On Sunday, the Western Governor’s Association unanimously passed a resolution titled “Transitioning the West to Clean Energy and Energy Security.” The document highlights the need for diverse energy resources (including coal), energy efficiency, and carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration. The actionable results or “management directives” include:
- Plan a workshop to determining the most expeditious way to achieve energy efficiency savings from new and existing residential and commercial/public buildings.
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Genesys Conferencing is global provider of web, audio, and video conferencing services. It does business in 25 countries, including with nearly half of the Fortune Global 500 companies. Genesys has also made a strong commitment to energy efficiency and to cutting its global warming emissions. Last month, it appointed a Green Officer to drive and manage a sustainable development strategy and implement the ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems Standard.
This standard is a
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Although California ranks second in total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that cause global warming, the U.S.’s most populous state is also one of the lowest emitters on a per-capita basis.
That’s right; the average Californian emits fewer CO2 emissions than people in all other states except Idaho, Vermont, and Rhode Island. According an Associated Press analysis of 2003 data (the latest U.S. Department of Energy numbers available), Californians are
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The U.S., Canada, and Mexico have formally agreed to make their energy systems more efficient. A regional strategy will be implemented to better coordinate and exchange energy research, science, and technology. As one U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) official put it, the three countries are shifting towards a “North American perspective” as they explore how more synergy among their systems will help move us towards a cleaner, more efficient energy system and fight global
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Popular Mechanics just tested seven common energy-efficient, compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) for brightness, color, and power use. Can they compete with the traditional incandescent light bulbs that most of us use?
They sure can. Although the old-fashioned incandescent bulb measured slightly brighter than the equivalent CFLs, the test subjects in the Popular Mechanics study couldn’t see any significant difference. In fact, when it came to the overall quality of light, every
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Carbonfund.org is a nonprofit organization that educates the public about the impacts of global warming. They also promote solutions by selling low-cost carbon offsets that individuals, businesses, and organizations can purchase to reduce their carbon footprint.
When a customer buys a carbon offset, Carbonfund.org purchases and then retires the carbon, taking it out of circulation.
Eric Carlson is the Executive Director of Carbonfund.org, and co-founded the company with his wife,
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The United States may take real steps towards a greater energy independence and a stronger economy with the Program for Real Energy Security, or PROGRESS Act. The bill – first introduced in the previous 109th Congress and reintroduced last week in the 110th - aims to jumpstart a massive national effort to diversify U.S. energy sources to include more renewable energy and implement energy-efficient and environmentally friendly technologies.
By Maria Surma Manka •
February 1, 2007
Here’s one to make you think: Webpages that are mostly black take less energy to view on your monitor (59 watts) than mostly white pages (74 watts). So the folks over at EcoIron did some math and determined that if Google’s homepage – mostly white – were to transition to mostly black, and taking into account about 200 million hits a day and about 10 seconds per viewing, Google could save nearly 750 MWh
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