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For those in the world of environment and sustainability, Rio+20 has long been on the horizon. The conference finally kicks off next week and will mark the 20 anniversary of the previous summit.聽 I won鈥檛 be there, but DESSC will and we鈥檒l be helping you experience it on Twitter, Facebook, and this blog. Our efforts start tomorrow, when we will feature an interview with EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson. [...]
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The ACEEE today issued a report (link) entitled 鈥淎 Defining Framework for Intelligent Efficiency,鈥� calling intelligent efficiency the first major new source of energy to be discovered in years. As governments, civil society, and others travel down to Rio later this month for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, or RIO+20, they would be well advised to peruse this report. 聽The report points [...]
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Earlier this week, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on the government鈥檚 role in energy innovation, with Norm Augustine as the star witness. Mr. Augustine is the former Chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin.聽 His testimony was on behalf of the American Energy Innovation Council, whose members also include Ursula Burns, Chair and CEO of Xerox, John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins, [...]
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I just spent two and a half days in a conference, and it wasn鈥檛 unbearable.聽 In fact, it was sustaining!聽 How the heck did that happen? Good subject, good speakers, good weather, good facility - all these are nice, but not that unusual nor sufficient to make such a long conference fulfilling. I think there were three key unique aspects to Rio+2.0: Speed Geeking.聽 The conference opened up with 27 organizations [...]
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As policymakers in Washington ponder next steps for energy and climate legislation, one thing is clear: the federal government has a time-sensitive opportunity to lead by example and embrace what鈥檚 already working across multiple industry sectors. 聽 Nowhere is there a more relevant example than information and communications technology (ICT), arguably one of the strongest assets we have in our nation鈥檚 [...]