NEW COAL POSTER AVAILABLE
A brand-new coal poster has been developed and created by the National Energy Foundation. A special thanks goes out to the American Coal Foundation, the Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute, American Coal Council, Peabody Energy, Rio Tinto Energy America, Joy Mining Machinery, US Office of Surface Mining, Usibelli Coal Foundation, Arch Coal, Arizona Foundation for Resource Education, Utah Mining Association, Headwaters, Inc. and Caterpillar for sponsoring the new poster. NEF would also like to commend Jon Burton for his artwork. For more information on the new coal poster, contact NEF at (800) 616-8326 or info@nef1.org.

NATURAL GAS POSTER PROJECT NEARS COMPLETION
NEF has launched and developed a brand-new natural gas poster project. The Foundation would like to thank the American Gas Association, the American Petroleum Institute, Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, the American Public Gas Association, and Utah Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining for their support of the project. For more information on the upcoming natural gas poster, contact NEF at (800) 616-8326 or info@nef1.org.

NEF AND UMA OUT OF THE ROCK WORKSHOP HELD
The National Energy Foundation and Utah Mining Association (UMA) partnered again this summer to provide a workshop for second and fourth grade teachers. The workshop presented the teachers with valuable information and resources to help enrich their rocks and minerals curriculum. Teachers received Out of the Rock books, a music CD, posters, a DVD, and a rocks and minerals sample kit. The workshop was held June 20 and 21 and July 18 and 19.

EPEC AWARDS GIVEN
Sixty-five students, researchers, and community members gathered at the Florida Solar Energy Center to celebrate their accomplishments in battling the energy crisis. Students from the fourth through 12th grades displayed projects on conservation and alternative fuel sources at the annual Exemplary Projects in Energy and Conservation (EPEC) Awards. The awards are sponsored by the National Energy Foundation, Johnson Controls, Inc., and the Space Coast Clean Cities Coalition. Twenty-two students received the award from Brevard County School District. Projects ranged from testing new forms of insulation to an investigation into whether quartz crystals could be used to generate electricity.

17TH ANNUAL KEEP AWARDS A SUCCESS
The Wisconsin K-12 Energy Program (KEEP) held the 17th annual Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Fair in Custer, WI. This year the fair attracted over 20,000 people. The National Energy Foundation donated materials to the fair which were distributed to 200 educators. The materials were available at a designated educator tent which holds courses, workshops, and presentations for educators who want to learn more about renewable energy and sustainable living.

MURRAY POWER ANNOUNCES GAS POWER GENERATION STATION
NEF’s educational partner Murray City Power announced the addition of a new landfill gas reclamation power generation station which will be located at the Salt Lake County Landfill. The landfill gas recovery system is estimated to produce about 3 Megawatts of power each year. The estimated resource savings would be about 99,225 barrels of oil, 12,604 acres of trees, and 209 railcars full of coal. An estimated 633 homes can be fully powered by the gas recovery system alone.

ENERGY BY DESIGN CONTEST KICKOFF
On September 12th, Nicor Gas Company and NEF will present the second-annual Energy By Design Contest. Energy By Design is an instructional visual arts competition that challenges students to effectively and artistically communicate an energy efficiency message. Contest participation is based throughout Illinois’ Nicor Gas service areas. Energy By Design is broken down into three age groups Kindergarten through second grade, third through fifth grades and sixth through eighth grades.

NEF ART LIGHTS UP TUCSON CHILDREN’S MUSEUM
Visitors to the Tucson Children’s Museum’s new “Electri-City” display get an eyeful of the art found on NEF’s popular Electrical Generation poster. The display is sponsored by Tucson Electric Power and shows how electricity is generated and distributed to Tucson residents. The display is 15 feet tall by 60 feet long and features an enlarged reproduction of the Electrical Generation poster. For more information, visit www.tucsonchildrensmuseum.org.

NEF SAYS “THANK YOU!”
NEF says “thank you!” to Progress Energy for sponsoring NEF posters to teachers attending the Pisgah Forest Institute (North Carolina), to Shelly Materials for sponsoring Out of Rock kits and Rock Music materials to Cuyahoga and Summit County (Ohio) in-service teachers, to BP for providing Renewable Energy posters to Houston (Texas) teachers, and to Aggregate Industries and the Aggregate and Ready Mix Association of Minnesota for providing Aggregates posters to teachers attending the Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center (Minnesota).

NEWS UPDATE CALENDAR
September 9, 2006- EnergySmart Schools Workshop Panama City, Florida
September 10-13, 2006 NASEO Conference, Seattle, Washington
September 12, 2006- Energy By Design student contest launch
October 4, 2006- National Change a Light- Change the World Day
October 5-6, 2006- Idaho Science Teacher's Association Fall Conference
October 12-13, 2006- Utah Education Association Conference
October 27th, 2006- PENNCREST Energy Action Technology workshop, Saegertown, PA
November 11, 2006- Idaho National Lab Think! Energy workshop

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