Daily Archives: May 27, 2009

NYSERDA launches Energy $mart for healthcare

Read the full story in Consulting & Specifying Engineer. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has announced a new initiative to assist the healthcare industry reduce energy costs and improve the environment while enhancing the treatment … Continue reading

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Indiana Becomes Latest State to Pass E-Waste Law

Read the full story at GreenerComputing.com. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels last week signed into law the state’s first mandate for electronics recycling. The signing of H.B. 1589 makes Indiana the 19th state in the country to implement electronics waste regulations … Continue reading

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Clinton Climate Initiative sets demonstration projects on sustainable urban growth in 10 countries

Read the press release at Building Design & Construction. The Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI), a project of the William J. Clinton Foundation, has announced a global program developed in collaboration with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), called the Climate … Continue reading

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Big Oil Warms to Ethanol

Read the full story in the New York Times. With demand for gasoline, and the ethanol that goes into it, expected to rise, oil companies are trying to benefit.

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Converting Garbage into Fuel

Read the full story in Technology Review. Waste gasification, a process for converting garbage into fuel and electricity without incinerating it, may be a step closer to large-scale commercialization. Last week, Houston’s Waste Management, a major garbage-collection and -disposal company, … Continue reading

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New Report Shows Strong Potential, Economic Benefits for Renewable Energy in Southeast U.S.

Via Docuticker. New Report Shows Strong Potential, Economic Benefits for Renewable Energy in Southeast U.S. Source: World Resources Institute More than 25 percent of the Southeast U.S. region’s electric power could come from locally-available renewable energy supplies by 2025, according … Continue reading

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Shrinking the Carbon Footprint of Metropolitan America

Via Docuticker. Shrinking the Carbon Footprint of Metropolitan America Source: Brookings Institution America’s carbon footprint is expanding. With a growing population and an expanding economy, America’s settlement area is widening, and as it does, Americans are driving more, building more, … Continue reading

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