Waste Management, Inc. (WM) announced that it has priced an underwritten public offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of 6.125% senior notes due November 30, 2039. The company expects the notes to be assigned ratings of BBB by both Standard & Poor’s and Fitch and Baa3 by Moody’s. The offering is expected to close on November 17. The company said that the net proceeds from the offering will be used to fund certain equity investments and acquisitions and the remaining proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes and funding of other potential acquisitions and investments. In August, the company entered into an agreement to purchase a 40% percent equity investment in Shanghai Environment Group (SEG), a subsidiary of Shanghai Chengtou Holding, for approximately $140 million. As a joint venture partner in SEG, Waste Management will participate in the operation and management of waste-to-energy and ...

U.S. Geothermal Inc., a renewable energy company focused on the production of electricity from geothermal energy, owns and operates geothermal power plants at Raft River, Idaho and San Emidio, Nevada, and is developing the Neal Hot Springs project in Oregon. The company strives to create enhanced value for stakeholders while addressing America’s domestic energy needs and promoting a clean environment.

Geothermal energy is energy recovered from the heat of the earth’s interior. Geothermal heat can appear in the form of volcanoes, hot springs and geysers. Classified as a renewable source of electricity, Geothermal energy is an established method of electrical power generation with 2,000 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity in the Western United States.

There are many benefits to utilizing geothermal energy. A geothermal power plant does not burn fuel; energy production is clean, and renewable. It is also a base load source; as a result, geothermal plants are designed to run

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BOISE, IDAHO — (Marketwire) — 11/10/09 — U.S. Geothermal Inc. (TSX: GTH)(NYSE Amex: HTM), will host a telephone conference call for investors and analysts on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. EDT (2:30 p.m. MDT) to discuss the 2nd Quarter Financials, which were filed on November 9, 2009.

The conference call may be accessed by dialing (877) 407-8133 in Canada and the United States, or (201) 689-8040 internationally. A simultaneous webcast of the conference call will be provided through www.investorcalendar.com/IC/CEPage.asp?ID=152403.

U.S. Geothermal Inc., a renewable energy company focused on the production of electricity from geothermal energy, owns and operates geothermal power plants at Raft River, Idaho and San Emidio, Nevada, and is developing the Neal Hot Springs project in Oregon.

Please visit our Website at: www.usgeothermal.com

Contacts: U.S. Geothermal Inc. Saf Dhillon Investor Relations 866-687-7059 604-688-9895 (FAX) saf@usgeothermal.com

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – 10/22/09) – U.S. Geothermal Inc. (”U.S. Geothermal”) (TSX:GTH)(AMEX:HTM), a renewable energy company focused on the production and sale of electricity from geothermal energy, announced today that well NHS-5, the second full size production well at the Neal Hot Springs project located in eastern Oregon, was successfully completed on October 15.

NHS-5 encountered several lost circulation zones within the targeted horizon and intercepted a large aperture fracture at 2,796 feet resulting in a total loss of circulation. The well was completed to a depth of 2,896 feet. An initial 16 hour flow test completed using air lift produced fluid at a rate of 1,500 gallons per minute and resulted in a down hole flowing temperature of 286 degrees F (141 degrees C).

The reservoir-hosting fracture zone intersected in NHS-5 is 509 feet deeper in the geologic system than the large producing fracture intersected by NHS-1 which is

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CSRH provides electronic transaction processing and management services to financial institutions, healthcare, government, public and private sector companies. CSRH’s services provide customized, innovative technology solutions that create, augment and enhance customers’ existing financial, payment and transactional processing systems.

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67 WALL STREET, New York – September 22, 2009 – The Wall Street Transcript has just published its Alternative Energy/Clean Energy/Power Generation/Utilities Report report offering a timely review of the sector to serious investors and industry executives. This 83 page feature contains expert industry commentary through in-depth interviews with public company CEOs, Equity Analysts and Money Managers. The full issue is available by calling (212) 952-7433 or via The Wall Street Transcript Online.

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BOISE, IDAHO–(Marketwire – 09/15/09) – U.S. Geothermal Inc. (TSX:GTH)(AMEX:HTM) (”U.S. Geothermal”), a renewable energy company focused on the production of electricity from geothermal energy, announced today that the U.S. Department of Energy (”DOE”) has formally awarded the Enhanced Geothermal Systems (”EGS”) grant that was announced on October 14, 2008. The Raft River EGS program now totals up to $10.21 million, with the DOE providing up to $7.39 million as part of the cost-sharing arrangement. The program is designed to perform a staged, thermal stimulation of an existing injection well to improve permeability within the geologic horizon that hosts the Raft River geothermal reservoir.

The program team is being led by the Energy & Geoscience Institute from the University of Utah. Team members APEX Petroleum Engineering Services, and HiPoint Reservoir Imaging are providing key technical service and contributions. U.S. Geothermal is providing “in kind” contributions to the program through the

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MediaG3, Inc. (http://www.mediag3.com) (PINKSHEETS: MDGC), a leading developer of broadband wireless products, today is pleased to announce the merger of the Company with Imperial Wireless, a wireless technology and service company based in Boise, Idaho.

W2 Energy Inc. (PINKSHEETS: WTWO), a developer of green energy, is pleased to announce that it has begun to take delivery of materials to begin construction of the Algae plant previously announced on August 13, 2009. The construction of the Algae plant is the first step in W2 Energy becoming vertically integrated. The Algae plant is expected to be

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A 2006 proposal to proceed with a share exchange, which would have changed the company’s organization to a holding company structure, has been abandoned by Avista Corp.’s (NYSE: AVA) board of directors. The proposal had received approval from the company’s shareholders and conditioned approvals from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, as well as the Washington and Idaho state utility commissions. The company was unable, however, to reach agreement on acceptable terms and conditions with interested parties in proceedings before the Public Utility Commission of Oregon.

The Board of Directors of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc. (Nasdaq: PEBK) declared a cash dividend for

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W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE: WRB) today announced the formation of Berkley North Pacific Group, LLC, an operating unit that will be part of its regional segment. Berkley North Pacific Group will be based in Seattle, Washington. Together with our current presence in Boise, Idaho that we intend to maintain, Berkley North Pacific Group will provide standard commercial lines insurance services and expertise to a wide range of businesses throughout the Pacific Northwest utilizing the independent agency system.

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