Archive for May, 2008
NewEnergyNews – May 12, 2008
THE U.S. CLIMATE CHANGE BILL: DO THE MATH HOW NOT TO CATCH THE WIND THIN FILM SOLAR PIONEER POSTS $7 MIL PROFIT SUNDAY WORLD: UK WIND: HOIST ON ITS OWN SUCCESS MALAY BIG BUSINESS MOVES INTO PALM OIL RUSSIA, LIKE CHINA, INDIA & U.S., WON'T CUT SPEW
Social Commerce Builds Empathic Coalitions
Interra Community Cards shift the act of "consuming" into "saving and giving." People tell us how good it feels to use the cards. We also offer communities a co-creative cooperative change process to educate residents about choices and how these choices can inspire us to come together. If we are to accomplish things we've never done before, we [...]
News From the The Forgiveness Project
COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE FORGIVENESS PROJECT AND SYNERGY THEATRE* ‘The Long Road’ – a new play by award-winning playwright Shelagh Stephenson – will be performed at the Soho Theatre in London from 19th May-5th June with an outstanding cast including Denise Black (Coronation Street), Alison Newman (Footballer’s Wives) and Steven Webb [...]
ToYou from NewEnergyNews: Today’s Headlines
EMISSIONS TRADING: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE CHINESE BIG WIND ORDER FOR POLAND CALIFORNIA-ISRAEL-NIGERIA: SOLAR SHINING The Alternative Energy Comedy Show Earth Day Song NOT JUST CONCENTRATING SOLAR, XTREME CONCENTRATING SOLAR WIND BRINGS THE JOBS IN IOWA
EthicsWorld News: May 6, 2008
Report Shows Improvements for Employees in Hong Kong - The University of Hong Kong and CSRAsia produced a report, as a follow-up to a 2004 study, showing significant improvements in the number of work hours and employee job satisfaction. However, work hours still tend to be long on a global scale, and an alarmingly high number of employees [...]
The Next Evolution Of Solar
2008-05-06 Reported US Sales of Hybrids in April Pass 3% Market Share of New Vehicles Sold Reported US sales of hybrids in April climbed 46% to 39,898 units from April 2007. While April is the second-highest reported monthly total of hybrid sales, the increase in hybrid volume combined with the general decrease in light-duty vehicle sales [...]
The Next Evolution Of Solar
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 By Jeff Siegel In the past, we've discussed potential moves in the field of organic photovoltaics. This is what many researchers are looking to as the next evolution of solar. But after attending the Organic Photovoltaics conference in Philadelphia last week, I suspect it might be some time before we see any solid plays [...]
Who is to blame for the soaring oil price?
Who makes all the money from petrol? Well, something like 75% of the price you pay at the pump makes its way to whichever hard drive our government currently keeps its coffers in. Then of course those record profits that BP and Shell declared will mean record levels of juicy corporate tax. (more...)
More for Women Means More for Sustainability
A major new book by Worldwatch Vice President Robert Engelman, More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want, launches today. Published by Island Press, the book explores the link between population and the environment through the lens of sexual relations and women's efforts to influence the timing of their reproduction. More is part of the 2008 [...]
Shell Ditches Major London Wind Farm After Record-Profit Year
By Sam Hopkins. Friday, May 9, 2008 "I think instead of taxing income and profits," said my colleague and Profit from the Peak co-author Chris Nelder this week on the Fox Business channel, "We ought to be looking at ways to incentivize the fuels of the future." In a three-way interview with host Neil Cavuto, Chris and environmental analyst [...]
