Back in the autumn, we had a lot of fun testing out the latest in home energy-monitoring gadgets; discovering the ugly truth of how much electricity we consume. I was quite impressed by how easy it was to monitor the data on my PC, but now these devices... 

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Lights going off tonight at 8.30pm Today, Saturday 28 March 2009, at 8.30pm, people, businesses and iconic buildings around the world will switch off their lights for an hour - “Earth Hour”. … Lights going off tonight at 8.30pm Today,... 

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Green lighting The EthicalSuperstore.com is currently offering this funky table lamp made from recycled circuit boards. … Read Recycled circuit board lamp available on Pocket-lint now Green lighting The EthicalSuperstore.com is currently offering... 

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Filed under: Green Tech On the environmental tip, Mayor Bloomberg has announced that New York City will install 826,000 wireless water meters by 2011. Under the new system, readings will be sent to a network of rooftop receivers throughout the city every... 

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Filed under: Computers , Green Tech With layoffs continuing and unemployment rates hitting record highs, companies have been radically cutting costs since last fall. A new report reveals an unexpected way to cut costs that doesn’t involve any firings:... 

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Filed under: Advice , Green Tech , Tech Tips If you haven’t already, replace your household light bulbs with Compact Fluorescent versions. If every American home switched just one bulb, it would reduce greenhouse gas emissions the same as pulling... 

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Eco credentials talked up Sony has revealed more details of the eco-friendly WE5 television, which is being touted as the ultimate rainforest-friendly set that doesn’t compromise on picture quality. … Eco credentials talked up Sony has... 

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Filed under: Computers , Green Tech One of the things that the money in President Obama’s tech-laden stimulus bill is supposed to pay for is a massive re-hauling of the U.S.’s energy infrastructure and the deployment of what is called a smart... 

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Filed under: Green Tech Researchers at the University of Essex in Colchester, England have come up with an original and awesome way to study pollution in the Thames River: pollution-detecting schools of robotic fish. No joke. The ?2.5 million (about... 

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A modern day rag and bone man WEEE processing company Midex has announced the nationwide roll-out of the country’s first free WEEE collection service. … Read Free WEEEcollect.it service launches in UK on Pocket-lint now A modern day rag... 

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