Archive for the 'global warming' Category

Mar 10 2010

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

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 09 2010

Get on the fast track to carbon emissions reporting

If your company is struggling with how to start reporting carbon emissions information quickly, there is a new service from environmental software company Enviance that may be appropriate. P.S., you’re not exactly alone in this. Apparently close to 61 percent of companies still don’t have any sort of carbon emissions tracking system in place. The Enviance Greenhouse [...]

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Feb 11 2010

HP’s wind-cooled data center in the U.K. officially flips switch

In the case of this new HP green data center, being long-winded is a very good thing.

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Feb 08 2010

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

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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Feb 04 2010

Corn chips or biofuel? Feds push for more ethanol

EPA rules that ethanol is greener than gasoline.

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Feb 03 2010

Climate scientist and his East Anglia university in deeper trouble

Investigations following the East Anbglia hacking show data cover-up for years.

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Feb 02 2010

Post-Copenhagen: the homework assignment has been turned in

Nations submit their voluntary greenhouse gas reduction plans to the UN.

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Feb 02 2010

Tax software leader Intuit taps Hara for environmental software, Minnesota picks EarthSoft

More companies are investing in formal environmental management and energy monitoring software. Hara and EarthSoft are latest to snag high-profile deals.

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Jan 28 2010

Atmopshere Hot But Not Hotter; Politics: Very Much Hotter

Climate research and the battles that ensue.

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Jan 25 2010

Got gas? These software developers will help you with enterprise emissions tracking

A new sort of development skill set: IT folks with skills in greenhouse gas management software.

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