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Living on thin ice.In […]
Mayor wants to make city a bit more greenIn her fourth stint as the leader of this East County city, Nancy Parent has several goals that she hopes to accomplish. Among those is encouraging a philosophy of green building on new projects in the city and looking at subtle green improvements when existing buildings are […]
Cap-and-trade gains traction.The scale of a federal cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases would likely dwarf other efforts and affect the price of electricity, gasoline and consumer goods. Some experts predict the market for carbon will become the largest commodity market in the world.
Every Color Of The Rainbow Is An Energy Source We have all enjoyed […]
Mexico prepares to increase water rationing.Mexican authorities warned that over the past few weeks the water level in reservoirs of the Cutzamala system have dropped from 63 percent of capacity to 59 percent, which could require further rationing of the water supply for the Valley of Mexico.
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars ArriveHydrogen fuel cell-powered cars are […]
Dell, HP Cut PC Power Consumption 2010For both laptop and desktop computers, Dell plans to cut power consumption as part of its required work on compliance with the EPA’s EnergyStar 5.0 standard, reports Mark Hachman of pcmag.com. HP earlier said it would cut power use of “volume” PCs by 25 percent, relative to 2005. In […]
D.C. Green Building Law Hits Enforcement SnagOne of a handful of laws in the U.S. requiring private buildings to meet LEED standards, legislation passed in 2006 in Washington, D.C., may be unenforceable as currently written. According to theWashington Business Journal, the D.C. Department of Environment is working to address a complaint from the surety industry, […]
Press Release: EDF Welcomes New Global Climate Leaders as Poznan Talks EndFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Andrea Welsh, 202-572-3232 or 202-297-7723 (cell), awelsh@edf.org
(Poznan, Poland, Dec. 12, 2008)—Environmental Defense Fund praised developing nations for building momentum to stop global warming at the U.N. climate talks that headed for a conclusion here today, calling some emerging economies “new global leaders […]
First Degree Program in Wind EnergyOfficials from Highland Community College (HCC) and EcoEnergy officially broke ground in early October for a facility to house the HCC Wind Turbine Technology Program, the first associates degree program of its kind offered in the state of Illinois. The event also included the donation of the facilitys first dedicated […]
Press Release: California Rules to Cut Diesel Truck Pollution Called Most Sweeping in U.S.(Sacramento, CA - December 12, 2008) The California Air Resources Board today approved two diesel truck regulations that will dramatically cut the largest source of diesel pollution in the state and are the first of their kind in the United States, according […]
If you think it’s hot now, wait until next year.NSW was bracing for a heatwave today as the Australian Bureau of Meteorology published its annual report showing last year to be one of the hottest on record and predicting more scorching temperatures this summer.
Avoiding a coal collision.On Tuesday, officers from the Michigan Department of Environmental […]