Green Initiatives News and Articles

Santa Clara, Calif., Named Second Largest Green Power Community in U.S.

Apr 29, 2008 - City is only one of 14 communities to receive such an honor.

Denver Justice Center Gains Green Award

May 13, 2008 - Post office/parking garage achieves Silver LEED rating from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

Local Governments Win Technology Excellence Awards

May 13, 2008 - "Government innovation truly starts at the local level."

National League of Cities' Green Cities Conference in Portland Next Year

May 12, 2008 - "Local governments are not waiting for federal action; instead they are creating new and innovative programs to address their specific communities."

Songdo, City of the Future, Under Construction in South Korea

May 9, 2008 - Will be connected to the Incheon International Airport, one of the world's busiest, by a new 7.4-mile bridge and linked by subway to Seoul.

Fleet Management, GIS and Telework Power Green Government Efforts

May 7, 2008 - California seeks better fleet data, Montana county maps wind and Virginia promotes remote work to cut energy consumption.

How to Cut Data Center Energy Consumption

May 7, 2008 - Green strategies for reducing energy consumption and improving performance of government data centers.

Flexing Your Power

May 7, 2008 - Governments get serious about energy conservation and sustainability

Web Tool Puts Wildlife Diseases on the Map

May 5, 2008 - A new on-line map makes it possible, for the first time, to track disease outbreaks around the world that threaten the health of wildlife, domestic animals, and people.

PM Brown Calls for Green Technology Revolution

May 1, 2008 - U.K. Prime Minister has a vision for creating a green economy and providing new jobs.

DOE Seeks to Invest up to $60 Million for Advanced Concentrating Solar Power Technologies

Apr 30, 2008 - Increasing the use of solar energy is an important component of the Administration's efforts to diversify our nation's energy sources.

Nebraska's First Community-Based Wind Project

Apr 30, 2008 - Allows publicly-owned utilities to purchase electricity generated by wind turbines owned by Community-Based Energy Development (C-BED) partnerships.

House Committee Reviews National Management of E-Waste

Apr 30, 2008 - Questioned witnesses on industry practices for recycling, refurbishment, resale and disposal of electronic products.

California Losing More Than 30,700 Acres of Forestland Per Year

Apr 29, 2008 - The result from lack of replanting is a loss of forestland and a loss of all the benefits these forests provide - from filtering our water to absorbing greenhouse gases--a restored acre has the ability of absorbing and storing 200 tons of carbon dioxide - or the equivalent of absorbing carbon emitted by 35 minivans..

Santa Clara, Calif., Named Second Largest Green Power Community in U.S.

Apr 29, 2008 - City is only one of 14 communities to receive such an honor.

Three California Cities Launch Smart Water Management

Apr 28, 2008 - Healdsburg, Newport Beach and Petaluma roll out green city-wide water savings initiative.

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