Here’s what’s making news today on the Green IT and cleantech (and social media) fronts: Verizon has a new new carbon intensity metric based on how many terabytes course through its platforms; IBM’s Smarter Planet campaign resonates online and in social media; and a 64-chip that consumes just one watt of electricity? Adapteva says yes.

Verizon Links Carbon Footprint to Bytes of Data Delivered – GreenBiz [via @CarbonImpact]
Verizon measures the energy efficiency of its data delivery systems with a new carbon intensity metric based on terabytes. Interesting!

IBM looks to share smarts in its blog – Ragan.com [via @smarterplanet]
IBM’s Smarter Planet initiatives find fans via its blog and social media outreach.

Adapteva Pitches A Supercomputer For Your Phone – GigaOM [via @om]
Get this: A 64-core chip that only operates at one watt.

Were Humans Harmed In The Making Of Your Shiny Gadget? – psfk [via @fluxtrends]
Is our gadget obsession doing more than environmental harm?

LEED To Embrace Demand Response – GigaOM | Earth2Tech [via @JoeBaguley]

Corporate Green IT Awards from InfoWorld – Environmental Leader [via @GreenITArch]
InfoWorld ranks IT’s greenest performers.

Data center operators are ripe for takeover – Connected Planet [via @taylorleightech]
Short and sweet, but something to ponder.

For first time in 20 years, U.S. becomes net exporter of fuel – SmartPlanet [via @SmartPlanet]
Don’t get too excited though…

8 Uses for an Old Smartphone – PCWorld [via @rodtrent]
Try these handy alternatives before it becomes e-waste.

Flickr traffic stats from NYTimes front page, social sites generated more than 20% of the 59k views. – Flickr | nickbilton [via @nickbilton]
Remember the Flickr pic contrasting yesterday’s planned NYT front page and the one that hit the presses after Osama Bin Laden’s death? Well, it owes a lot of its popularity to social media.

…and remember, you can always follow @ecoINSITE!