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EU agrees to switch off old-style light bulbs by Sept. 2012
Read the full story at Physorg.com. The European Union decided to phase out traditional household light bulbs by September 2012 in favour of new energy-saving models that use a fraction of the electricity.
Posted in Energy, International
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Researchers generate electric power savings
Read the full story at Physorg.com. An interdisciplinary research team led by Taufiquar Khan and Irina Viktorova, professors in mathematical sciences at Clemson University, is developing mathematical models of complex power-distribution networks. The research effort is funded by $285,000 from … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Research
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Global warming aided by drought, deforestation link
Read the full story at Physorg.com. In the rainforests of equatorial Asia, a link between drought and deforestation is fueling global warming, finds an international study that includes a UC Irvine scientist.
Posted in Climate Change, International, Research
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Baby fish in polluted San Francisco estuary waters are stunted and deformed
Read the full story at Physorg.com. Striped bass in the San Francisco Estuary are contaminated before birth with a toxic mix of pesticides, industrial chemicals and flame retardants that their mothers acquire from estuary waters and food sources and pass … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Health, Research, Wildlife
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Developing countries lack means to acquire more efficient technologies
Read the full post at Physorg.com. Contrary to earlier projections, few developing countries will be able to afford more efficient technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the next few decades, new research concludes. The study, by researchers at the … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
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DOE to Help Increase Efficiency of U.S. Embassies and Consulates
Read the full story in EERE Network News. DOE and the U.S. Department of State signed a Memorandum of Understanding on December 8, agreeing to conduct energy assessments and improve environmental and energy management at U.S. embassies and consulates around … Continue reading
Posted in Green Government
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Energy guru Lovins to carmakers: Time for big bets
Read the full story at News.com. Amory Lovins, a renowned author and big thinker on energy, specializes in making the impossible real. His 4,000-square-foot Colorado home has no furnace, uses a few dollars’ worth of electricity a month, and features … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Fuels, Automotive industry
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Museum to feature biomass gasifier in energy center
Read the full story in Biomass Magazine. The 74-acre, 300,000-square-foot Museum of Science and Industry in Tampa, Fla., is planning to build a new hands-on educational exhibit about energy that will feature renewable energies and be built around a proposed … Continue reading
Posted in Biomass, Schools
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Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2007
Via Docuticker. Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2007 (PDF; 1.39 MB) Source: Energy Information Administration From press release: Total U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were 7,282 million metric tons carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO 2e) in 2007, an … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Publications
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Refusing to Take 'No Recycling' for an Answer
Read the full post at Green Inc. In Monday’s Times, my colleague Matt Richtel and I write about the recycling industry’s struggles as the price for many materials plummets. We include a somewhat heartwarming story about second-graders at Ruthlawn Elementary … Continue reading
Posted in Recycling, Schools
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