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IL: Governor Quinn Announces Completion of Energy Efficiency Improvements in Rantoul Schools
9.2.10
Source: Illinois Government News Network, 8/27/10
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Governor Pat Quinn today announced the completion of new geothermal heating and cooling systems at four Rantoul schools. The project, funded in part through a $480,000 federal stimulus grant, will significantly reduce the district's energy usage and resulted in the hiring of approximately 145 local workers.
NY: NYU begins campus bike share program
8.30.10
Source: New York University, 8/23/10
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The Bike Share Program at NYU, the first free bicycle-sharing program in New York City, has entered the pilot phase this summer.
OH: Owens Awarded $96,000 Renewable Energy Grant to Support Alternative and Renewable Energy Initiatives
8.30.10
Source: Owens Community College, 8/18/10
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Owens Community College has been selected to receive a $96,000 Renewable Energy Grant from the Ohio Department of Development for the purposes of advancing alternative and renewable energy initiatives on the Toledo-area Campus.
PA: MCCC receives Kresge Foundation Fellowship Award
8.30.10
Source: The Reporter, 8/18/10
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Montgomery County Community College is one of 25 higher education institutions in the country to receive a 2010 Kresge Foundation Fellowship Award. Presented by Second Nature and funded by the Kresge Foundation, the fellowship program provides college and university executives with the information and networks necessary to become successful green-building leaders for their institutions.
OH: Renovation brings fresh, 'green' focus to university campus restaurant
8.30.10
Source: Bluffton Icon, 8/21/10
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Bluffton University is taking a fresh approach to dining services at its renovated campus eatery in Marbeck Center.
GAO e-Waste Report Misses the Mark on Basel Convention
8.27.10
Source: Sustainable Business | Aug. 12, 2010
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The U.S. Congress released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report yesterday that addresses the management and trade of hazardous electronic wastes. The report correctly urges the EPA to deal with the massive flows of U.S. e-waste. However, according to the Electronic TakeBak Coalition, it misses the mark in recommending that the EPA put forward legislation that would ratify the Basel Convention, without first prohibiting the export of hazardous electronic waste to developing countries.
E-recycling program might not be achieving its full potential
8.27.10
Source: NextGov | Aug. 12, 2010
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An Environmental Protection Agency program that encourages federal agencies to recycle old computers and other electronics has achieved limited success throughout government and the nation, federal auditors said.
Technology Is Never Neutral
8.27.10
Source: Tech News World | Aug. 13, 2010
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For some parts of the world, technology has come to deliver longer lives, better health and greater conveniences. However, that progress has also come at a cost to other parts of the world. We live in an era of cheap, disposable electronic consumer goods, and it's taken its toll on places where products are made before they're delivered to you, and where they go after they're tossed aside for the next big thing.
Are e-mail attachments bad for the environment?
8.27.10
Source: Mother Nature Network | Aug. 12, 2010
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Before you send that photo of Fluffy doing something cute to 20 people, consider the impact of every person downloading and storing it.
HP, DiData tackle Aussie e-waste
8.27.10
Source: ZDNet | Aug. 16, 2010
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Dimension Data and HP have both launched e-waste-related products today, while Fujitsu released a Green IT report that found there was a relative lack of green IT policies across large organisations in Australia, the United States of America, the United Kingdom and India.
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