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The next generation will deal with global warming, we promise: That's the bottom line out of the G8 Summit in Japan where the world's eight biggest economies are meeting. They have pledged to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. By then all the current leaders and this humble scrivener will be long gone. Our children will probably...; Tags: Greenhouse Gas, Agreement, Global Warming, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-07-08
New reports try to demystify the "low carbon IT" equation: As we all know, information technology is both a culprit and a hero when it comes to carbon emissions. Various research companies estimate that information and communications technologies contribute about 2 percent of the global carbon footprint, and the larger IT companies have been falling all over each other to...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Greenhouse Gas, Carbon Footprint, Carbon, Strategy, Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-06-25
Why Cisco's new low-carbon diet isn't just a fad (updated): (Updated to include video blog link.) Is Cisco CEO John Chambers' aggressive commitment this morning to a 25 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2012 just a ploy/play for green headlines? Actually, I think this very public very high-level move represents just the first part of...; Tags: Greenhouse Gas, Cisco Systems Inc., Aldrich, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-06-24
Tallying up the benefits of EPEAT purchasing: OK math geeks, here's one for you. According to a new report from the Green Electronics Council, if you add up the positive environmental impact of the 109 million displays, notebooks and desktop computers sold through the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool EPEAT in 2007, here's what you get: ...; Tags: Reduction, Benefit, Greenhouse Gas, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Desktops, Sales, Hardware, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-06-17
Global warming: a fish story, and your health: Salmon are not healthy in warm water. As the rivers of Alaska get warmer, the salmon there get sicker. Just one more reason food prices are rising, a larger proportion of the salmon caught in Alaska are being thrown to the dogs. In the lower...; Tags: Greenhouse Gas, Health Care, Global Warming, Species, Alaska, Salmon, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-06-15

Cautionary tale: carbon trading and carping loggers: In New Zealand an official carbon-trading scheme is not running smoothly. It's perhaps a cautonary tale for other countries or regions looking at carbon-trading as a way to curtail greenhouse gas emissions. New Zealand's a signator to the Kyoto Protocol which led that nationto try carbon-trading...; Tags: Emission, Greenhouse Gas, New Zealand, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Another morning hangover for ethanolics: This time a major U.S. newspaper editorializes against the American subsidies for ethanol. Their conclusion: "This does not mean that Congress should give up on biofuels as an important part of the effort to reduce the country's dependency on imported oil and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. What it does...; Tags: Biofuel, Methanol, Greenhouse Gas, Clean Technology, Corn, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-05-10
Researcher: forgot those solar panels, get back into the lab: A new study from a UC Berkeley researcher is good news for VCs, Silicon Valley and other centers of green tech innovation. It's equally glum news for the current pruveyors of solar panels. Current solar panel technology is not worth installing, it's a waste of money according to...; Tags: Green Technology, Photovoltaics, Greenhouse Gas, Externality, Analysis, Current Solar Panel Technology, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-02-20
Calculate what you are adding to greenhouse emissions: There's a new online calculator for businesses. Let's you calculate greenhouse gas equivalencies. For example, if you an estimate of the amount of gasoline, natural gas or electricity your business consumers, the calculator will give you the greenhouse gas emissions that adds to the atmosphere. ...; Tags: Greenhouse Gas, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-02-07
A blog on light bulbs to brighten the last day of 2007: In a perfect world, I would be posting my absolutely brilliant Top Something-Or-Other Predictions for Green Tech list today. Because I know every human being LOVES lists. But, I woke up this morning in Cape May, New Jersey, and it's beautiful outside and I haven't finished...; Tags: Blog, Greenhouse Gas, Southern California Edison, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2007-12-31
Bali Finale: U.S. regime to play out the clock: The talk has ended, and thousands of delegates are jetting home, to leave large jet-fuming carbon footprints across the earth's atmopshere. And what have they left in their contrails? Everything from an historic agreement to a sad compromise, depending on who's doing the analysis. By...; Tags: Game, U.S., Greenhouse Gas, Delegation, Games, Personal Technology, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-12-16
Climate change talks: EU says U.S. is the problem now: The European Union says it's the U.S. that's stalling chances for U.N. members to get moving on climate change. Here's how a left-wing British paper sees it. One Australian account sees it this way: "The Bali conference is coming to a close, and pressure is building...; Tags: U.S., Greenhouse Gas, Conference, Global Warming, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-12-12
IBM business partner develops greenhouse meter: One of the toughest things about being a technology VAR or reseller is finding a way to "productize" your intellectual property. Otherwise, your tech guys find themselves building custom solutions for virtually every customer. Not so for Enterprise Information Management EIM, a small IBM Business Partner that has struck green...; Tags: Greenhouse Gas, Portal, IBM DB2, IBM Corp., GreenCert, Portals, Enterprise Software, Databases, Internet, Software, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2007-12-12
All American vehicles more fuel-efficient? Not likely: So the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a new energy bill, which now moves into an unknown future. But likely this proposed law is dead before arrival. It faces both a Senate filibuster, and then a Presidential veto which would be very difficult for Congress to over-ride....; Tags: Greenhouse Gas, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-12-06
After the California fires: rebuilding green?: There are continuous water shortages in southern California, and a climate that provides lots of sunshine even in the winter. You gotta ask, rebuilding green? It's so obvious a choice that even local TV stations are covering the advantages to solar and other green tech when replacing the...; Tags: California, Greenhouse Gas, Government, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-11-01
All things Kyoto, now they tell us: So President George W. Bush has been right all along. There, I said it. A commentary on the Nature website has sparked discussion because it basically says the Kyoto Protocol is not the way to handle greenhouse gas emissions. While applauding the goal of curbing the emissions,...; Tags: Emission, Greenhouse Gas, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-10-25
Fuming over fumes: Bush's E.P.A. versus California, New York and Co.: Of course, the current version of the "Environmental Protection Agency" has been loath to move toward tougher emission standards for car and trucks in the U.S. Two years California movced to put in place tougher standards for car in that state, but the E.P.A. has not granted a waiver....; Tags: Emission, California, Greenhouse Gas, Standards, Quality, Business Operations, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-10-23
'Green IT': are we missing the bigger picture?: 'Green IT': are we missing the bigger picture?RE: Green IT': are we missing the bigger picture?courtesy: cjm LTWhy should anyone feel defensive about "being cheap?" America and Americans are in debt to the eyeballs and have no savings because we spend the money as fast as we get it and...; Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, computer hardware, GNU/Linux, fossil fuel, hardware, Microsoft Windows, Green IT, greenhouse gas; Discussion threads 2007-10-11
Deals on climate change face good old American girdlock: Some people think we humans should be doing something about climate change. Many nations are trying to live up to their promises under the Kyoto Protocol. The Earth's league leaders in greenhouse gas emission are China and the U.S. in that order. Neither signed the...; Tags: U.S., Leader, Greenhouse Gas, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-10-04
The green data center. More than social responsibility: a foundation for growth, economic gain and operating stability: After years of being viewed by many as a concern for a relative few, environmen-tal issues are now front-page news around the world. Faced with increasingly urgent warnings about the consequences of the projected rise in both energy demands and greenhouse gas emissions, governments and businesses alike are now focusing...; Tags: Data Center, Greenhouse Gas, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Government, Storage, Hardware, Data Management; White papers 2007-09-19