{"id":2578,"date":"2010-07-21T21:23:08","date_gmt":"2010-07-22T02:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/?p=2578"},"modified":"2010-07-21T21:23:08","modified_gmt":"2010-07-22T02:23:08","slug":"from-the-blogosphere-doe-does-cool-google-goes-with-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2010\/07\/21\/from-the-blogosphere-doe-does-cool-google-goes-with-wind\/","title":{"rendered":"From the blogosphere: DOE does cool, Google goes with wind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cleantechies.com\/2010\/07\/21\/cool-roofs-could-offset-two-years-of-co2-emissions\">CleanTechies joined<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/files\/2010\/07\/doe-goes-to-white-roofs.php\">several of their<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/green.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/07\/21\/in-a-climate-quest-the-roof-as-white-knight\/\">online colleagues<\/a> in enthusiastically reporting on cool roofs, which \u201ccould help reduce global temperatures and offset the heat from\u00a0as much as two years of global greenhouse gas emissions,\u201d according to <a href=\"http:\/\/newscenter.lbl.gov\/news-releases\/2010\/07\/19\/cool-roofs-offset-carbon-dioxide-emissions\/\">a new report<\/a> from the Berkeley Lab. The report found that \u201cincreasing the reflectivity of roofs and pavement in cities with populations greater than 1 million would have a one-time cooling effect equivalent to reducing global CO2 emissions by 57 billion metric tons.\u201d And more good news: \u201cAs part of an initiative to promote a transition to cooler surfaces, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu directed all department offices to install cool roofs on any new buildings or when replacing old ones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another widely-discussed piece today was about internet giant Google. As reported in Huffington Post, \u201cHot on the heels of its $38.8 billion investment in two wind farms in North Dakota, Google has just signed a 20-year contract with an Iowa wind farm that enables the search giant to purchase wind power at a set rate over the next two decades.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/files\/2010\/07\/google-energy-buys-20-year-wind-power-iowa-114-megawatts.php\">Treehugger goes on<\/a> to praise the contract for not only taking a step toward the company\u2019s stated goal of becoming carbon neutral, but also for providing critical funding for clean energy projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CleanTechies joined several of their online colleagues in enthusiastically reporting on cool roofs, which \u201ccould help reduce global temperatures and offset the heat from\u00a0as much as two years of global greenhouse gas emissions,\u201d according to a new report from the Berkeley Lab. 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