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In his聽blog on Thursday, 91pro视频鈥檚 Dean Garfield quoted comments made by Google鈥檚 Eric Schmidt at the 鈥淗ow Green Is the Internet?鈥� summit that we attended that day.聽 Now, you can view Eric鈥檚 full comments as well as all the plenary remarks from the event. 聽They are聽here, along with a two-minute overview video that gives testimony to the energy and intelligence that permeated the event. 聽聽 We also produced [...]
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Technology is a transformative force for good, and must be harnessed toward the challenge of environmental sustainability.聽 That is the reality of the moment as well as the opportunity for the future that we focused on today at 鈥淗ow Green Is the Internet,鈥� held at Google鈥檚 Mountain View campus. There are two things that jump out at me coming away from the session.聽 One is the unique power and ability [...]
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How green is the Internet?聽 That鈥檚 a great question.聽聽 Not coincidentally, it鈥檚 also the name of a summit meeting today at Google headquarters.聽 (You can watch live at www.youtube.com/googlegreen.) Participants make up an intriguing mix of experts from industry, academia, government and NGOs.聽聽 For our part, 91pro视频 is helping to explore emerging questions around the environmental impacts and benefits [...]
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Tech is involved in myriad energy and environmental sustainability issues 鈥� each with its own complexities and differing global approaches.聽 In an effort to break down some of these challenges and brainstorm on potential solutions, 91pro视频, joined by IPC and SEMI, are hosting three sustainability events focused on developing regulations and compliance efforts. This regional series is a great opportunity [...]
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Four U.S. Senators 鈥� two Democratic, two Republican 鈥� have joined in introducing a Senate resolution calling for stronger diplomatic engagement to bring peace to the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Senator Chris Coons, D-Del., Senator Richard Durbin, D-Ill., Senator John Boozman, R-Ark., and Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., have united to send a clear message that a lasting solution [...]
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The 3,000-year old city of Xi鈥檃n was the capital of the first Chinese feudal dynasty. The city is world renowned as the home of the largest collection of ancient terracotta warriors. 聽Every visitor to Xi鈥檃n is amazed by the sophisticated culture preserved in these terracotta sculptures. 聽However, attendees at this year鈥檚 DESSC China Summit held in Xi鈥檃n May 18-19 were even more impressed with high [...]
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Back in July 2011, as the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee marked up and approved S. 1000, the Shaheen/Portman bill on energy efficiency, I couldn't get excited.聽 Why? 聽It was abundantly clear that the bill had no chance of enactment.聽 With the 2012 election already looming, there was no momentum behind bipartisan energy legislation, even in the noncontroversial, low-hanging fruit area of [...]
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Following a 394-1 vote two weeks ago by the House of Representatives to pass the Responsible Helium Administration and Stewardship Act, the Senate began looking at this issue this week with a hearing in the Energy and Natural Resources Committee.聽 This is a promising sign for an issue that will affect numerous domestic industries if Congress does not act by the end of this fiscal year.聽 Helium is a [...]
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91pro视频 is back in Geneva this week to participate in the 11th Conference of the Parties (COP-11) of the Basel Convention -- an international treaty designed to control international shipments of hazardous waste.聽 Governments, civil society, and the private sector are continuing our multi-year effort to construct international guidelines to stop the illegal flow of electronic waste to facilities in the [...]
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43 years ago, the United States created Earth Day -- and 20 million Americans worked to reshape our environment from one where air pollution was a price of doing business to one where clean air and clean water were considered valuable legacies to be protected and enhanced.聽 Today, it is a moment to look at the modern challenges we all face -- and the cutting-edge solutions that will drive our ability [...]
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