BELLEVUE, Wash. (Feb. 5, 2007)—Puget Sound Energy (PSE), which serves more than 1 million electric customers in Washington state today announced that the company's sales of green power are steadily increasing. Effective Jan. 1, 2007, PSE's green power electricity purchases by customers and communities increased by almost 30 percent thanks to recently signed agreements with cities and other government entities from Bellingham to Olympia.

"The city of Bellingham, city of Olympia, LOTT (Lacey, Olympia, Tumwater and Thurston County) Alliance, and Whatcom County have all signed agreements with Puget Sound Energy to purchase green power to support the development of clean, renewable energy in the Pacific Northwest," said Cal Shirley, PSE's vice president of Energy Efficiency Services. "Collectively, they will be purchasing more than 53 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of green power this year — equivalent to the electricity used by about 4,400 households."

All four government entities will qualify for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Partnership Program's Leadership Club. Bellingham is the largest local government buying 100 percent green power in the United States and the first local government on the EPA's Top 10 Local Government Partners list to go 100 percent green.

The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) is committed to inspiring people to achieve a healthy environment for all Australians. For over 40 years we have been a strong voice for the environment, promoting solutions through research, consultation, education and partnerships. We work with the community, business and government to protect, restore and sustain our environment.

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Going green is both a corporate advantage and an opportunity for humanity to enable change. Be seen, be heard and be noticed at Green Energy Summit, completely focused on what going green can do for you and your organisation. The summit will bring together the Industry, the Financiers, the Policy-makers, the Scientists, the Decision-makers, the Buyers and Sellers in a bid to develop and drive new initiatives, provide insights, showcase sustainable product development and green business opportunities, and facilitate interaction between entities from all over the world and India, in order to elicit practical applications that are most relevant for India at this juncture.

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Worldwide, many landfills are closing or exhausting their remaining capacity, yet due to environmental restrictions, zoning laws, and other regulatory and bureaucratic delays, pitifully few new landfills are opening to offset the looming space crisis. Meanwhile municipal waste continues to flow in greater volume. Handling the nation's waste stream has become a major problem for most municipalities. With more waste created daily, landfills nationwide are rapidly facing a capacity crisis. Landfills are akin to owning a reverse gold mine.

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Council of Power Utilities is pleased to announce the sixth edition of GREEN POWER - a biennial conference in the Green Power series focusing on "Green Power for Sustainable Development".