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Obama to DOE: Chop-Chop!

February 5, 2009

Posted by Lane Burt in Curbing Pollution , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:: appliances, DOE, efficiencystandards, energyefficiency

President Obama issued a memo today to the Department of Energy on appliance efficiency standards requiring that, a) The Department meet all their deadlines to issue standards between now and Aug 8th and,b) Accelerate the process for standards with deadlines...

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New Lamp Standard: How much is 11 tons of mercury? How do fish feel about lamps?

February 1, 2009

Posted by Lane Burt in Curbing Pollution , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming

Tags:: efficiencystandards, emissions, energyefficiency, lamps, mercury, simplesteps

I'm an engineer. I understand quads, kilowatt hours, British Thermal Units, therms, etc. After working here at NRDC in Washington, DC for a while, I have some concept of the importance of a million metric tons of CO2 emissions. And...

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: Lane Burt; Manager, Building Energy Policy; Washington DC; I am the Manager of Building Energy Policy in NRDC's Washington, D.C. office. My work...; more→