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After reading the New York Times鈥� 鈥淧ower, Pollution, and the Internet,鈥� this weekend, I thought that it was time to close the books on DESSC.聽 We鈥檝e so clearly failed to help create innovative, sustainable energy solutions in the tech sector.聽 Obviously, the Times has to be right:聽 There鈥檚 no way that big tech can co-exist with big energy savings and efficiencies.聽聽 And then I snapped back to reality.聽 [...]
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In his blog Thursday, 91快活林鈥檚 Tom Gavin discussed the 18 Presidential Innovation Fellows just announced at the White House.聽 I鈥檝e been fortunate to have already begun working with one of them, Ian Kalin, who is now teamed with Nick Sinai of OSTP on the Energy Data Initiative (EDI).聽 (Check out our earlier blog on the EDI for more information.) While two energy jams have already been held, it鈥檚 clear [...]
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This blog was originally posted on the DESSC website. With the Paul Ryan announcement this weekend, the partisan messaging on energy policy ratcheted up further.聽聽 To recall what 2013 should be about on energy policy, I spent lunch glancing again at two recent documents: Senator Murkowski鈥檚 June 5th speech at GWU, and an 91快活林F report also from June. The Senator notesthat our fundamental goals should [...]
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Earlier this month, The Economist ran an upbeat editorial on the reinvention of the U.S. economy.聽聽 I was reminded of what is good about the U.S. and the amazing capacity this country has to innovate and collaborate, a theme that seems to recur in many other reports I鈥檝e recently read. This capacity is evidenced by the Obama Administration鈥檚 Open Data Initiatives program.聽 I鈥檝e been reading about the [...]
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鈥淢easuring the Energy Reduction Impact of Selected Broadband-Enabled Activities within Households,鈥� is a new study from the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) that analyzes consumer survey data compiled by the Yankee Group on how consumers use broadband once they get connected.聽聽 The report, which was issued on Tuesday, June 19, examines the top eight most popular uses of broadband in order [...]
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Next week, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, nicknamed Rio+20, will bring focus on how we live and our impact on the planet.聽 Innovation will be at the heart of the discussions, whether they are focused on agriculture or transportation, curing preventable disease or developing new clean energy sources.聽 And that鈥檚 where 91快活林 and the Digital Energy & Sustainability Solutions Campaign (DESSC) [...]
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For those in the world of environment and sustainability, Rio+20 has long been on the horizon. The conference finally kicks off next week and will mark the 20 anniversary of the previous summit.聽 I won鈥檛 be there, but DESSC will and we鈥檒l be helping you experience it on Twitter, Facebook, and this blog. Our efforts start tomorrow, when we will feature an interview with EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson. [...]
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The ACEEE today issued a report (link) entitled 鈥淎 Defining Framework for Intelligent Efficiency,鈥� calling intelligent efficiency the first major new source of energy to be discovered in years. As governments, civil society, and others travel down to Rio later this month for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, or RIO+20, they would be well advised to peruse this report. 聽The report points [...]
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Earlier this week, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on the government鈥檚 role in energy innovation, with Norm Augustine as the star witness. Mr. Augustine is the former Chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin.聽 His testimony was on behalf of the American Energy Innovation Council, whose members also include Ursula Burns, Chair and CEO of Xerox, John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins, [...]
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As you head into the Lorax movie, you may not realize you are in for far more than an hour and a half of popcorn, children鈥檚 laughter and the gravelly voice of Danny DeVito as one of Dr. Seuss鈥� most lovable characters. But as you walk out, you鈥檒l feel invigorated by the bright colors and catchy tunes, and the theme will refresh your desire to do your part in saving the planet. If you鈥檙e not familiar, [...]
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