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Bush 'responding' to Supreme Court
Not exactly |
David Roberts |
14 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: Big Ag, Big Oil, energy, energy efficiency, George Bush, litigation (all these topics) |
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Bulb news
All about lighting |
David Roberts |
11 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: energy, energy efficiency, green living, green products, Wal-Mart (all these topics) |
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Spitzer and Polish
New York governor's mansion gets an eco-facelift |
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03 May 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Spitzer and Polish New York governor's mansion gets an eco-facelift You know, we've been thinking about eco-remodeling our 39-room mansion, and now New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and his wife Silda Wall Spitzer are providing inspiration. The couple plans to green the governor's residence in Albany, which was built in 1875 and has housed such luminaries as Franklin D. Roosevelt and Nelson A. Ro ... |
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| Topics: energy efficiency, green building, green living, New York, news (all these topics) |
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Six months to a trimmer footprint
How to reduce your household energy consumption, easy-like |
Charles Komanoff |
01 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: carbon offsets, climate, energy, energy efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions, placemaking (all these topics) |
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Speaking of CFLs ...
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David Roberts |
01 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: energy, energy efficiency, green living, green products, insanity, lying liars (all these topics) |
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CFLs and marital bliss ... not
Not tonight ... your CFLs give me a headache |
JMG |
30 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: energy, energy at home, energy efficiency, green living, green products (all these topics) |
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Tighten Up
Plans to boost energy efficiency start getting traction in Congress |
Amanda Griscom Little |
23 Apr 2007 |
Muckraker |
| What's not to love about energy efficiency? It's the paradigmatic win-win scenario -- save money, protect the climate and broader environment, and reduce reliance on unsavory sources of energy, all in one fell swoop. As efficiency guru Amory Lovins puts it [PDF], "Using energy more efficiently offers an economic bonanza -- not because of the benefits of stopping global warm ... |
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| Topics: Amory Lovins, Congress, Ed Markey, energy, energy efficiency, legislation, Muckraker, politics (all these topics) |
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Bingaman and Domenici propose Energy Efficiency Promotion Act
Good stuff |
David Roberts |
19 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: Congress, energy efficiency, legislation, politics (all these topics) |
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Material intensity
Indirect greenhouse-gas savings |
Gar Lipow |
18 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: Amory Lovins, energy, energy efficiency, green building, placemaking (all these topics) |
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On efficiency
There's more room than you think |
Gar Lipow |
17 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: energy, energy efficiency, green living, placemaking (all these topics) |
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Beyond carbon taxes
A follow-up |
Gar Lipow |
12 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: carbon tax, climate, energy, energy efficiency, politics (all these topics) |
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Power ballad
Canucks 1, US 0 |
Kate Sheppard |
05 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: Canada, energy, energy efficiency, United States (all these topics) |
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How Many Queens Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb?
Britain's Queen Elizabeth studying how to green her palaces |
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03 Apr 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| How Many Queens Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb? Britain's Queen Elizabeth studying how to green her palaces Word on the street is HRH the Queen of England Her Majesty With the Breath of Baby's Breath Elizabeth is looking at ways to lessen the impact of her palaces. Proposals being floated include switching Buckingham Palace's 40,000 lights to efficient bulbs, build ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, energy, energy efficiency, news, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Outback Darkhouse
Sydney, Australia, to put the lights out for climate change |
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27 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Outback Darkhouse Sydney, Australia, to put the lights out for climate change Last month, Australian officials announced that traditional incandescent light bulbs would be phased out by 2010 and replaced by compact fluorescents and other efficient lighting technologies. But Sydney is getting a jump on the energy-conservation action: this Saturday, bulbs across the city will be going dark for one hour. More than ... |
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| Topics: Australia, energy, energy efficiency, news (all these topics) |
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Journalism, wonkery, advocacy, nuclear power, and the kitchen sink
Join me for some navel gazing! |
David Roberts |
14 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: climate, climate change adaptation, climate change mitigation, energy, energy efficiency, nuclear power (all these topics) |
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A Little Light Music
U.S., E.U. push phaseout of incandescent bulbs, U.K. gets serious about carbon |
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14 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| A Little Light Music U.S., E.U. push phaseout of incandescent bulbs, U.K. gets serious about carbon The world is seeing the energy-efficient light: a U.S. coalition including Philips Lighting and the Natural Resources Defense Council will push to phase out incandescent bulbs by 2016. ... |
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| Topics: Angela Merkel, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, energy efficiency, European Union, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, politics, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics) |
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The Hill Is Alive With the Sound of Musing
Pelosi and Boxer aim to green Capitol Hill |
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06 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| The Hill Is Alive With the Sound of Musing Pelosi and Boxer aim to green Capitol Hill Tired of talking the energy-efficiency talk in an eco-unfriendly setting, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Barbara Boxer (both D-Calif.) are aiming to green Capitol Hill. On Friday, Pelosi wrote a letter directing the House chief administrative officer to look into implementing &qu ... |
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| Topics: Barbara Boxer, energy, energy efficiency, legislation, Nancy Pelosi, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Group Hug
Leading tech competitors bury the hatchet to improve energy efficiency |
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28 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Group Hug Leading tech competitors bury the hatchet to improve energy efficiency Hold onto your geek hat: 11 leading tech companies have partnered to reduce the energy used by servers and data centers. The Green Grid -- made up of foes including Intel, IBM, Microsoft, AMD, Sun Microsystems, and Hewlett-Packard -- thinks data-center efficiency "is the most significant issue fa ... |
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| Topics: business, energy, energy efficiency, greening biz operations, news, tech (all these topics) |
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Yes We Ken
London mayor unveils comprehensive climate-change plan |
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28 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Yes We Ken London mayor unveils comprehensive climate-change plan London Mayor Ken Livingstone unveiled a Climate Change Action Plan yesterday in hopes of making the English capital the greenest city in the world. Under the scheme, London will switch 25 percent of its power supply to local generation, and businesses that invest in green technology will earn merit badges ... |
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| Topics: climate, electricity grid, energy, energy efficiency, London, news, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Instructions, pod leader?
Where is the leadership? |
biodiversivist |
26 Feb 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: Big Auto, energy efficiency, hybrids, politics, Prius (all these topics) |
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Darjeeling Companion
On boiling water for tea |
Umbra Fisk |
26 Feb 2007 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, My roommates seem to be constantly boiling water for tea. We've got a gas stove, a microwave, and an electric teakettle. However, we don't know which option is most efficient. Any ideas? Kate R. Syracuse, N.Y. Dearest Kate, Idears-R-Me, and microwaved tea is nasty. Nas-tea, I suppose I must say, if I wish my membership in the Cheap Joke Association to be renewed. To nuke or not to nuke? Photo: iStockphoto To re ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, energy at home, energy efficiency (all these topics) |
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The little green computer that could
British-built server up for big award |
Jerome Woody |
22 Feb 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: energy, energy efficiency, tech (all these topics) |
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Honey and Vinegar
On convincing colleagues to turn the lights off |
Umbra Fisk |
12 Feb 2007 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, I'm always hollering at my friends and colleagues to turn off the lights when they leave the room. Considering my business is green-related, it blows me away that my staff can't seem to get a handle on flicking the switch. But it's probably mostly a matter of them not really knowing why it's important. So what's the elevator pitch -- you know, a good sentence or two? I know we're unnecessarily ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, energy efficiency, green living (all these topics) |
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BNL on the road again
And aiming to be green |
Sarah van Schagen |
06 Feb 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: cars, celebrity, ecological footprint, energy efficiency, music, Prius (all these topics) |
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Extracting useful energy from a fusion reaction
Small is beautiful. |
biodiversivist |
01 Feb 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: consumerism, energy efficiency, hydrogen, renewable energy, Seattle (all these topics) |
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