News & Events
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EPA's Durham Sustainability Pilot, Science Swap n' Meet.
May 18- 1:00 to 5:00 pm at MotorCo Music Hall
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The Durham City-County Sustainability Office is hosting two "Get Your Grass Off Gas" events in May. Exchange gas-powered (and high-polluting) lawnmowers or other yard equipment (trimmers, edgers, blowers, etc.) for deeply discounted electric models. Electric mowers and other types of yard equipment are cleaner, easier to use, and safer than gasoline versions. The Sustainability Office will responsibly recycle all gas equipment that is traded in as part of these events. Equipment must be drained of all fluids prior to being traded-in.
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Environment@rtp, a committee of The Research Triangle Park’s Owners & Tenants Association, will host its sixteenth Electronics Recycling Day on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 for RTP employees to drop off unneeded household electronics for donation and/or recycling.
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If you've got old electronics that you want to get rid of properly take advantage of WingSwept's Technology Spring clean on April 21. The Garner company will recycle computers, phones, fax machines, printers, wires and the like at the event which will be from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. in the North Parking Lot of Aversboro Road Baptist Church in Garner.The annual event is particularly worth taking advantage of this year because it is now against state law to throw electronics into landfills. WingSwept is an information technology company founded in 1995. Last year, 22,458 pounds of equipment was collected and recycled at the event.
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DURHAM, N.C. – Durham residents with a love of nature and a desire to help protect it should mark their calendars now to take part in the Fourth Annual Creek Week, scheduled for March 17-24, 2012.
This year’s week-long observance will provide dozens of opportunities for residents to discover and explore local streams and lakes through educational programs and recreational activities, and to do their part to protect waterways through volunteer projects.
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Submitted by johnmurawski on 02/29/2012 - 11:26
The N.C. Solar Center in Raleigh is offering a 40-hour renewable energy management training course that the organization bills as the only non-degree program of its kind in North America.
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Did you know that there are over 115 different bird species that have been observed in RTP? Starting tomorrow, you’ll have a great reason to get outside and see some yourself! The 15th annual Great Backyard Bird Count is coming up, February 17-20. This project is one of the largest, most enjoyable citizen-science projects on the planet and this year should be especially interesting because of the warmer temperatures and lack of snowfall that we’ve experienced this winter.
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The buzz around plug-in electric vehicles has been livelier than ever in North Carolina, and RTP is certainly becoming a hub of activity for the technology. RTI unveiled two new electric vehicle charging stations back in November, and just this past Tuesday, Biogen Idec held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for ten new electric vehicle charging stations at its RTP campus.
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BY LAURA OLENIACZ
Durham- In the palm of his hand, Joe Carr held a small piece of material that looked to be about the size of an ant. On top of that, was a black dot about the size as that from a ballpoint pen.
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Iberdrola Renewables has placed its $600m Desert Wind project on hold in North Carolina, saying it cannot proceed unless utilities enter into a long-term deal to purchase the planned 300MW of power
The move is a setback for the developer, local officials, property owners around Elizabeth City, near the Atlantic coast, and Governor Bev Perdue, who viewed the project as one of the most promising for bringing wind power to the southeast state.
Perdue, a Democrat, is seeking a second four-year term in November and has emerged as a leading supporter of renewable energy in North Carolina.