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Charlie Helms Steps Down as Crescent City Harbormaster; Deputy Harbormaster Tim Petrick to be Interim
Crescent City Harbormaster Charlie Helms retired from his position on Friday. Photo courtesy of Charlie Helms
Charlie Helms received accolades from Crescent City Harbor commissioners Thursday and a promise to bid him farewell with a formal resolution next week as he moves on to another chapter in his life.
Helms retired as the Crescent City harbormaster and CEO Friday after nearly seven years on the job. On Thursday commissioners appointed Deputy Harbormaster Tim Petrick, to become interim harbormaster and CEO.
Before they sent him off, each commissioner thanked Helms for his service.
4:32 PM MYT SEOUL, Feb 13 (Bernama): South Korea s state overseas aid agency has announced that it plans to inject at least US$6.4 million into Vietnam s efforts to enhance industrial energy efficiency and promote environmentally friendly growth until 2025, Yonhap News Agency reported.
The funds will be used to examine about 20 energy-intensive businesses in Vietnam to check their energy efficiency and improve their operations, and help 10 Vietnamese provinces map out their plans for green growth, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) said.
Earlier this month, the KOICA and the Vietnamese government signed an arrangement on their cooperation in promoting energy efficiency in Vietnam s industrial sector and supporting its national green growth action plan.
It emerged children living with a smart meter are more likely to eco shame their parents for setting the thermostat too high, leaving electrical items plugged in and putting the washing machine on a hot cycle.
They’re also more switched on to whether more water is being boiled than needed when a kettle is on, and whether or not the TV has been left on standby, than those children without electronic devices recording energy in the home.
A spokesman for Utilita Energy, which carried out the research as part of its #EnergyHigh5 campaign, said: “It sounds like home-schooling might have been flipped on its head - well, environmental studies, anyway!