Stricter study of Baca refuge drilling urged - The Denver Post
Cool: U.S. agencies actually call for TOUGHER environmental review of plans to drill in a national wildlife refuge. Especially cool: BioGems activists helped make it happen!
NetNow Linkblog: What we're reading today at NRDC
Ian Wilker's Links Tagged "energy"
Climate Progress
Tireless blogger Joe Romm -- a high-level Clinton administration energy official now with the Center for American Progress -- is a go-to source of heavyweight analysis of news and issues relating to climate science, politics, and solutions.
New York Times: Any Other Bright Ideas?
A panel of Times staffers compares a host of energy efficient lighting products against a traditional incandescent bulb. Bottom line: plenty of CFL bulbs emit light with "all the warmth and charm of a gas station," but there are some warm and homey except
Social Innovation Conversations: Amory Lovins
Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute talks about how energy-efficiency tech could eliminate half of our oil needs, half of our gas needs and three-fourths of our electricity requirements, while maintaining a stable, growing economy.
Energy Efficiency in the Data Center - Intel Chip Chat - Episode 10
US data centers -- facilities that house computer hardware -- consumed 61 billion kW hours of electricity in 2006. And that's not all Google's fault -- every organization has a data center today. Here's a story about making them more energy efficient.
Carbon Neutral web sites/apps
The host of the "web2.0 show," a popular podcast about emerging web technologies, wonders if the Internet industry can go "carbon neutral." (In general, I've found technologists to be very receptive to greening their business practices. )
At L.A. Auto Show, Carmakers Vie for the Green - Newsweek: Tip Sheet Environment - MSNBC.com
"Within the next year or so, expect to see a growing number of alternative-fuel cars on the load: autos that run on a blend of ethanol and gasoline, hybrids that use diesel instead of gas, even cars powered by cooking oil from your pantry."
The Energy Blog
Heavy-duty discussion of energy technologies, markets, Peak Oil news, etc from a career energy professional and engineer. Great blogroll!
The Oil Drum | A Community Discussion about Peak Oil
"the petroleum economy [is] the fundamental linchpin of our present democratic society [and] cheap oil/energy/gas [is] quietly fading into history. We are here to talk about ideas; we want to bring brain power to bear."
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