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Google Shines A Light On Blackle's Inefficiency

When you go into a grocery store, you shut your car off - letting it idle would waste gas (and invite thieves).  When you pause at a stop sign, you leave your car on - restarting it after one second would just waste time and energy.  And although these examples are rather obvious, Google’s now addressing the reasons behind Blackle, a dark search engine and would-be electricity saver.

Ask, Dell Do Some Gardening

A carbon-reducing tree planting initiative backed by Dell and Ask.com will complement the deployment of new energy efficient servers for Ask's datacenters.

Yahoo Crowns Greenest City

Yahoo wanted to find the greenest city in America, and now it has: Hastings, Nebraska.  Hastings will receive $250,000 to be used towards various environmental endeavors, and has also earned “a Yahoo!-hosted Nebraska-style BBQ and celebration.”

Yahoo Has Bright Idea On Conservation

Yahoo wants people to spend 18 seconds changing a conventional incandescent bulb out and replacing it with a compact fluorescent lightbulb (CFL), to have a positive impact on the environment.