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ENN: Build "green" to cut emissions fast, report says - 0 views

  • "Green" construction could cut North America's climate-warming emissions faster and more cheaply than any other measure, environmental experts from Canada, Mexico and the United States reported on Thursday.
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Co-op America's National Green Pages: About the Green Pages - 0 views

  • The National Green Pages™ is a directory listing nearly 3,000 businesses that have made firm commitments to sustainable, socially just principles, including the support of sweatshop-free labor, organic farms, fair trade, and cruelty-free products. For every category of conventional consumer goods and services, there are green businesses that can meet your needs. The National Green Pages™ lists baby care products, organic, fair trade, flavored teas, and fuel-efficient cars for rent among the thousands of products. With each purchase you make through the National Green Pages™, you know you’re supporting truly green businesses.
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ENN: Electricity from the exhaust pipe - 0 views

  • Researchers are working on a thermoelectric generator that converts the heat from car exhaust fumes into electricity. The module feeds the energy into the car’s electronic systems. This cuts fuel consumption and helps reduce the CO2 emissions from motor vehicles.
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ENN: Harnessing Energy from the Oceans - 0 views

  • Forever moving - our restless oceans have enough energy to power the world. As long as the Earth turns and the moon keeps its appointed cycle, the oceans will absorb and dissipate vast amounts of kinetic energy - a renewable energy resource of enormous potential.
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ENN: Inexpensive residential wind turbine - 0 views

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  • Don’t look now but it appears residential renewable energy systems and wind power technology are getting cheaper.
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ENN: Rising Sun for Electric Cars - 0 views

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  • At Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), as a complement to our work on renewable energy hedges, we are working to transform energy use on campus. One project underway is a system of grid-tied electric vehicles (Vehicle to Grid or V2G) combined with a solar photovoltaic charging system and smart computer control.
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UK power prepares for a cold wind of change | Business | The Observer - 0 views

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    It was supposed to be a great leap forward in Britain's green energy revolution. Three of Labour's biggest beasts - the prime minister, Lord Mandelson and Ed Miliband - lined up in London on Friday to launch a new wave of offshore wind turbines the government hopes will create up to 70,000 "green collar" jobs over the next decade. But as snow brought Britain to a halt, the green dream had little hope of dominating the headlines.
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    It was supposed to be a great leap forward in Britain's green energy revolution. Three of Labour's biggest beasts - the prime minister, Lord Mandelson and Ed Miliband - lined up in London on Friday to launch a new wave of offshore wind turbines the government hopes will create up to 70,000 "green collar" jobs over the next decade. But as snow brought Britain to a halt, the green dream had little hope of dominating the headlines.
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California Introduces Statewide Green Building Code : TreeHugger - 0 views

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    In what was described as the United States' first statewide "green" building rules, the California Building Standards Commission said the code would help reduce the carbon footprint of every new structure in the state.
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Ofgem outlines gold, silver, bronze rankings for green tariffs - 16 Jul 2008 - Business... - 0 views

  • Under Ofgem's proposals the watchdog has called for an end to this practice and urged suppliers to sign up to the new guidelines and an independent accreditation scheme that would ensure only firms offering "additional" environmental benefits through their green tariffs can market them as green. It also proposes a gold, silver and bronze ranking system whereby tariffs are awarded a different badge based on the amount they invest in delivering these additional benefits.
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Have your say on the future of green building - 0 views

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    Got an opinion on how green green buildings should be?
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The Green Grid announces technology roadmap | News | ZERODOWNTIME Magazine - 0 views

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    The Green Grid, a non-profit consortium dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centers and business computing ecosystems, has announced its technology roadmap and key deliverables for 2007. For the next several months, The Green Grid will focus on data collection through the documentation of existing standards and the evaluation of metrics; data assessment through a market study of current efficiency practices; and technology proposals that outline The Green Grid's recommendations for the future of energy efficient data centers.
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Green Energy TV Videos - 0 views

  • Green Energy TV is an Online Television Channel that is dedicated to airing Green/Alternative/Renewable Energy videos for millions of viewers around the world to see
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    Aparently, the new "focal point" for Green Energy supporters/entrepreneurs/enthusiasts
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'Green' Manufacturing Should be Part of Your Strategy · Environmental Leader ... - 0 views

  • Okay, let’s say you are not impressed with these guys’ opinion. Think about the following in response to a question “why should industry care?”
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Geothermal explosion rocks green energy hopes - environment - 28 April 2009 - New Scien... - 0 views

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    The bid to produce green power on a commercial scale using heat mined from subterranean rocks - or "hot rocks" - has suffered a major setback, with the breach of a four-kilometre-deep well on Friday in the Cooper Basin in South Australia.
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Cascadia Releases Study on the Value of Green Building - 0 views

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    A new study of office buildings in Seattle, Portland and Vancouver, BC by the Cascadia Region Green Building Council, the Vancouver Valuation Accord and Cushman & Wakefield identifies how high-performance green features and systems can increase the value of commercial buildings.
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Energy News and Commentary: Think You Know What a 'Green Job' Is? Think Again - 0 views

  • So what is a green job? Well green jobs are architects and engineers that build buildings, design buildings that operate at extremely low energy use. They are people that design, manufacture, and install devices in buildings ranging from high-tech windows to lighting to sensors and controls and electronics. It means looking at radically new industrial processes which simply replace previous kinds of industrial manufacturing with sophisticated bionumetics and nanotech approaches, to cutting down the material intensity and energy intensity of production, this is the kind of thing you need to do to stay competitive in the modern world.
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HGTV Green Space Eco House Challenge New Year resolutions - Green Daily - 0 views

  • GREENIOLOGY: How to Live Well, Be Green and Make a Difference Tanya Ha offers eight resolutions for a greener New Year.
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Greens tout alternatives to electricity privatisation - ABC News (Australian Broadcasti... - 0 views

  • The Greens are warning the New South Wales Government not to rush into building a new base load power station and privatising the electricity industry.
  • The Greens are warning the New South Wales Government not to rush into building a new base load power station and privatising the electricity industry.
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    With the best of intentions ...
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ESL Light Bulbs: Greener Than CFL, Cheaper Than LEDs | Green Gadgets | The Green Optimi... - 0 views

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    Residential Lighting has invented a new type of light bulb, that claims green gains, even more green than the CFLs. The new technology is called ESL (electro-stimulated luminescence).
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Green Car of the Year: Not so Green | Inside Auto Deals - 0 views

  • Attach 400 pounds of batteries to this mammoth mill, and the resulting ecotank offers no improvement in highway fuel economy and slightly less towing capacity over the old-fashioned dino burner
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