2009 Go Green
Online banking and bill paying easy go green options
DOING IT ALL—Janice Thompson of Bowden pays all her bills using Citizens National Bank’s free online bill pay service. These small efforts at conservation by individuals add up. Given the national average, if just two percent more American households switched to electronic billing, it would save over 15 million pounds of paper, 181,000 trees and stop the burning of approximately 10 million gallons of gasoline annually.
By ALEC RADER
Staff Writer
Staff Writer
The digital age the world is in has opened wide the avenues of communication, keeping people in touch with friends and family that can be thousands of miles away and allowing companies to offer goods directly to the masses via the Internet.
Although people were leary at first, the security of monetary transactions on the Web has become so advanced that many are changing the way they shop, conduct business and look at Internet transactions as a whole.
Leaps in Internet security have lead banks and other companies to conduct more business online. Almost every bank, lender and utility company has a way for customers to pay their bill online using a credit card or checking account. » Full Story
Unemployed seek training in ‘green collar’ jobs
May 6, 2009
By TERENCE CHEA
Associated Press Writer
SAN JOSE, Calif.
Tax credits, deductions a going green benefit
May 6, 2009
By JOHN WICKLINE
Staff Writer
Thinking “green?” It can actually save you some green when it comes to paying Uncle Sam every year at tax time.
Lower your bills by going green
May 6, 2009
Family Features
With the volatile economy Americans are looking for ways to lower energy bills and extend natural resources now more than eve.
Recycling services, drop-off stations are available across the region
May 6, 2009
Staff Report
With the environmental problems the world faces today — global warming, hazardous waste, loss of rain forests, endangered species, acid rain, a disappearing ozone layer...
Legislators: Bills will protect West Virginia’s ‘wild, wonderful’ environment
May 6, 2009
By BEN SIMMONS
Staff Writer
The West Virginia Legislature took substantial steps on issues of environmental significance during the most recent legislative session.