production demonstration project.
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Soot and Global Warming
Environment Aug 09, 2010, by Silicon Valley Newsroom
When we think of global warming, we immediately think of carbon dioxide, or perhaps even methane, the two invisible gases that have the greatest impact on the planet’s temperature. Now Mark Jacobson of Stanford wants us to add a new culprit to the list: Soot.
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Electric Car Show: Day Two
Environment Jul 29, 2010, by Danny Wool
In the San Jose McEnery Convention Center parking lot today, Mayor Chuck Reed and Coulomb Technologies CEO Richard Lowenthal will be showing off one of 5,000 public and private CT500 charging stations being installed around the country.
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