Let's use the occasion of the shortest day of the year to say so long to another energy-wasting incandescent lightbulb. Federal law mandates that 75-watt bulbs can no longer be made in the U.S. or imported as of January 1, although ...
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Canada The provincial government of Nova Scotia stated in February 2007 that it would like to move towards preventing the sale of incandescent light bulbs in the province. In April 2007, Ontario's Minister of Energy Dwight Duncan ...
A cybersecurity proposal released Wedneday by the influential Business Roundtable supports many of the provisions contained in the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act(CISPA)that was passed by the U.S.House of ...
The Segal Group has incorporated its Fiduciary Liability Insurance Practice as its subsidiary and renamed it as Segal Select Insurance Services. The company has also appointed Brian Smith as chief operating officer of the renamed entity. ...
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The most controversial tech issue taken up by the outgoing Congress was, by far, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). This legislation drew a humongous public outcry that prompted a wholesale retreat by its supporters. But thanks to the ...
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National Battery and Light Bulb Franchise Educates Consumers on Benefits and Options Regarding Newest Energy Saving LED light Bulbs HARTLAND, Wis., May 29, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Now is the perfect time to start switching over ...
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metering a greater focus at the Department of Energy on deployment of existing manufacturing technologies; improved energy efficiency within federal facilities; and a study on barriers to industrial deployment of electric motors, demand ...
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I There is no incandescent apocalypse imminent, so you can save yourself the trouble of hoarding incandescent bulbs from Home Depot, as well as save yourself from unusual stares at the sales counter. There is no ban on incandescent ...
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The Army Corps of Engineers plans to develop a servicewide system that could support smart meters for electric, gas, steam and water at 20,000 Army facilities to measure energy consumption. The 2005 Energy Policy Act and the 2007 Energy ...
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Defence contractor Lockheed Martin has warned that the danger from cyber-attacks has increased significantly, after it recorded a big rise in the number of threats to its own systems. The firm, the Pentagon's number one defence supplier, ...
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Cree is claiming 170 lm/W with good colour rendering from a lab prototype LED light bulb. "LED lighting at this level of performance is only made possible by advancements across all elements of the LED lighting system:lighting-class ...
Following an Air Force Times report that a U.S. servicemember was unable to obtain American-made boots after having been twice issued Chinese-made ones, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) urged the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to step up ...
By Aaron Sutch The White House recently pledged $2 billion for energy efficiency improvements in federal buildings, underscoring efforts already underway to save energy in several government facilities. The government is the largest ...
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It seems almost too absurd to be true, but in the land of leviathan government, where the layers of bureaucracy are so intertwined it is impossible to navigate them, comes the revelation that the U.S. government has now taken to fining ...
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Another point of contention is what government costs would be under the two programs. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack argues that supply management will be required. “Every time we get good prices, farmers increase production and ...
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