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Obama administration's cool idea aims to save $34bn in refrigeration costs
2013-09-02 01:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The Obama administration unveiled the latest component of its climate change strategy late last week, announcing plans to impose demanding new energy efficiency standards on a range of refrigeration equipment. The Energy Department on Thursday published proposals for new standards for commercial refrigeration equipment and walk-in coolers and freezers, which it said had the potential to cut energy bills by $28bn over 30 years, while reducing emissions by 350 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent over...
Obama administration proposes new energy efficiency rules
2013-08-30 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: After a wait of nearly two years, the Energy Department proposed two major energy efficiency rules Thursday for commercial refrigeration equipment and walk-in coolers and freezers. The rules represent one of the Obama administration`s first steps to address climate change though its executive authority since the president announced his climate action plan in June. Environmentalists and some lawmakers had pressed the Energy Department to issue the proposals on refrigeration equipment and walk-in...
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Cool news: Big fridges to get more efficient under new Obama rules
2013-08-30 00:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: After sitting on two energy-efficiency rules for more than a year and a half, the Obama administration finally released them on Thursday. They won`t be official until early next year, after the public has time to comment and regulators have time to consider those comments, but at least they`re now moving forward. The proposed rules would require commercial refrigeration equipment, like restaurant fridges and deli cases, to use less energy. OK, that might not sound like the sexiest initiative,...
John Hawkins: 15 Moronic Things Liberals Call Racism Since Obama Was Elected
2013-08-27 23:39:39| Chemicals - Topix.net
Bizarrely, racism in America is no longer mainly about race. Sure, race is involved in a peripheral manner, but racism has mainly become an excuse, a dodge, a way to escape responsibility.
Obama says law school should be 2 years, not 3
2013-08-26 17:48:00| American School & University
Instead of a 3rd year of classes, law school students should gain work experience in their final 2 semesters. Schoolhouse Beat read more
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