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Dell going carbon neutral by 2008

PC giant Dell says it’s gonna go carbon neutral by 2008. It will be the first major computer firm to do so, it reckons.
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Job alert: Environmental ventures director

ERM, a provider of environmental consulting services, is looking for a ventures director for its foundation–which supports environmental projects around the world by handing
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The Economist axes ethanol

This week’s edition of The Economist does an interesting hatchet job on ethanol–debunking it as a “green” fuel, and outlining the current rush to
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Small firms wait on government help for carbon cuts

Greenbang’s advice would be, don’t. The government is slow – it’s known about climate change for decades – and believes enough is already being
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If your company was an animal, what would it be?

No? Greenbang hates stupid questions too. But IBM has gone to town on this one. As well as releasing some interesting stats about how
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D-Link switches “save 44% power”

Remember D-Link? Well they’ve been around for yonks and now are selling something called green ethernet desktop switches. “Aimed at home users and small
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HP kicks off data centre energy help

More data centre news… but this time there’s help on the way. HP (not the sauce company pictured as a clever-clogs  Greenbanger joked) has
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Look at the solar-powered data centre

Data centres are a bit like Paris Hilton – they’re getting all the headlines these days. But check out this – a data centre
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IT heads deaf to energy problems

An Economist Intelligence Unit report shows IT heads are ignoring energy efficiency problems. Maybe it’s because Halo 3 has just come out. The key
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HSBC launches climate change index

Woooh – someone’s got a brand new index, and they’re not afraid to show it off. But what are they gonna do with it,

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