Buy Clean Energy 2010 Launched

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Buy Clean Energy 2010 is a yearlong campaign to spur individuals and organizations to buy clean energy. Nationwide, only 3% of our energy comes from clean sources like wind and solar, and only 2% of people sign up when it’s offered by their utility. Buy clean energy today and then …

Four Nuclear Myths

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http://rmi.org/rmi/Library/2009-09_FourNuclearMyths A commentary on Stewart Brand’s Whole Earth Discipline and on similar writings AMORY B. LOVINS, CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF SCIENTIST, ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE 13 October 2009 Public discussions of nuclear power, and a surprising number of articles in peer-reviewed journals, are increasingly based on four notions unfounded in fact or …

ECEEE News 2010

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COMMISSION TO UNVEIL RESOURCE EFFICIENCY DRIVE The European Commission wants to launch a “flagship” initiative to improve resource efficiency under its forthcoming 2020 strategy for “smart, green and inclusive growth”, according to a draft of the strategy obtained by ENDS. http://www.eceee.org/news/news_2010/2010-02-24b/ MEP WANTS EU DEFINITION FOR SMART ENERGY METERS EU …

GreenerComputing News

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» The Latest Green IT News: Inside IBM’s Pulse 2010, Green Design Guide from IT Giants, and More… » Featured News: Working with Your IT Vendors to Go on a Packaging Diet » GreenBiz Radio: Growing Money on Trees THIS ISSUE’S SPONSOR The Green IT Perspective By Matthew Wheeland I …

New Energy News: February 18, 2010

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* TODAY’S HEADLINE: WHAT WILL DRIVE MORE ENERGY EFFICIENCY * MORE NEWS, 2-16:  WORKING TOWARD GREAT LAKES WIND; CONCENTRATING ON ROOFTOP SUN; PENNSYLVANIA FUNDS GEOTHERMAL; CALIFORNIA WAVES YESTERDAY * HEADLINE: THE IMMENSE POTENTIAL OF U.S. OFFSHORE WIND * MORE NEWS, 2-15: WIND GENERATES U.S. JOBS, REVENUES; GETTING PV SOLAR SOONER; …

Greener Computing News

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February 17, 2010 » The Latest Green IT News: HP’s Wind-Cooled Data Center, Asia’s Energy-Guzzling Data Centers, and More… » Featured News: What Is — and What Isn’t — Responsible Electronics Recycling » GreenBiz Radio: Growing Money on Trees

Smart power key as EU sparks electric car debate

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SMART POWER KEY AS EU SPARKS ELECTRIC CAR DEBATE Electric cars must be backed by “smart” power networks if they are to help the world’s climate problems, environmentalists warned on Monday as European ministers prepared to debate a strategy for the sector.

ECEEE News

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OBAMA BUDGET SEEKS TO END OIL, GAS SUBSIDIES The Obama administration on Monday asked Congress for a second time to end some $36.5 billion in subsidies for oil and gas companies, saying it would help fight global warming.

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OIL DEMAND HAS PEAKED IN DEVELOPED WORLD: IEA Oil use in rich industrialized countries will never return to 2006 and 2007 levels because of more fuel efficiency and the use of alternatives, the chief economist of the International Energy Agency said on Thursday