City-Owned Wi-Fi Expands in Bay Area

Date: 27 Mar 2013 | posted in: Media Coverage, MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Wall Street Journal, March 27, 2013 The Bay Area is experiencing a rebirth of municipal Wi-Fi networks, after a decade of fits and starts in such efforts. Last week, Santa Clara launched a free public wireless network that blankets nearly the entire city of 120,000 residents, or about 19 square miles. The new network replaces a … Read More

Comcast Speeds up Twin Cities Internet Services, With No Extra Cost

Date: 25 Mar 2013 | posted in: Media Coverage, MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

St. Paul Pioneer Press, March 25, 2013 Comcast is doubling the download speeds of some of its most popular Internet broadband services in the Twin Cities, the cable giant said Monday, March 25. The faster speeds for its three most popular residential service tiers — Performance, Blast and Extreme 50 — became effective at 12:01 a.m. … Read More

Solar Power Turns Mainstream

Date: 21 Mar 2013 | posted in: Energy, Media Coverage | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Free Press, March 21, 2013 “Solar was like a dream,” said Appleton resident Kal Winer as he recalled the first few years homesteading with his wife Linda Tatelbaum in the late 1970s. “Back in the ’70s when we had the first oil shock, I could see what I thought was a very real crisis for people. … Read More

Google’s Super Fast Broadband Service Is Growing, But Not Everyone is Happy

Date: 21 Mar 2013 | posted in: Media Coverage, MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Motherboard, March 21, 2013 Google just announced that it plans on expanding its high-speed fiber-optic service beyond Kansas City, and into another fast-growing nearby city, Olathe, Kansas, home to some 120,000 people. “The Olathe City Council approved an agreement to bring Google Fiber to their city,” Google Fiber Community Manager Rachel Hack wrote in a blog … Read More

Google Now May Shift Walmart Vs Local – Top Ways To Support Independent Shops

Date: 12 Mar 2013 | posted in: Media Coverage, Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Forbes, March 12, 2013 Google Now may level the playing field for independent business.  Walmart is often cited as the death of main street. The big box stores are to blame for all of our job woes and economic challenges. Independent retailers taking their last breaths thanks to Home Depot, Target, Best Buy, not to mention … Read More

Walmart’s Solar Strategy

Date: 11 Mar 2013 | posted in: Energy, Media Coverage | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Silicon Beat, March 11, 2013 Walmart has about 4,500 stores in the United States (which includes retail stores, Sam’s Clubs and distribution centers). That’s a lot of big, flat roofs: perfect for solar PV. Many stores are 80,000 to 120,000 square feet in size; some are as large as 180,00 square feet.  To date, Walmart has … Read More

Coming to a Curb Near You: Compost Collection

Date: 11 Mar 2013 | posted in: Composting, Media Coverage, waste - composting, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Washington Post, March 11, 2013 Richard Vitullo has seen the future of trash, and it is moldering under his kitchen sink. Eggshell by eggshell, the Takoma Park architect is training himself to bypass the garbage pail and drop food scraps into the new screw-top bucket squeezed in beside the dish soap and sponges. Once a week, … Read More

Man Who Helped Image of Wal-Mart Steps Down

Date: 9 Mar 2013 | posted in: Media Coverage, Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The New York Times, March 9, 2013 The chief burnisher of Wal-Mart Stores’ reputation is leaving the company as its image is under new strains. Wal-Mart said on Friday that Leslie Dach, a former aide in the Clinton administration who is credited with polishing the company’s image through energy conservation, environmentally friendly packaging and philanthropy, is … Read More

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