Daily Archives: May 19, 2008

The latest issue of ClimateBiz

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Laura B.

For a full-color, graphic version of this newsletter, go to http://www.climatebiz.com/enewsletters/2008/climatebiz/index.html. Voluntary Carbon Market Tripled in Value in 2007, Mandatory Market Doubled Two reports look at the global voluntary and mandatory carbon markets, seeing where growth happened, why and what … Continue reading →

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2008 Climate Counts — Comparing companies on their commitment to tackling global warming

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Laura B.

Via Docuticker. 2008 Climate Counts — Comparing companies on their commitment to tackling global warming Source: Climate Counts (Stonyfield Farm/Clean Air-Cool Planet) You can use the Climate Counts Company Scorecard to see how serious companies are about stopping climate change … Continue reading →

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Hydrogen Fuel from Formic Acid

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Technology Review. New research shows that formic acid could be used as a safe, easy-to-transport source of hydrogen for fuel cells. Matthias Beller and his colleagues at the Leibniz Institute of Catalysis, in Rostock, Germany, … Continue reading →

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Flights of green fancy

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Nature. Air travel shows no sign of losing its allure but its environmental impact is not going to go away. Katharine Sanderson looks at some of the ways that scientists and engineers hope to reduce … Continue reading →

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EPA Webcasts: Green Power Procurement and Other Training Opportunities

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Laura B.

EPA’s Clean Energy-Environment Municipal Network is offering the third in a series of free webcast trainings targeted to local governments. This webcast will include an overview of EPA’s Green Power Partnership and Green Power Communities Program. Speakers from two local … Continue reading →

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Trash-to-ethanol firms get digging

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story at News.com. The trash-powered car may someday see the light of day. CleanTech Biofuels is developing a multistep process designed to take municipal solid waste from a transfer station and turn out ethanol on the other … Continue reading →

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Dell to cut PC energy use by 25 percent

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story at News.com. Bragging rights in the PC industry have shifted from being cheap on price to efficient with energy. Dell on Wednesday announced energy efficiency targets for its laptops and desktop PCs: a 25 percent reduction … Continue reading →

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The latest issue of GreenerComputing News

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Laura B.

For a full-color, graphic version of this newsletter, go to http://www.greenercomputing.com/enewsletter. The Promise and Pitfalls of E-Waste Takeback By Mary Catherine O’Connor Extended producer responsibility could end up being a burden for consumer electronics companies that fail to take proactive … Continue reading →

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The latest issue of Renewable Energy Weekly

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Laura B.

The latest issue of Renewable Energy Weekly is now available. Highlights include: Innovalight’s Silicon Ink How Committed Is Canada? Inside Renewable Energy podcast: Utility Profit Decoupling; Building Integrated PV Cafe Musings (or How Clean Tech is Becoming Ubiquitous)

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