In Switchboard, from NRDC - Posted 6 days ago

Ah, Home Star the legislative proposal that has eaten all my time over the last six months. What more is there to say? Creates jobs! Slashes...

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In EcoGeek - Posted 1 week ago

Energy savings of 99% over previous methods probably sound like snake oil. But some math geeks have been able to find a way so that computers can use...

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In Clean Break - Posted 2 weeks ago

My story in today's Toronto Star is about a new industrial efficiency program that will soon be unveiled by the Ontario Power Authority. Under the pla...

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In EcoGeek - Posted 2 weeks ago

Today, President Obama announced the details of the HOMESTAR program, otherwise known as Cash for Caulkers. The president said the home retrofit p...

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In Off Grid - Posted 3 weeks ago

Alex Kapranos turbine supporter The UK Government's energy conservation watchdog has admitted that consumers were duped by inappropriate grants into...

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In Switchboard, from NRDC - Posted 5 weeks ago

NRDC has been working in China for over twelve years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental go...

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In Alarm Clock - Posted 6 weeks ago

Two California federal buildings are receiving retrofit to improve their energy efficiency and reduce their carbon footprint. The Bay Area's Lumenergi...

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In Switchboard, from NRDC - Posted 6 weeks ago

Today, my colleague Matt Eisenson continues his blog series on NRDC's Billion Tons Project (see here and here for the first two blogs in the series), ...

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In Switchboard, from NRDC - Posted 7 weeks ago

Bill Gates argues in a new blog that to meet long-term climate goals, we need innovation, not insulation. NRDC agrees that we need innovation. B...

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In WorldChanging - Posted 13 weeks ago

by Roger ValdezEvolutionary science suggests climate change, energy savings spurred human evolution. Last weekend I spent some time at home recovering...

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