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The latest issue of GreenerComputing News
For a full-color, graphic version of this newsletter, go to http://www.greenercomputing.com/enewsletter. Microsoft Pushes Energy Efficiency at CeBIT http://www.greenercomputing.com/news_third.cfm?NewsID=55677 In an opening day keynote speech, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer touched on cutting data center energy use. Sony Takes First in Greenpeace … Continue reading
Turning Glare Into Watts
Read the full story in the New York Times. The world appears to be on the verge of a boom in a little-known but promising type of solar power.
Posted in Solar Energy
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GreenDev: 50 Environmentally Friendly Apps, Hosts and Resources
Read the full post from the Virtual Hosting Blog. As a web developer, you probably assume that your work is pretty environmentally friendly, and for the most part, you’re right. But despite all of your paper saving and working at … Continue reading
Energy Upgrades Pay Off for Taxpayers and Feds
Read the full story in NIST Tech Beat. Buildings account for 40 percent of the energy consumed within the United States and a similar percentage of carbon dioxide emissions. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) engineers recently took a … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Green Building, Green Government
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LISC Launches Green Development Center
Read the press release. In its role as the national force behind comprehensive community revitalization, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) today announced the launch of its Green Development Center to support green design, construction, and management principles in low- and … Continue reading
Posted in Green Building, Local Initiatives
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Project Budburst
Project BudBurst is looking for volunteers in the U.S. who will observe the time at which plant buds open and leaves become visible in their neighborhoods. One of the ways scientists measure climate change is by charting changes in the … Continue reading
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2008 OECD Environmental Outlook – How much will it cost to address today's key environmental problems?
Read the press release. The 2008 OECD Environmental Outlook is a pathbreaking report that marries economic and environmental projections for the next few decades and simulates specific policies to address the key challenges. It identifies four priority areas where urgent … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Environment, Publications
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The latest from RenewableEnergyAccess.com
The latest issue of Renewable Energy Weekly is now available. Highlights include: Not All Bioenergies are Created Equal Testing the Limits of Solar Power Technology Advancements Allow Batteries To Store More Wind Energy Excessive Permit Fees Hinder Renewable Energy Development … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Fuels, Renewable Energy
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EPA Proposing Additional Options for Animal Feeding Operation Rule
Read the press release. EPA is proposing additional options to a 2006 proposal for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) under the Clean Water Act. This supplemental proposal will be published soon in the Federal Register and open to public comment … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Regulation
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Newsom: 'Green' tech promises not good enough
Read the full story at News.com. San Francisco may have shaken some flowers from its hair since hosting the first Earth Day 38 years ago, but the city continues to be named one of America’s greenest. Satirists mock its politically … Continue reading