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Over 100 Leading Organizations Tap EDF Climate Corps to Catalyze Energy Savings
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20.5.2013 |
Main Feed - Environmental Defense |
| Apple, General Motors and NYSE Euronext join an increasing number of organizations engaging the next generation of business and policy leaders to cut costs and emissions
EDF Climate Corps kicks of 2013 summer
Tue, 2013-05-21
Contact:
Stephanie Kennard, skennard@edf.org, (212) 616-1260
(New York, N.Y. — May 21, 2013) Today, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) kicks off its sixth and largest season of EDF Climate Corps , an innovative fellowship program that places specially trained graduate students in companies, cities and universities to save energy, money and the environment.
This summer, EDF will place 116 Climate Corps fellows in 106 organizations . New participants such as Apple, Colgate-Palmolive, General Motors, and the cities of Austin and Philadelphia will join returning hosts including AT&T , Facebook , PepsiCo , New York City Housing Authority and Chicago Public Schools .
“Leading energy management practices in our operations is a key pillar of GM’s ... |
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Mission Impossible?
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19.5.2013 |
Switchboard, from NRDC |
| Dan Lashof, Program Director, Climate & Clean Air, Washington, D.C.:
On Friday I had the honor of being the commencement speaker for Berkeley’s Energy and Resources Group, where I obtained my Ph.D. 26 years ago. Here is a lightly edited version of my speech (some inside jokes removed). Thank you... |
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Latin America Green News: new energy efficiency initiative in Chile, environmental regulation changes proposed in Costa Rica, and mining controversy in Mexico
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17.5.2013 |
Switchboard, from NRDC |
| Denée Reaves, Program Assistant, International, Washington, D.C.:
Latin America Green News is a selection of weekly news highlights about environmental and energy issues in Latin America. May 13-May 17 Chile According to the Minister of the Presidency, Cristian Larroulet, one of the government’s priorities will be securing the... |
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Cupertino: De Anza College's MLC wins award for design, energy efficiency
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17.5.2013 |
San Jose Mercury News: San Jose/Valley |
| De Anza College's new Media and Learning Center has won a citation for energy performance from the San Francisco chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the Pacific Gas & Electric Company. The award honors built work that demonstrates how deep reductions in energy use are essential to good design in the 21st century. |
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Can local chambers be catalysts for clean energy?
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16.5.2013 |
Business Operations | GreenBiz.com |
| A new report finds local chambers of commerce around the U.S.ountry are becoming major drivers of innovation and economic development with clean energy.   |
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New Secretary of Energy Can Reduce Global Warming Pollution with Efficiency Standards and Continued Support for Clean, Renewable Energy
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16.5.2013 |
Switchboard, from NRDC |
| Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City:
“A low-carbon economy is absolutely critical,” Ernest Moniz told senators at his nomination hearing. As widely anticipated, Moniz, a former top Department of Energy (DOE) official and head of MIT’s Energy Initiative, was confirmed today as the new Secretary of... |
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A Tale of Two Cities: Energy Efficient Buildings in New York and Hong Kong
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15.5.2013 |
Switchboard, from NRDC |
| Barbara Finamore, Senior Attorney and Asia Director, Beijing:
The Skyscraper Museum got it right. Its 2009 exhibit, “Vertical Cities: Hong Kong and New York,” called these two cities – one my current home, one my hometown - the world’s “most similar skyscraper societies.” Top: The view... |
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Effects of Ethanol on Vehicle Energy Efficiency and
Implications on Ethanol Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Analysis
(Cached)
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14.5.2013 |
pubs.acs.org |
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Environmental Science & Technology DOI: 10.1021/es305209a  |
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Massive efficiency gains hidden in cellphone networks, says study
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13.5.2013 |
Business Operations | GreenBiz.com |
| Technology and proposals developed by GreenTouch consortium members promise to cut energy use in communication networks by 90 percent.   |
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Amtrak unveils locomotives to replace aging fleet
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13.5.2013 |
Seattle Times: Top stories |
| When Amtrak unveils the first of 70 new locomotives Monday at a plant in California, it will mark what the national passenger railroad service hopes will be a new era of better reliability, streamlined maintenance and better energy efficiency. |
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Amtrak unveils locomotives to replace aging fleet
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13.5.2013 |
Seattle Times: Nation & World |
| When Amtrak unveils the first of 70 new locomotives Monday at a plant in California, it will mark what the national passenger railroad service hopes will be a new era of better reliability, streamlined maintenance and better energy efficiency. |
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Energy Efficiency in the Food Sector: Processing
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12.5.2013 |
Organic Consumers Association News Headlines |
| This is part 4 of our serialization of Chapter 4 (Energy) from the latest Resilience guide, "Rebuilding the Foodshed: How to Create Local, Sustainable & Secure Food Systems". This excerpt focuses on strategies for reducing the energy footprint of processing food. Click here to read this article |
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Ohio Consumers And Businesses Come Together To Support Energy Efficiency
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9.5.2013 |
Main Feed - Environmental Defense |
| By John Finnigan
Most states have long-term renewable energy and energy efficiency targets. Ohio’s energy efficiency resource standard saves over 700,000 kilowatt-hours of energy annually, more than the energy generated by a new fossil fuel power plant. Ohio’s energy efficiency law is under attack, even though Ohio’s targets are right in the middle compared to other states’ targets.
Source: Clean Energy Ohio
Ironically, the consumers who pay for energy efficiency are not leading this attack. Rather, the attack comes from certain electric utilities and the advocacy groups they support: the American Legislative Exchange Council and the Heartland Institute. The utilities claim to be protecting consumers from the costs of the energy efficiency programs, but they really want to protect their own electricity sales.
One argument raised against energy efficiency programs is that they cost too much. Energy programs, however, must pass a cost/benefit test. The programs will be offered only if ... |
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Who's leading the corporate sustainability Twitterati?
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9.5.2013 |
GreenBiz.com |
| Just about every corporate sustainability pro is tweeting these days. We've done some analysis of who's actually getting their message across.   |
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Big data means big savings for big buildings
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9.5.2013 |
Business Operations | GreenBiz.com |
| Implementing a measurement and verification plan is essential to meet facility sustainability goals.   |
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Molly Miller: Why Green Developers Think These Condos Are a Pane in the Glass
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9.5.2013 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
| Big glass high-rises mean modern, high-tech, success, money, and, to some, beauty. Certain real estate markets -- like downtown Toronto's -- have an addiction to this particular shining look that's hard to break and tenants have come to expect all the glass. But the glass boxes pose particular problems for energy efficiency, glare and comfort that some green developers want to expose. |
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Gene Karpinski: Moving Forward With Senators Shaheen and Portman's Common-sense Energy Efficiency Legislation
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9.5.2013 |
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com |
| Senators Shaheen and Portman have drafted a bill that not only asks consumers to become more energy-efficient but also asks the same of our government. This legislation won't just decrease electric bills in the short-term, it's also good for our economy in the long run. |
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NRDC: Clean Energy Bill Should Stay Clean
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8.5.2013 |
NRDC: News/Media Center Feed |
WASHINGTON (May 8, 2013) – The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today approved a bipartisan bill speeding the United States’ transition to a more energy efficient economy by promoting available efficiency technologies for homes, businesses, industrial facilities and the federal government. |
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How schools across the U.S. united to save 2.5M pounds of CO2
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3.5.2013 |
Business Operations | GreenBiz.com |
| In one month, 300 participating schools conserved over 1.5 GW of electricity as part of the Green Cup Challenge.   |
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The rewards of going green
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3.5.2013 |
Chicago Tribune: Real Estate |
| The rewards of going green |
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