InsideINdianaBusiness.com Report
A retired U.S. Navy vice admiral will deliver the Spring 2010 Purdue University Pioneers in Energy Lecture next month. Dennis McGinn will address the challenges of energy, climate change and national security April 6 in West Lafayette. He’ll focus on the need to develop a long-range, comprehensive policy for advancing and deploying clean energy technology.
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WLKY Louisville
Grant Line Elementary is going green, hoping to save some green as they save the environment. “They are doing a lot of budget cuts in New Albany schools, …
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Enewspf.com
WASHINGTON–March 11 - Nobel Prize-winning economists and scientists will deliver a letter to the U.S. Senate today, urging lawmakers to require immediate cuts in global warming emissions. The letter was signed by more than 2,000 prominent U.S. economists and climate scientists, including eight Nobel laureates, 32 National Academy of Sciences members, 11 MacArthur “genius award” winners, and three National Medal of Science recipients. Read More

Lugar.senate.gov
U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar said today that he is drafting a practical energy plan that would meet many climate improving goals, without cap and trade, by conserving energy and saving people, businesses and government money. Lugar is among the senators meeting with President Obama on energy and climate this afternoon at the White House.
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Istockanalyst.com
Mar. 11–Leaders of the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Corp. were part of a 26-county delegation from Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois lobbying congressional leaders this week…Read More

AUTO-MOBI.info (press release)
… a non-profit organization devoted to minority business development in the State of Indiana, is proud to offer a LEED™ Green Associate Training Course in …
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Indiana Living Green
The Hoosier Environmental Council will partner with the many Aveda salons across Indiana as part of Earth Month. Through the month of April, the salons and experience centers will be raising money to benefit HEC and its ongoing work to improve water quality in Indiana.
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Muncie Star Press
Those unfinished green beans and that apple core? The school’s EcoPAX club has a purpose for them. Goshen College began composting its dining hall waste … Read More

Kokomo Perspective
Major issues that failed: Net metering - SB 313 would have expanded net metering opportunities to help reduce utility bills and increase renewable energy production in Indiana. Net metering allows consumers who generate excess electricity through wind mills, solar panels and other renewable energy technologies to send excess power back onto the electric grid for a credit on their utility bill. Current law limits participation to homeowners and schools with a generating capacity of 10 kilowatts or less.
Building energy efficient buildings - A bill that would have required certain government buildings to be designed and constructed or renovated to achieve or exceed the performance criteria to meet the silver rating on the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards failed to pass
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Indiana Office of Energy Development
Indianapolis)— Lt. Governor Becky Skillman announced 46 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants (EECBG) have been awarded to 37 Indiana cities, towns and counties for energy efficiency upgrades to public facilities. A total of $3.35 million was awarded for upgrades including LED traffic light conversion, building lighting upgrades and non-lighting building retrofits. The communities were selected for the grants through a competitive bid process. Read More