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Facebook Pushes For Efficient Data Centers

Alexis Petru, April 8th, 2011

Servers and data centers, responsible for powering Internet companies like Google and Yahoo, are one of the nation’s fastest growing consumers of energy, according to the U.S. EPA. Now Facebook wants the technology industry to make its data centers more energy efficient, with yesterday’s launch of its Open Compute Project. Under the new initiative, Facebook will share with ... read more

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Google Announces More Investment in Green Energy

Megan Dobransky, April 8th, 2011

Google announced on Thursday that, pending German authority official approval, it will invest $5 million in a large solar plant in Brandenburg, Germany. The Internet giant said the plant should provide power for 5,000 homes in the vicinity. The decision comes on the heels of Germany’s nuclear power plant shut down in the wake of the Japan earthquake last month. Chancellor ... read more

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Get Paid For Your Old Electronics

Alison Neumer Lara, April 8th, 2011

Here’s your chance to trade old, unused gadgets for a cool new electronic toy. For real. In celebration of Earth Day, online tech retailer Newegg will reward consumers with gift cards for trading in their phones, monitors, gaming consoles and other e-waste for proper recycling. Operated in partnership with cash-for-gadgets service Gazelle, the campaign aims to divert one ... read more

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Tagged cellphone, computer, recycle, television, videogame

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Sen. Harkin: Biofuels Don’t Contribute to World Hunger

Ryan Huffman, April 8th, 2011

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) dismissed concerns Thursday that ethanol and other biofuels are contributing to rising food prices and world hunger. Appearing before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Harkin said a recent study’s claims that up to 192,000 deaths last year could be blamed on expanded biofuel production was just the latest in a long line of ... read more

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Tagged energy, fuel, government, oil, reduce

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Why Glass Comes in Different Colors

Megan Dobransky, April 8th, 2011

Glass is renewable and one of the only materials that can be endlessly recycled without losing strength or quality, so the glass found in your spaghetti sauce jar or wine bottle can go from the recycling bin to store shelves in as little as 30 days. Color Significance Have you ever wondered why beer usually comes in amber glass and wine ... read more

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Tagged blueglass, brownglass, clearglass, glass, greenglass, recycle, reduce

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