The nation meets 44 percent of its energy needs by burning coal. The University of Missouri and the state of Missouri receive approximately 80 percent of their energy from this fossil fuel. Society has become increasingly aware of the deleterious effects of burning coal on human health and the natural environment. Recognizing these effects, MU […]
*New Business Update:*Ninth Street Hookah Lounge offers peaceful place to smoke downtown.
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It’s disheartening to learn that two candidates for seats on the Columbia City Council left electronic footprints they hoped would never be traced back to them. Both of them should have known better. In the first case involving Third Ward candidate Gary Kespohl, the surfacing of an old e-mail message during a Chamber of Commerce
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Recently several legislative leaders spoke out against House Joint Resolution 77. That’s the bill that allows Missouri voters to decide whether Missourians should dedicate some of the taxes they are already paying to the construction of major new medical and scientific facilities at our public colleges and universities and to make overdue repairs to crumbling
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*MU Master Plan:*The 2010 plan includes renovations and new construction, incorporates sustainability.
*Commercial Construction:*Columbia’s commercial real estate market remains slow with tight financing and low demand.
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*Customer Service:*At trade show booths, it’s about making contacts and marketing your business — before, during and after.
*Smart Thinking:*Business success comes from goldmedal training, discipline and drive.
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AGE: 42 YEARS LIVED IN COLUMBIA: 34 JOB DESCRIPTION: I’m currently responsible for overseeing facility operations for the Columbia Operations Center; this is a new and exciting role I just took over in February. Prior to this I managed our central zone (Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri and Oklahoma) vehicle fleet and document storage operations. ORIGINAL
Columbia’s electric utility is having no problem meeting a voter mandate to increase its renewable energy supply to 5 percent by 2012. The city expects to provide that much electricity to residents — by harnessing wind power and burning wood and landfill gas — by the end of this year.
The next two targets — 10 percent by 2017 and 15 percent by 2022 — are “going to get a little harder,” said Mike Schmitz, interim Water & Light director, during a CBT forum Feb. 23, a day after issuing his renewable energy report to City Council.
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