Alternative Energy Daily News - April 23, 2007

Hope everyone enjoyed Earth Day 2007. Let's make a commitment to do something every day to help stop global warming.

• Beginning May 1, all 229 buses in the Memphis Area Transit Authority fleet will burn a biodiesel fuel blend. And, sometime in the summer, the agency is slated to receive four even cleaner diesel-electric hybrid buses. Notably, the switch will bring cost benefits.

• New York University purchased 118 kilowatt-hours of renewable energy between 2006 and 2007, earning it the greenest-school title in the EPA's annual College & University Green Power Challenge.

• Governor Don Carcieri's administration this week unveiled a report calling it feasible to build wind farms off the coast of Rhode Island as part of a plan to get 15% of the state's energy from wind in five years.

• New Mexico's two U.S. Senators have introduced legislation to reduce the use of fossil fuels by improving efficiency in vehicles, buildings, home appliances and industrial equipment.

• In the past two years, many retailers have started going greener in the way they build stores, use direct mail and package their products.

• In nod to consumer tastes, Nissan to sell cleaner cars.