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NRDC's Teleconference Briefing: Defending the Environment Against the Trump Administration, Feb 27 @ 1:30p EST
National Resource Defense Council's (NRDC) Teleconference Briefing: Defending the Environment Against the Trump Administration, Feb 27 When:1:30 pm Eastern; 12:30 pm Central; 11:30 am Mountain; 10:30 am Pacific NRDC is working agains… more...
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Government Policies
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The Netherlands invests in new Global Climate Adaptation Centre to help countries cope with warming climate
The Netherlands will host a new Global Centre of Excellence to help countries, institutions and businesses to adapt to a warming climate with the support of the Japanese government and UN environment programme (UNEP). The project is gear… more...
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Government Agencies and Initiatives
0 replies | 4018 views | Posted on: 02/16/2017 | Last updated: 02/16/2017
Leading businesses back 2050 Net Zero goal for buildings
Three leading businesses have committed to a global target to ensure all buildings have net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Engineering firm Integral Group, international property and infrastructure group Lendlease, and the product manufactu… more...
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Environmental Activism
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Low-cost solar solutions light thousands of homes in India
India’s Energy Minister Piyush Goyal announced it is now less costly to produce electricity from the sun than from coal in the country. According to the World Energy Outlook 2016, 244 million people in India do not have access to elect… more...
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0 replies | 5780 views | Posted on: 02/16/2017 | Last updated: 02/16/2017
How California is charting a path forward on Clean Energy
The late California historian Kevin Starr once wrote, “California had long since become one of the prisms through which the American people, for better and for worse, could glimpse their future.” These words have never felt truer. C… more...
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ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager Training 2/28 7:30 am - 12 noon, Better Buildings Challenge Benchmarking Data Jam, USGBC Wisconsin
Better Buildings Challenge Benchmarking Data Jam, USGBC Wisconsin ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager Training February 28 - 7:30am - 12 noon UWM School of Continuing Education, Computer Lab 7410 161 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 6000 Milw… more...
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Better Buildings: Better Business Conference, March 1-3, Wisconsin Dells
Better Buildings: Better Business Conference March 1-3 Kalahari Resort and Convention Center 1305 Kalahari Drive Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965 Connect technical strategies for building and remodeling homes with business strategies to h… more...
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Germany calls for gas/diesel car ban by 2030
Germany isn't content with relying on financial incentives to usher in an era of pollution-free cars. The country's Bundesrat (federal council) approved a resolution that calls for a ban on new internal combustion engines by 2030. This ban … more...
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0 replies | 2465 views | Posted on: 02/15/2017 | Last updated: 02/15/2017
Wind turbines in US Great Plains states produced more than half the Region’s Power, for the first time
Wind turbines across the Great Plains states produced, for the first time, more than half the region’s electricity. The power grid that supplies a corridor stretching from Montana to the Texas Panhandle was getting 52.1 percent of its pow… more...
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0 replies | 3746 views | Posted on: 02/15/2017 | Last updated: 02/15/2017
Google Soon to Deliver on 100% Renewables Promise
Sometime within the next 12 months, internet search and cloud services giant Google will be buying enough clean power on an ongoing basis to account for the electricity needs of both its 13 data centers (so far) and offices in more than 150… more...
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0 replies | 1663 views | Posted on: 02/14/2017 | Last updated: 02/15/2017
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