The US Environmental Protection Agency is developing standards that will judge servers as being energy efficient and will therefore be granted an EnergyStar Certification.

So what is the significance of buying an EnergyStar Certified product? Aside from the personal high of knowing that you are making good use of energy, you are also entitled to tax credits from the IRS.
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Gasoline Pumps in the Philippines which have Ethanol blended in them will be color coded Violet starting January 1, 2007. In a memorandum issued by the Department of Energy (Department Circular No. 2006-11-0012.) it orders all companies selling bioethanol at the pump to use this color scheme in order to differentiate it from other gasoline products as well as from ethanol being used in beverages.

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Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organization (CSIRO) has said that it might be a bit too early to declare Australia’s very long drought as being caused by Global Warming. CSIRO acknowledges the presence of Global Warming but doesn’t want to readily attribute Australia’s long lack of adequate rainfall to it.

According to them, droughts are a natural occurence in Australia and that the driest areas of the globe are known to experience about 14 years of dry season. Historically, Australia has experienced 30 droughts within 10,000 years. Eastern Australia has had less than average rainfall for over 6 years already while the southern areas experienced 10 years of dry season.

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