Archive for the 'climate change' Category

Apr 26 2010

Federal green data center consolidation has begun, with storage

Published by Heather Clancy under climate change,conservation,data center,energy,engineering,green tech

A couple of months back, I wrote about how the federal government had begun a massive data center consolidation project on the road to seeking both green and operational efficiency. Well, looks like the feds have made progress already. Storage technology company 3PAR is reporting that 14 different federal government agencies have taken advantage of its [...]

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Mar 18 2010

EarthSoft updates environmental data collection software

Published by Heather Clancy under air pollution,climate change,environmental health,green tech

There’s a new version out of EarthSoft’s EQuIS Data Gathering Engine (EDGE) software, which is used for collecting environmental data by field crews. One of the notable new features is GPS support, along with an electronic sketchpad that lets you marry data to aerial photos, site plans or other templates related to a field location [...]

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Mar 10 2010

Smart Planet video: Gates-funded effort aims to cool the ocean

Published by Heather Clancy under climate change,conservation,global warming,green tech,ocean,weather

You really can’t make this stuff up. Apparently, there is a climate scientist at Stanford University’s Carnegie Institute who is working on a project that aims to pump cool water in the ocean tropics to try to discourage the development of hurricanes. The research, which is discussed in this video over at our SmartPlanet sister [...]

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Mar 05 2010

Another case for ditching spreadsheets as environmental info collection tool

Published by Heather Clancy under climate change,conservation,environmental health,green tech

You’ll notice increasing coverage of some of the environmental management software packages here in GreenTech Pastures, because it is one the topics I’m trying to research more thoroughly. There are a couple of new products expected out next week. Meanwhile, just posted this mini-case study over at my Smart Planet blog, discussing how refining company [...]

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Feb 25 2010

Industry, Big Apple trying to negotiate settlement in e-waste case

Published by Heather Clancy under climate change,conservation,green tech,recycling

I’ve reported several times on the status of a case in New York City in which the Consumer Electronics Association and the Information Technology Industry Council have sued the city over its electronic waste collection and processing regulation. My last update on the case was back in late January, so I got to wondering about [...]

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Feb 25 2010

Tech companies plan green IT economic summit near Washington

Published by Heather Clancy under climate change,conservation,energy,engineering,green tech

Talked to one of the companies involved in this conference a couple of weeks ago. If you’re located in the Washington, D.C., area, and you have shoveled out by late April, there is a Green IT Economic Summit being held in Tysons Corner, Va., on April 22, 2010. I have nothing to do with the [...]

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Feb 23 2010

UN predicts from bad to worse on e-waste problem

Published by Heather Clancy under China,climate change,conservation,green tech,recycling

UN: As more developing nations start to buy electronics locally, the e-waste challenge could grow exponentially.

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Feb 23 2010

IBM, Ricoh team on print manager that tracks costs AND carbon

Published by Heather Clancy under air pollution,climate change,conservation,energy,green tech

IBM and Ricoh bid to bring more sustainability discipline to office devices.

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Feb 22 2010

Survey: Utilities believe nuclear, wind have most potential to serve environmental needs

Published by Heather Clancy under climate change,conservation,energy,green tech,nuclear power,renewable energy

Survey questions how utilities can afford smart grid investments. And Obama must be making them happy: Nuclear tops utilities' list of generation technologies best-suited to nation's environmental needs.

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Feb 08 2010

Science underlying global warming–what do we “know?”

Published by Harry Fuller under Blogroll,climate change,environmental health,Europe,global warming,law & politics,research

A new study by scientists in Britain suggests that climate change theory needs to carefully re-examine the assumptions about changes in the earth’s orbital position in relation to the sun. This study says the issue of the earth’s position is crucial in determining long-term effects and climate change trends. It was not considered [...]

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