PASS CHRISTIAN — A new neighborhood in downtown Pass Christian is expected to appeal to people who want to live and work in the heart of Gulf Coast town. WLOX-TV in Biloxi reports the neighborhood is a mixture of MEMA cottages and what’s being called “green cottages.” There are 40 cottages in all. Twenty of [...] [...]
>> OBAMA AND BARBOUR HAVE BET ON GREEN ENERGY WINNERS AND LOSERS. Since its declaration of bankruptcy and subsequent FBI raid in early September, solar manufacturing company Solyndra has stayed in the national news, and President Obama has come under fire from Republicans with allegations of crony capitalism. This month the White House refused to [...] [...]
TOKYO (AP) — Toyota is pairing its little known housing business with its expertise in green cars to sell computer systems that link homes, utilities and vehicles to reduce energy use. The world’s biggest automaker said today the launch of its home smart grid system in Japan will coincide with its plug-in hybrid cars going [...] [...]
Southern Miss will save $273 million by being ‘greener’ with initiative The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) is the only university in the state and one of the few in the country that is an official “green school” by virtue of having adopted a Climate Action Plan (CAP) that will greatly reduce the school’s [...] [...]
HERNANDO — Southern Bancorp executives and employees broke ground recently for the bank’s full-service LEED-certified branch in Hernando. The branch at 790 Byhalia Road is scheduled to open in early 2011. Southern currently has two loan production offices in DeSoto County — one in Hernando and the other in Southaven. Alan Sims, Southern’s DeSoto County [...] [...]
MCLEAN, Va. — Terence R. McAuliffe, chairman of Greentech Automotive (GTA), announced that GTA has acquired EuAuto Technology Ltd., a Hong Kong-based company that specializes in the design, manufacturing, and worldwide distribution of neighborhood electric vehicles (NEV). EuAuto now becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of GTA. The addition of EuAuto’s NEV to GTA’s product line [...] [...]
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