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Alcoa Looks to the Sky to Cut its Mine's Energy Footprint
Posted by ErkSat 250 days ago in Energy
A system put in place in 2007 at Alcoa's Jamaican mining operations has saved the company more than $1.5 million in energy costs and cutting fuel use -- reducing emissions and saving energy at the sam... [Read More]
 
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A Moore's Law for Renewable Energy
Posted by ErkSat 252 days ago in Energy
Increasing capacity per dollar in computer technology has driven exponential growth for 50 years. With a similar organizing principle, the same could happen in the energy industry.... [Read More]
 
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Hawken and McKibben on the State of Change in the Green Movement
Posted by ErkSat 252 days ago in Energy
The two top-tier environmentalists, who have taken very different paths to addressing our environmental woes, sat down last week to talk about the growth of renewables, the need to break the power of ... [Read More]
 
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The Story Behind Google's Huge Appetite for Energy
Posted by ErkSat 255 days ago in Energy
Google's Energy Czar, Bill Wiehl, walks us through the company's new level of transparency around energy and the environment.... [Read More]
 
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First Takes: Google Unveils Carbon Footprint, FBI Pays Solyndra a Visit, & More ...
Posted by ErkSat 255 days ago in Energy
Google discloses carbon footprint for the first time, Starbucks holds third cup summit today, and more.... [Read More]
 
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Sucking CO2 from the Air: A Climate Solution Crazy Enough to Work?
Posted by ErkSat 255 days ago in Energy
Nothing anyone has tried has accomplished anything meaningful to prevent climate change. That's why now is the only time to start seriously working on geoengineering.... [Read More]
 
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How Con-Way Delivers Greener Trucking
Posted by ErkSat 256 days ago in Energy
Heavy-duty trucks, the workhorses of commerce, are integral to the supply chain of every business. The movement to reduce their impact on the environment is huge. Here is what a major industry player ... [Read More]
 
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US Army, SolarCity Team Up for Billion-Dollar Solar Rooftop Project
Posted by ErkSat 256 days ago in Energy
USRG Renewable Finance and BofA Merrill Lynch will provide partial funding for the project, which could double the number of rooftop residential solar installations in the U.S.... [Read More]
 
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Commutes Get Easier Around the World, but IBM Finds Plenty of Pain
Posted by ErkSat 256 days ago in Energy
The annual Commuter Pain study from IBM, which looks at commutes in 20 cities across the globe, finds that public transit use is up and traffic is somewhat down, but commuters are still highly stresse... [Read More]
 
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Climate Corps 2011: From Megatron to Low-Hanging Fruit at Mack Trucks
Posted by ErkSat 257 days ago in Energy
The subsidiary of Volvo North American Trucks has been home to the star of the summer blockbuster, Transformers 3, as well as a number of obvious but overlooked energy efficiency fixes.... [Read More]
 
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Dell Backs Away from Carbon Neutrality, Focuses on Efficiency & E-Waste
Posted by ErkSat 258 days ago in Energy
The company's latest CSR report downplays its green power purchases and highlights Dell's growing e-waste hauls and improved energy efficiency and performance-per-watt metrics.... [Read More]