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March 16th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
eBay made a significant push this week with its Green Shopping Website, trying to encourage consumers to purchase second-hand items over new ones. “The greenest product is often the one that already exists,” says the header for eBay’s Green Team challenge. From now until Earth Day, the first 250,000 people to purchase something from the Green Shopping site will each receive an acre of rainforest.
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March 16th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
Despite a few quiet murmurs of a new “bubble,” venture capitalists are generally very optimistic about the clean-tech energy and conservation sector, according to data collected through a recent survey from the tax and advisory firm KPMG LLP.
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March 15th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
Recently President Obama outlined more details of the new “Homestar” program that he had first mentioned in the State of the Union Address. The administration sees the program as a way to create jobs by encouraging American families to invest in energy-saving home improvements. The Senate Democratic leadership included a Homestar proposal as part of the jobs agenda released on February 4, 2010, and the Administration will work with Congress to get it passed.
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March 12th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
This fall a new skyscraper claiming to be the world’s greenest building will open in Guangzhou, China. The 71-story, 2.3-million square-foot Pearl River Tower will be the most energy-efficient super-tall building ever built.
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March 8th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
Proposed legislation in the U.S. Senate may help the renewables sector. U.S. Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and John Ensign (R-NV) have introduced renewable energy legislation that could be a boon for businesses that produce renewable energy technologies, lead to green job creation, and help reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.
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March 3rd, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
Due to the recent invention made by the automobile giant Honda, users of fuel cell electric vehicles can now expect a relief from refueling. Honda’s attempt has finally eliminated the requirement of a separate electrolyzer and compressor. This all-in-one system of Honda Solar Hydrogen station has both the electrolyzer and the compressor together, thus allowing accommodation of the complete system in a small home garage. The system can provide up to 0.5 kg of hydrogen over 8 hours. Further to the reduction in size, this new system is 25% more efficient as compared to its earlier versions.
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February 25th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
Robert Kennedy Jr. won’t rest until his vision for a green economy is heard. He’s been visiting college campuses across the country speaking about the environment, energy, and the economy. “Sound economic and environmental policies are intrinsically tied, and energy providers should reward customers for conserving power rather than consuming it,” Kennedy recently told a college audience in Pennsylvania.
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February 18th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
Gregory Jaczko, Chairman of the independent U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, will update power industry leaders on the regulatory issues affecting the current applications for new reactors during a keynote address and Q&A at the EnergyBiz Leadership Forum on February 28-March 2 in Washington DC.
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November 2nd, 2009 by EBR_EBdaily
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