‘Energy Efficiency’
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Top Five Players in Demand Response – GTM Daily
The Secret Sauce of the Nordic Nations Why Denmark , Norway , Sweden , Finland and Estonia have carved out a lead in greentech -- and how that might affect how the business operates in America . Congressional Budget Office Paints Dismal Portrait on Ethanol Subsidies Horse-trading continues on whether Big Ethanol will continue to receive [...]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be Keynote Speaker for Solfest XIV
The Solar Living Institute is thrilled to announce that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be the keynote speaker at our 14th annual SolFest on September 25, 2010. Mr. Kennedy is a visionary environmental business leader and advocate who has developed a global reputation for his inspirational public speaking. This will be Mr. Kennedy's first visit ever to [...]
APEC Speaks: how Asia-Pacific economies plan to address fossil-fuel subsidy reform
Feature Commentary APEC Speaks: how Asia-Pacific economies plan to address fossil-fuel subsidy reform An interview with Dr Phyllis Yoshida The Leaders' Declaration from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation's (APEC) 17th Economic Leaders' Meeting, released on 15 November 2009, included a commitment to "rationalize and phase out over the [...]
Cell Phone Chargers to go Green
Posted: 13 Jul 2010 01:52 PM PDT Today cell-phones have become an integral part of our life and are the most used mode of communication. More prevalent the use of cell-phone, more imperative is the need to curtail eco-pollution that emanates from the huge number of still-in-use and out-of-use cell phones. Toxic products like lead, mercury, [...]
Advice for Bill Gates, Warren Buffet on Giving Money
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NewEnergyNews: June 24, 2010
NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines click here for main page: http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/ * TODAY’S HEADLINE: CHARGING WHILE DRIVING * QUICK NEWS, 6-24: OBAMA MAGIC FOR ENERGY-CLIMATE BILL?; BIG OIL ATTACKS CALIF CLIMATE LAW; TEXAS WIND GIANT ONLINE; WIND IS CHEAPEST – ALASKA UTIL YESTERDAY * HEADLINE: THE BEST THINGS FOR THE BEST [...]
NewEnergyNews: June 21, 2010
NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines click here for main page: http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/ * TODAY’S HEADLINE: WHAT A DIFFERENCE SUN POLICES COULD MAKE * QUICK NEWS, 6-21: THE TIME IS NOW; THE WORST ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER?;NEW JERSEY OFFSHJORE WIND; MUST SEE TV-HBO’S GASLAND SUNDAY WORLD, 6-20: * TURKISH WIND WANTS TO UP F-I-T * WORLD [...]
How Many Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs Does It Take to Close 705 Coal Plants?
Lester R. Brown The lighting sector is on the edge of a spectacular revolution, a shift from the century-old, inefficient incandescent light bulb to far more efficient technologies. Perhaps the quickest, most profitable way to reduce electricity use worldwide—thus cutting carbon emissions—is simply to change light bulbs. The first [...]
Why Europe’s Energy Approach Is Better Than the US’s
Forwarded by our colleague, Paul Ray, co-author of The Cultural Creatives. -ED Europe Energized STEVEN HILL - The New York Times Steven Hill is the author of ' Europe ’s Promise: Why the European Way is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age." With toxic black ooze spreading throughout the Gulf of Mexico , it may be time for the Obama [...]
NewEnergyNews: June 3, 2010
NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines click here for main page: http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/ * TODAY’S HEADLINE: EV BATTERIES’ SECOND LIFE MEANS MORE LIFE FOR NEW ENERGY * QUICK NEWS, 6-3: PRES TO FIGHT FOR ENERGY/CLIMATE BILL; GE & JAPAN ITOCHU, NEW ENERGY PARTNERS; SOLAR POWER PLANT PROGRESS; HYBRID HEAVY TRANSPORT YESTERDAY * [...]
