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ENERGY STAR is a joint program between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy. It helps us all to save money, and protect the environment, through energy efficient products and practices. It’s already paying off. With the help of ENERGY STAR, in 2009 Americans saved enough energy to avoid greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from 30 million cars – and all the while saving nearly $17 billion on their utility bills.

Shopping.com is an eBay company that pioneered online comparison shopping. Today its one of the fastest growing shopping destinations for products from thousands of trusted stores across the Web. With a singular focus on shopping, Shopping.com offers you easy-to-use search tools, time-saving navigation, and involving content along with millions of unbiased product and merchant reviews from the Epinions community, all in one place.

Platts is the leading global provider of energy and metals information, and the world's foremost source of price assessments in the physical energy markets. Since 1909, Platts has enabled the markets to operate with transparency and efficiency, and helped traders, risk managers, analysts, and industry leaders make better trading and business decisions.

The objective of CARMA.org is to equip individuals with the information they need to forge a cleaner, low-carbon future. By providing complete information about both clean and dirty power producers, CARMA hopes to influence the opinions and decisions of consumers, investors, shareholders, managers, workers, activists, and policymakers. CARMA builds on experience with public information disclosure techniques that have proven successful in reducing traditional pollutants.

With more than 3,200 environmentally preferable electronic products currently registered by 48 participating manufacturers, from global giants to small integrators, across 41 countries, EPEAT® is the definitive environmental rating system for electronics. Products are rated Bronze, Silver or Gold in the system, based on assessment against a total of 51 environmental criteria for PCs and Displays—including the elimination of toxic materials, design for recycling, extended product longevity, increased energy efficiency, and availability of take-back and recycling services.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) collects, analyzes, and shares independent and impartial energy information to promote sound policymaking, efficient markets, and public understanding of energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment.

Berkeley Lab is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory that conducts a wide variety of unclassified scientific research for DOE's Office of Science. Located in Berkeley, California, Berkeley Lab is managed by the University of California, and the director is Dr. Paul Alivisatos.

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE) operates leading regulated exchanges, trading platforms and clearing houses serving global markets for agricultural, credit, currency, emissions, energy and equity index markets. ICE operates three futures exchanges including London-based ICE Futures Europe, which hosts trading in half of the world's crude and refined oil futures contracts traded each day.

Since 1989, Trees for the Future has been helping communities around the world plant trees. Through seed distribution, agroforestry training, and our country programs, we have empowered rural groups to restore tree cover to their lands. Planting trees protects the environment and helps to preserve traditional livelihoods and cultures for generations.

Disqus (dis·cuss • dĭ-skŭs') is all about changing the way people think about discussion on the web. Disqus gives publishers a better way to manage comments while also making comments more interactive and engaging for readers. Disqus was created by Big Head Labs, which was founded by Daniel Ha and Jason Yan, and is based in San Francisco.

OpenX is the world’s leading independent provider of digital advertising technology that enables businesses to manage and maximize their ad revenue. OpenX products, including OpenX Enterprise and OpenX Market, provide a comprehensive revenue generation platform by combining ad serving with a unique ad exchange.