Lost Savings from Delay on New Energy-Saving Standards Equals $3.7 Billion

Jay OwenResource Efficiency

NEWS RELEASE   Press contacts: Patrick Kiker, ACEEE, 202.507.4043, [email protected] Andrew deLaski, ASAP, 617.515.7755, [email protected]   Lost Savings from Obama’s Delay on New Energy-Saving Standards Is $3.7 Billion and Counting Over the past two years, the administration has missed deadline after deadline for completing new or updated standards for products ranging from …

9 ways companies can start to repay their natural debt

kristyNature/Biomimicry

9 ways companies can start to repay their natural debt By Heather Clancy Created 2012-06-19 10:07 If you think the global debt crisis is sobering, what would happen if businesses were asked to pay for the estimated $72 trillion in natural resources that the United Nations figures they use for …

A How-To Guide to Slashing California’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050

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This analysis is quite general in its application to the developed world. It makes the key point: the way to save our civilization from the ravages of climate disaster is straightforward from a science and engineering standpoint. The key difficulty is with rich and reactionary fossil fuels industries buying the …

Scientists Inside the Rare Earth Debate Blogging on Alternatives

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Earth Embargos, Supply Problems and the overall situation and longer term view Most of the world is dependent on China to supply rare earths as key raw materials used in many of the latest technologies from military hardware to electric cars, but China’s Ministry of Commerce is warning that its …