Daily Archives: May 7, 2008

Perfecting the PC: Computers are Getting Better, but Consumer Habits Matter, Too

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in E The Environmental Magazine. Your personal computing habits may need a green makeover. Today’s power-hungry computers are eating an ever-bigger share of the energy pie chart. With new, more energy-efficient technologies and green initiatives like … Continue reading →

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Rockefellers Push ExxonMobil to Look Beyond Oil

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in E The Environmental Magazine. Fifteen members of the Rockefeller family publicly called on ExxonMobil Corporation, the company which emerged from family patriarch John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil empire, to start looking beyond short-term oil profits … Continue reading →

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Coming to a mall near you: Power-generating windows

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story at News.com. Solar company HelioVolt and Architectural Glass & Aluminum on Tuesday announced a partnership to produce glass windows capable of generating electricity.

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IBM CEO survey uncovers info-hungry 'green' customers

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story at News.com. In a sign of “green” going mainstream, an IBM survey of CEOs finds that socially oriented customers are wielding more power, aided by social networking on the Web. The survey, published Tuesday, drew on … Continue reading →

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What You Need to Know About Energy

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Laura B.

What You Need to Know About Energy. Washington, DC : National Academies Press, 2008. Available free to read online or download. Good resource for middle and high school teachers. This overview begins with a description of the status of energy … Continue reading →

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