http://www.bruceharrell.org Positive Focus Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:50:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2010/01/turning-waste-into-electricity/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2010/01/turning-waste-into-electricity/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:37:09 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=520 You may recall in April of 2009 I presented legislation to the Full Council that passed which allowed City Light to enter into a 20 year power purchase agreement with Waste Management Inc. This agreement allows Seattle to receive electrical output and renewable energy credits from the Columbia Ridge Land Fill Gas (LFG) electric generating [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2010/01/turning-waste-into-electricity/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/04/compostable-container-co-op/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/04/compostable-container-co-op/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:07:35 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=73 The Seattle City Council, while intending to help the environment, unintentionally hurt small restaurants and possibly your wallet or pocketbook. I am advocating for a smart fix. Last year the City Council passed a bill which prohibits food service businesses from serving food in containers made of expanded polystyrene (Styrofoam) in conjunction with the plastic [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/04/compostable-container-co-op/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/02/recycle-your-cfl/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/02/recycle-your-cfl/#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:29:02 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=64 Since 2006 more than 300 million Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) bulbs have been purchased in our country. In addition, Seattle City Light recently announced that its “Twist and Save” program has garnered sales of over 1 million CFLs locally. The number of people using CFLs will continue to rise as the US Congress passed the [...]

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