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The Water Side of Disaster
As summer begins, so too does disaster season. In the five months from June to November, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) predicts that ...
Data Centers – Where Did All the Water Go?
I'd like you to start thinking about how much water your data center uses a day, a month, and a year. Not just for personnel, but ...
Carbon Management IS Information Management
For most organizations today, sophisticated carbon management is simply not possible. At best, gathering, assessing, and analyzing the necessary information is a considerable challenge. In some ...
The Hope Behind The Holes In The Climate Bill
Friday was a historic day for the United States with the passage of our first comprehensive climate change bill. While I think that the American Clean ...
Energy Costs Rising, Regulations Imminent – Are You Ready?
While organizations remain uncertain about the specific effects and requirements of future greenhouse gas (GHG) legislation and regulation, one outcome is certain: any law that puts ...
Energy – It Just Doesn’t Add Up
I'm close to turning 50 years old and I'm having energy déjà vu. Over the winter, fears of oil shortages put prices through the roof ...
FTC on Greenwashing: Is That All There Is?
The Federal Trade Commission in mid-June charged three companies, Kmart Corp., Tender Corp. and Dyna-E International, with making false and unsubstantiated claims that their paper ...
Focus on Innovators, Not Polluters, for Climate Solutions
The Waxman-Markey bill trickling its way through Congress is both historic and problematic. As loopholes are inserted, and interests appeased, the bill will inevitably get watered ...
The ‘Great Convergence’ of Clean Tech and Development
The "Great Convergence" between clean tech and development seeks to fuel growth through the incubation and rapid commercialization of new, sustainable technologies. That is the concensus of ...
Green Jobs Not Just For the Environmental Set
At a recent Green Jobs Summit in New York City, the evening began with the seemingly simple question, "What is the definition of a green job?" A ...
Don’t Let Carbon Confusion Stand in Your Way
You need to measure, monitor and manage your company's carbon footprint. Your organization may be under pressure to stay competitive in a sustainable supply chain. You may ...
10 Climate Change Actions I’d Like To See By Tomorrow
If you've spent any time on Facebook, MySpace or any other social network, you've seen them: memes, those strange hybrids of straw polls and unbidden ...
How High-Footprint Industries Can Embrace Sustainability
Between the 1,000-horsepower racecars and the thousands of fans who travel from far and wide to get there, NASCAR events have a carbon footprint close to ...
Green Data Center Rx – Go Modular
Demands for IT capacity are unrelenting and often unpredictable, making it difficult for CIOs in mid-market businesses to keep up with the pace of change. Growth from ...
Five Strategies for Building Your Ethical Brand
There’s been a lot of discussion about elevating corporate responsibility to become a strategic driver of your business. Most companies would like to benefit from their ...
Cutting Operating Expenses with Efficiency
With corporate revenues falling, corporate energy bills are becoming even more glaring as a cost center and source of waste. Commercial and industrial (C&I) buildings account for ...
Is it Time for the U.S. to Invest in Solar Manufacturing?
The solar industry is on the brink of dramatic growth. Global manufacturers have come to expect incentives to invest and create jobs, and they're getting them. ...
Keeping Your Eyes on the Partnership Prize
With the global economy in turmoil, corporate environmental initiatives could have faced a fatal blow. The good news is that companies today have not forgotten that ...
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Product-level Carbon Footprinting
As companies implement their GHG reduction strategies, many are turning to product level carbon footprinting for insight. By mapping carbon throughout a product's lifecycle -- from ...
Capturing the Green Advantage
Consumers around the world talk about the environment as if they were discussing their own backyards (which, of course, they are). But will they continue to ...
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Rick Row on Climate Scientists Alleged to Have Manipulated Data
"You may feel you have published a “fair and balance” account of the..."
Frankie Ridolfi on Climate Scientists Alleged to Have Manipulated Data
"Interesting that the photo of Earth is both reversed (the horn of Africa is..."
Moses Boone on Climate Scientists Alleged to Have Manipulated Data
"IF this information is true than it will be damaging and forestall the monumental..."
Tim on Climate Scientists Alleged to Have Manipulated Data
"Clearly this story is still developing, but I can imagine Faux News will have a field day..."
robert on Climate Scientists Alleged to Have Manipulated Data
"The STOLEN files do not supoort an argument that climate scientists were trying to..."
Pete on Climate Scientists Alleged to Have Manipulated Data
"With more than 5 acres per person world wide, there is no way that man can be affecting..."
Tom Stacy on National Grid Again Rejects High Costs of Offshore Wind
"Each time government entices big money investment away from riskier, but clearly..."