A former coal fired power generation plant is going green by converting to a renewable form of fossil fuel, biomass. An Albany-based energy company, ReEnergy, is going to convert the power plant to run on wood.
05/14/2012 05:00 AM
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In this edition of Going Green, we learn that a home energy audit, if performed by a certified professional, will give you a detailed analysis of what’s needed to make your home energy efficient
Updated 05/07/2012 05:00 AM
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A home energy audit is key to understanding the efficiency of your home. Terry Ettinger has more.
04/30/2012 05:00 AM
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A study by the U.S. Forest Service shows a decline in urban tree cover with the nation’s cities losing about four million trees per year. Terry Ettinger reports in this edition of Going Green.
04/23/2012 05:00 AM
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The Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency’s composting plant deals in tons of compostable material brought in by the truckload but homeowners can do their part to reduce landfill waste and return organics to the soil.
04/16/2012 05:00 AM
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Everyday institutions like Upstate Medical University Hospital generate tons of food waste but now a lot of that waste is being recycled into a useful product, by a commercial composter.
04/09/2012 05:00 AM
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Terry Ettinger has more from an ecologically friendly company called Green Renewable Inc.
04/02/2012 10:44 AM
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In this edition of Going Green, Terry Ettinger introduces a type of firewood that is kiln-dried, which eliminates bugs and keeps disease from spreading.
04/02/2012 05:00 AM
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Phytoremediation, which is the use of plants to clean up environmental contamination as a technology has been around for about 20 years and offers better alternative to the traditional landfill.
03/19/2012 05:00 AM
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Public information sessions will be held around Lake Ontario for input on the new regulations to help control the water levels in the lake and the St. Lawrence River. Terry Ettinger reports.
03/12/2012 05:00 AM
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Improving your home's energy efficiency can be costly. Improving things like new insulation and windows can now be simplified by a program called 'utility bill financing'.
03/05/2012 05:00 AM
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Terry Ettinger gives us a look at ways Onondaga County is saving the rain.
02/27/2012 05:00 AM
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In this edition of Going Green, Terry Ettinger looks at a class in managing stormwater runoff. More specifically, a professional development course for design engineers and landscape architects.
02/20/2012 05:00 AM
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In this week's Going Green, Terry Ettinger tells us how Upstate Medical University is making the effort to reduce the use and purchase of bottled water.
02/13/2012 05:00 AM
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Upstate Medical University produces a lot of food everyday, which generates a lot of waste. But waste such as fat trimmed from meat or the peelings from potatoes and vegetables are no longer going to waste.
02/06/2012 05:00 AM
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This stand of shrub willow is an effort to develop an alternative landfill cover system that will also create a wildlife habitat, park and recreation area and biomass for use in energy production.
01/23/2012 05:00 AM
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One way to increase profits is to lower costs, and that’s what a number of Oswego County farmers are doing by switching to wind and solar power. Terry Ettinger has the details in Going Green.
01/16/2012 05:00 AM
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This former Oneida Silver manufacturing plant is now the home of a farming operation, a farm that can grow produce year round using aquaponics.
12/19/2011 05:00 AM
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The 50-kilowatt solar panel array stretching out across the roof of this water storage tank is producing all the electrical power needed to operate the City of Syracuse’s Westcott Reservoir.
12/12/2011 05:00 AM
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In this weeks Going Green, Terry Ettinger explores the Syracuse Westcott Reservoir that is now home to a 50-kilowatt solar panel system.
12/05/2011 05:00 AM
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