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Some key lessons gleaned from the recent climate-change talks in The Hague.
by Brad Allenby
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Your environmental management questions answered by two veterans of life in the trenches.
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Seth Dunn is not alone in his expedition to ground zero of the hydrogen economy: hundreds of scientists, politicians, investors and journalists have visited Iceland over the past year to learn about that nation's plans.
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There are a range of ways enterprises of all sizes can bring down the energy use of their IT operations, and a new article points out the six best, from outsourcing IT operations to building green data centers.
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The online university's classes include instruction on efficient power, cooling and layout, all aspects that can cut emissions and save money.
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Hewlett-Packard has expanded its data center services to include more support for consolidation, virtualization and energy efficiency.
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Under proposed guidelines, new renovations or expansions to healthcare facilities would have to comply with green building standards.
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The United Kingdom's Green Building Council is forming a task force to develop a Code for Sustainable Buildings to aid the industry in meeting the government's 2019 zero carbon target for new non-residential structures. The organization said the new code should be "open source" to enable it to be used in a range of tools "without confusing the industry with different standards."
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After a year of touting their efforts to make cars and trucks more environmentally friendly, U.S. automakers will face two thorny disputes in 2001 — fuel economy and emissions — that could threaten their green credibility.
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ENN) – Few people get a thrill out of sludge — the goo that remains after cleaning sewage and other wastewater. But a new technique pioneered by a Bradenton, Fla., company may pump up that excitement level, offering to slice the money Manatee County spends on the residue while providing a safer product.
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ENS) – Europe's fishermen should be given financial incentives to adopt less damaging catch techniques says an independent report into the current fisheries crisis.
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The future looks bright for Canada’s solar photovoltaics industry, and for people looking for jobs in it. A report detailing the development of solar electricity in Canada has found that the industry has grown at an annual rate of 29% over the past seven years.
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge has recognized 43 people and companies for their outstanding achievements in environmental protection.
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BP Amoco will buy used water for the next two decades from a sewer authority in Hampton Roads, Virginia, as a coolant at the oil company's Yorktown, Virginia, refinery.
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Reuters) – Water and energy have become critical foreign policy issues for India because the country wants to ensure it has enough resources to boost economic growth, Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh said Sunday.
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In one of the most comprehensive studies to date, California's South Coast Air Quality Management District is testing emission control devices that may reduce cancer causing soot from diesel school buses.
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Unless we can design a lifestyle that systematically restores exercise to our daily routines, the obesity epidemic -- and the health deterioration associated with it -- will spread.
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Reuters) – Environmentalists and a large farm operator in northeastern Oregon have resolved a bitter conflict over the use of Columbia River water by collaborating on a landmark sustainable farm project.
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AP) – New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman, a moderate Republican and avid outdoorswoman, has accepted President-elect Bush's offer to head the Environmental Protection Agency, officials close to both politicians said Thursday.
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<b>GreenBiz.com's Environmental Business News in Brief:</b> Report: U.S. Fuel Economy Hits 20-Year Low ... Smithsonian Slated for Energy-Efficient Cooling, Power ... Methane Cuts Save STAR Partners $54 Million
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ENS) – London's black taxi cabs are being fitted with pollution cutting catalytic converters in a trial that could see all 20,000 of the famous vehicles going green.
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Organic growers in California, which led the push to eliminate pesticides and other manmade chemicals from the food supply, say new federal standards could legitimize organic farming and be a boon to the industry.
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ENS) – A report commissioned by U.S. President Bill Clinton and European Commission President Romano Prodi warns governments they must be more open over biotechnology issues or risk a public backlash.
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ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has taken steps to formally sanction the state of Illinois' controversial program of allowing industrial polluters to trade air pollution credits in the smoggy Chicago metropolitan area. The state of Illinois' so called 'cap and trade' program for emissions of volatile organic compounds is the first such initiative in the country.
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ENN) – Disposable cameras. We buy them at drugstores and supermarkets. We point. We click. And when we're finished, we deposit them at the photofinisher. Presto: instant memories. But there's more to these little cameras than meets the eye. The future, say the experts, lies less in the power of private ownership than in the wisdom of leasing product and services.