Laura Ipsen is senior vice president and general manager in charge of the Smart Grid for Cisco , and she’ll be speaking at our GreenBeat conference next month , where we’ll be discussing the most disruptive technologies bringing change to the old carbon-based grid system. Below is a Q&A I just had with her over the phone. The Smart Grid is the more efficient electrical grid that the nation is moving toward, one that relies on more renewable energy and emits less carbon into the atmos

Shutterstock1.) In Texas, Exxon battles family over oil wells.2.) Could water scarcity cause international conflict?3.) On farms, 20-somethings make a fresh start.4.) The White House ramps up pressure for a climate bill.5.) A short list of behavioral changes that may limit greenhouse gases.

Google is one of the largest search engines the world has to offer. Going green is one of the initiatives that Google has undertaken as they look to build a better cleaner worldwide future. Green Google is aimed at ensuring that the impacts of business growth do not affect the earth’s climate. Google is doing this by coming up with responsible and innovative implementations to reduce the carbon footprint and ensuring efficient computing. Google is providing tools for individuals to live green.

| Sourced From Theenergynews.com |VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – Oct. 16, 2009) – ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:ESR), through its wholly owned subsidiary, ERA Ecosystem Restoration Associates (”ERA”), is pleased to announce its second delivery of 100,000 tonnes of Verified Emission Reductions ( the “VERs”), and receipt of an $850,000 payment as specified under the Verified Emissions Reductions Sales Agreement (the “VERSA”), with the German energy company HEAG Sudhessische Energ

| Sourced From Arstechnica.com |The Green Grid, which helps the IT industry manage its energy use, has analyzed current and pending energy regulations in Europe, and concluded that datacenter managers need to be proactive about limiting their energy use and plan expansion carefully.The European Union has crafted a variety of standards for energy use and green buildings that may have significant impacts on IT-focused companies, but there are still large differences among its member states that sh

CHINA is he world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide but tit is wrong to ignore the rapid progress China is making in clean energy development. In fact, in many aspects China is leading the world in the fight against climate change. China has decided to take an alternative paradigm for the sake of the country. Renewable energy is now considered as a strategic element in the country’s future competitiveness internationally. One of the first signs that China was choosing a greener path was it

Global warming will leave the Arctic Ocean ice-free during the summer within 20 years, raising sea levels and harming wildlife such as seals and polar bears, a leading British polar scientist Professor Peter Wadhams of the University of Cambridge said on Thursday.  Much of the melting will take place within a decade, although the winter ice will stay for hundreds of years. The changes will mean the top of the Earth will appear blue rather than white when photographed from space and ships will

| Sourced From MDN.mainichi.jp |Japan’s carbon dioxide emissions per kilowatt of power produced were worse than the average for members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for the first time in 2007, an International Energy Agency (IEA) report has shown.Of the 30 member countries, Japan is ranked 20th on the list of the lowest carbon dioxide emitters compared to power produced. A decline in the operation of low-carbon nuclear power plants and delays in introducin

by Bryan Walker on October 25, 2009 A sidelight to Gareth’s post about the 4ºC map launched in London last week is the strength of the language used at the event by the Miliband brothers — foreign secretary David (left) and climate change secretary Ed. The Times reported that David Miliband accused the public of lacking a sense of urgency in the face of the potentially devastating consequences of climate change. People have grown apathetic, he said, when they needed to be galvanised into action

| Sourced From Govtech.com |The IT industry accounts for 2 percent of the world’s carbon footprint — the man-made carbon dioxide emissions that are a contributor to global warming. By now, this statistic from the Environmental Protection Agency is familiar to those who work in IT.Environmentalists have backed a variety of measures to mitigate the problem. They say the public should drive hybrid cars and switch their lighting fixtures at home to fluorescent bulbs, among other changes.But could pa