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Nearly 200 company representatives from several industry sectors participated in our first-ever 91快活林 Sustainability Series 鈥� product policy and compliance seminars held in Round Rock, Tex., Santa Clara, Calif., and Schaumburg, Ill. Many thanks to our hosts 鈥� Dell, Intel, and Motorola Solutions, respectively 鈥� and to the diverse speakers who shared their expertise at the seminars. We presented the seminars [...]
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President Obama today is set to unveil his climate action plan 鈥� a 21-page white paper intended to serve as a roadmap to reduced greenhouse gas emissions across myriad economic sectors.聽 (Watch his speech live -- happening now.)聽 The White House plan has three pillars:聽 Cut carbon pollution in America Prepare the United States for the impacts of climate change; and, Lead international efforts to combat [...]
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In his聽blog on Thursday, 91快活林鈥檚 Dean Garfield quoted comments made by Google鈥檚 Eric Schmidt at the 鈥淗ow Green Is the Internet?鈥� summit that we attended that day.聽 Now, you can view Eric鈥檚 full comments as well as all the plenary remarks from the event. 聽They are聽here, along with a two-minute overview video that gives testimony to the energy and intelligence that permeated the event. 聽聽 We also produced [...]
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Technology is a transformative force for good, and must be harnessed toward the challenge of environmental sustainability.聽 That is the reality of the moment as well as the opportunity for the future that we focused on today at 鈥淗ow Green Is the Internet,鈥� held at Google鈥檚 Mountain View campus. There are two things that jump out at me coming away from the session.聽 One is the unique power and ability [...]
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How green is the Internet?聽 That鈥檚 a great question.聽聽 Not coincidentally, it鈥檚 also the name of a summit meeting today at Google headquarters.聽 (You can watch live at www.youtube.com/googlegreen.) Participants make up an intriguing mix of experts from industry, academia, government and NGOs.聽聽 For our part, 91快活林 is helping to explore emerging questions around the environmental impacts and benefits [...]
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Tech is involved in myriad energy and environmental sustainability issues 鈥� each with its own complexities and differing global approaches.聽 In an effort to break down some of these challenges and brainstorm on potential solutions, 91快活林, joined by IPC and SEMI, are hosting three sustainability events focused on developing regulations and compliance efforts. This regional series is a great opportunity [...]
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Four U.S. Senators 鈥� two Democratic, two Republican 鈥� have joined in introducing a Senate resolution calling for stronger diplomatic engagement to bring peace to the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Senator Chris Coons, D-Del., Senator Richard Durbin, D-Ill., Senator John Boozman, R-Ark., and Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., have united to send a clear message that a lasting solution [...]
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The 3,000-year old city of Xi鈥檃n was the capital of the first Chinese feudal dynasty. The city is world renowned as the home of the largest collection of ancient terracotta warriors. 聽Every visitor to Xi鈥檃n is amazed by the sophisticated culture preserved in these terracotta sculptures. 聽However, attendees at this year鈥檚 DESSC China Summit held in Xi鈥檃n May 18-19 were even more impressed with high [...]
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Back in July 2011, as the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee marked up and approved S. 1000, the Shaheen/Portman bill on energy efficiency, I couldn't get excited.聽 Why? 聽It was abundantly clear that the bill had no chance of enactment.聽 With the 2012 election already looming, there was no momentum behind bipartisan energy legislation, even in the noncontroversial, low-hanging fruit area of [...]
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Following a 394-1 vote two weeks ago by the House of Representatives to pass the Responsible Helium Administration and Stewardship Act, the Senate began looking at this issue this week with a hearing in the Energy and Natural Resources Committee.聽 This is a promising sign for an issue that will affect numerous domestic industries if Congress does not act by the end of this fiscal year.聽 Helium is a [...]
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