Good news! Google is finally disclosing info about its energy use.

• Google Details, and Defends, Its Use of Electricity – New York Times. Now that so many things are moving to the “cloud,” it’s more important than ever for us to understand that it’s not free.
• Kendall CoGen Plant – Boston Green Blog. Ever passed by those smoke stacks in Kendall Square and wondered what they were?
• The GRS Garden Project: August 2011 Update – Get Rich Slowly. J.D. does a cost-benefit analysis of his garden. It’s definitely gotten better as time has gone on.
• Working – xkcd. Efficiency and xkcd: two of my favorite things.