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LED Scofflaws Abuse Lighting Label
Read the full post at Green, Inc. The Department of Energy’s new label for LED lighting products looks a lot like the food nutrition label on your favorite box of cereal. It was created to give a quick summary of … Continue reading
Posted in Greenwashing, Lighting
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Reconciling Clean Energy and Conservation
Read the full post at Green, Inc. With renewable energy poised for explosive growth, some conservation groups are racing to advance policy proposals and guidelines meant to prevent wind and bioenergy producers from despoiling sensitive habitats, especially in the prairie … Continue reading
Posted in Renewable Energy
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Air Pollutants From Abroad a Growing Concern, Says New Report
Via Docuticker. Air Pollutants From Abroad a Growing Concern, Says New Report Source: National Research Council Plumes of harmful air pollutants can be transported across oceans and continents — from Asia to the United States and from the United States … Continue reading
Posted in Air, Publications
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EPA Announces Research Strategy to Study Nanomaterials
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today outlined a new research strategy to better understand how manufactured nanomaterials may harm human health and the environment. Nanomaterials are materials that are between approximately one and 100 nanometers. A nanometer is approximately 1/100,000 … Continue reading
Posted in Nanotechnology
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Draft of Senate Climate Bill Punts on National Energy Efficiency Building Code
Read the full story at ClimateBiz. A draft of the Boxer-Kerry senate version of the Waxman-Markey climate change bill was leaked to the media this week. I have previously posted about the proposed National Energy Efficiency Code in the Waxman-Markey bill … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Policy
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Datacenter energy costs outpacing hardware prices
Read the full story at Ars Technica. It’s estimated that the power a server burns over its lifetime will soon cost more than the server itself. A panel of industry speakers discussed a lot of options for saving power, and … Continue reading
Posted in Data Centers, Energy
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EPA Announces Plan to Review Six Controversial Chemicals
Read the full story in Scientific American. Saying that the public is “understandably anxious and confused” about chemicals in their bodies and in their environment, President Obama’s top environmental official announced on Tuesday a new push to transform the way … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Health, Regulation
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Empire State Building Goes Green — For Good?
Read/listen to the full story at NPR. The Empire State Building seems to be grappling with a color problem — specifically the color of its upper levels. Building management got into hot water this week over plans to illuminate the … Continue reading
Posted in Great Lakes Region, Green Building
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E.P.A. Rule Draws Fire From Large Emitters
Read the full post at Green, Inc. The Environmental Protection Agency proposed new rules on Wednesday that would limit greenhouse gas regulations to large polluters, exempting smaller businesses and farms, as my colleague John Broder reported.
Posted in Air, Green Business, Regulation
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Carbon Disclosure Project Report 2009
Via Docuticker. Carbon Disclosure Project Report 2009 Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), to which PwC has been appointed global advisor and report writer, and now in its seventh year, aims to provide investors with a unique analysis of … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Green Business, Publications
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