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Facebook pushes a new model for buying servers
2013-01-17 14:50:31| InfoWorld: Top News
Facebook has proposed a new model for designing servers that it says will give businesses more choice in selecting components and a smarter way to upgrade systems when needs change, though it remains to be seen how widely its method will be adopted. The social networking company is looking to "disaggregate" the data center, meaning it wants to reduce the dependencies among computer parts and make it easier for large companies to design the systems they need to suit their own particular workloads.
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ASC Pushes for Bipartisan TSCA Reform in New Congress
2013-01-16 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
With opening of 113th Congress, ASC again took its message of the need for a bipartisan solution to the reform of Toxic Substances Control Act to offices of Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Kay Hagan (D-NC). In discussion, it was emphasized that complexity of TSCA will require that concerned parties find common ground in modernizing legislation and that TSCA reform legislation proposed in prior Congress did not address critical issues regarding chemical assessments or took a step ...This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
Sanders pushes bill on climate change
2013-01-13 18:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., said the warmest year on record in the United States and in Vermont has persuaded him its time to get serious about climate change. Sanders said he will introduce legislation that includes a tax on greenhouse gas emissions from the biggest polluters, more money for energy efficiency, and clean energy research and development. He said the measure also would end tax breaks and subsidies for fossil fuels. Sanders announcement followed word from the National Climatic...
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Texas Drought Pushes Lawmakers to Focus on Water in New Session
2013-01-12 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: There is usually no shortage of controversial and politically divisive issues for lawmakers to address in the opening days of a state legislative session, from abortion to immigration to gun rights. But throughout the opening of the 83rd Texas Legislature last week, one of the most frequently discussed topics had bipartisan support: improving the states water infrastructure as the population booms and a devastating two-year drought drags on. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and other Republicans proposed...
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Sanders pushes bill to address climate change
2013-01-12 15:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders says the warmest year on record in the United States and in Vermont has persuaded him it's time to get serious about climate change. The independent lawmaker says he plans to introduce legislation that would include a tax on greenhouse gas emissions from the biggest polluters, more money for energy efficiency and clean energy research and development. He says the measure also would end tax breaks and subsidies for fossil fuels. Sanders' announcement follows...
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