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From cnet.com - August 28, 2009
Study paints Kindle e-reader a dark shade of green
by Martin LaMonica

Claims that the Amazon Kindle electronic reader is more environmentally friendly than paper books hold up, according to an analysis by the Cleantech Group.

The research and media company drew on existing studies to do a lifecycle analysis and found that the carbon emissions from electronic books are far lower than traditional book publishing.

Taking into account the manufacturing and mining r… Continue

From cnet.com July 20, 2009
by Martin LaMonica
DOE opens wallet for smart-grid trials

The Department of Energy on Monday awarded $57 million in funding to modernize the electricity grid with projects designed to make transmission more reliable and reduce pow… Continue

A new concept for a hydrogen city car is being unveiled next week in England, and you can help to finish the design. The car has been designed up to this point by Oxford and Cranfield University professors and students, but now Riversimple is planning to manufacture the car and the… Continue

By GreenerComputing Staff
Published May 29, 2009

SYRACUSE and ARMONK, N.Y. -- With its groundbreaking today of an ambitious data center project on the Syracuse University campus, IBM is taking its "Smarter Planet" data center work to the next level.

"With this project, we're saying, 'Let's not just deal with a piece of the problem,' which is what the industry has been on all these years," explained Vijay Lund, IBM's vice president for development and manufacturing operations. "People have only… Continue

The Mohave Sun Power company is planning a project in Mohave County that could begin construction in the fourth quarter of 2010.

It will use 4,000 acres of land and employ concentrating solar power. Molten salt will be the storage medium.

Mitchell Dong, the company’s CE… Continue