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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. Virtualization Servers: The New Green Platform for IT By Andrew Binstock http://www.greenercomputing.com/column/2008/07/09/virtualization-servers-the-new-green-platform-it Any attempt to green IT should begin with virtualizing your servers, which is one of the fastest … Continue reading
Senate Panel Approves Energy-Water Spending
Read the full story in CQ Today. Senate appropriators aligned with the House Tuesday in rejecting proposed cuts by President Bush and boosting spending for renewable-energy and energy efficiency programs in their 2009 draft spending bill for energy and water … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Policy
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U.S. Joins G-8 Plan To Halve Emissions
Read the full story in the Washington Post. The United States for the first time joined the major industrialized countries Tuesday in committing to try to halve greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050. President Bush immediately began promoting the plan with skeptical … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Policy
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Cheney's Staff Cut Testimony On Warming
Read the full story in the Washington Post. Members of Vice President Cheney’s staff censored congressional testimony by a top federal official about health threats posed by global warming, a former Environmental Protection Agency official said yesterday. In a letter … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Environmental Health, Policy
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Congress Feeling Pressure for Action on Oil Prices
Read the full story in the New York Times. After hearing from constituents, many lawmakers believe that they cannot afford an energy policy stalemate.
Posted in Energy, Policy
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The latest from Renewable Energy World
The latest issue of Renewable Energy Weekly is now available. Highlights include: Massachusetts Enacts New Energy Bill Promoting Renewable Energy Geothermal Project To Provide Jobs for Nevisians Practical Tools To Speed Up the Transition Away from Petroleum Investing in Wind … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Fuels, Renewable Energy
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International business leader Gerhard R. Andlinger makes $100 million gift to transform energy and environment research at Princeton
Read the press release. Gerhard R. (Gerry) Andlinger, an alumnus and noted international business executive, has made a gift to Princeton University to accelerate research on effective and sustainable solutions to problems of energy and the environment. Princeton will use … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Fuels, Renewable Energy, Research, Schools
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Iced Coffee? Iced Tea? How About Ice for Campus Air Conditioning?
Read the full story in the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Buildings & Grounds blog. It’s the time of year when many peoples’ thoughts turn to air conditioning. Most college and university employees take it for granted, but with energy prices … Continue reading
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'Nature' Journals Will Archive Authors' Papers in Open-Access Databases
Read the full story in the Chronicle of Higher Education. To satisfy many of the largest sources of grants in the biomedical sciences, including the National Institutes of Health, researchers must place copies of their published papers in free online … Continue reading
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The Prius Problem
Read the full story in E The Environmental Magazine. Toyota can’t keep up with demand for its gas-sipping Prius hybrid. Many would-be customers have added their names to six-month-long waiting lists for the cars. Surging gas prices in the U.S. … Continue reading
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