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43 years ago, the United States created Earth Day -- and 20 million Americans worked to reshape our environment from one where air pollution was a price of doing business to one where clean air and clean water were considered valuable legacies to be protected and enhanced.聽 Today, it is a moment to look at the modern challenges we all face -- and the cutting-edge solutions that will drive our ability [...]
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Under a beautiful blue sky in the Rose Garden this morning, President Obama laid out the three key questions that drove the priorities in his just-released Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 budget: 鈥淗ow do we make America a magnet for new jobs?聽 How do we give our workers the skills they need to do those jobs?聽 And how do we make sure that hard work leads to a decent living?鈥� Some of the key initiatives put forward [...]
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This blog was originally posted on the CA Technologies Corporate Blog:聽 Perspectives. I鈥檓 very proud to announce that CA Technologies is a signatory of the BICEP Climate Declaration, launched today in Washington, DC.聽 We have talked about BICEP previously on this blog, and the Climate Declaration is an example of how the organization is mobilizing business leadership to promote a sustainable world.聽 [...]
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Open, balanced and transparent standards are a critical part of the electronics industry, allowing manufacturers to develop parts that easily connect and interact with each other; better manage materials information in the supply chain; use uniform testing methods to determine regulatory compliance, and even develop the best way to display electronic pictures and videos.聽 More recently, standards have [...]
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Almost 10 years ago, members of the technology industry joined with colleagues from U.S. EPA, the business and government purchasing community, and environmental non-profits to develop a consistent way to measure sustainability attributes of computers and monitors.聽 The results of that work were twofold: 聽the IEEE 1680 standard, which established product criteria, and the related EPEAT program, which [...]
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Two weeks ago, instead of experiencing the D.C. snow storm that never came, I was in California attending the Green Grid Forum 2013.聽 For those of you who don't know about it, The Green Grid (TGG) is an open industry consortium of end users, policy makers, technology providers, facility architects, and utility companies that works to improve the resource efficiency of data centers. With more than 175 [...]
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Last summer the U.S. EPA and 91快活林 jointly convened a road-mapping workshop on the ENERGY STAR program.聽聽 Both groups recognize the unique nature of information and communication technologies (ICT) -- their complexity, their rapid evolution, their global nature, and their interplay with so many other products in the emerging 鈥渘etwork of things.鈥澛� And, consequently, we both saw value in co-hosting an [...]
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With Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe鈥檚 decision to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks, the chance for success and lasting economic opportunity has jumped manifold.聽 The TPP is about job creation, open markets, and fair competition.聽 We welcome Japan to the table, and think that this is an extremely important move not only for that nation, but also for all of the countries involved in the [...]
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The President today selected three new leaders for his Cabinet who, together, will be critical for the success of America鈥檚 businesses, and particularly the technology sector.聽 The Secretary of Energy, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) are three individuals whose work will shape the direction of the United States [...]
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The reaction from Democratic and Republican Members of Congress to Tuesday night鈥檚 State of the Union Address and Republican response show the genuine opportunity for the development of a next-generation energy strategy that can jumpstart U.S. job creation and economic growth.聽 And the technology sector can be a leader in this effort, utilizing innovative products that boost efficiency and productivity [...]
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