The nation watched this week as history was made and Barack Obama took his presidential oath. Tony Blair gave Obama some advice regarding greentech while in Abu Dhabi. The middle eastern city has been embracing solar energy initiatives, another signal of the hopefully optimistic world shift to greentech, keeping VC …
Cap and Trade: Coal's Crippling Blow
Cap and Trade: Coal’s Crippling Blow By Nick Hodge | Friday, January 23rd, 2009 They’re already shaking in their carbon-filled boots. And that’s good financial news for you. Major utilities are quivering in fear and anticipation of the energy and environmental rules ahead—not even a week into the Obama Presidency. …
The Cleantech Wave Is Breaking
By Sam Hopkins | Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 While braving the Washington, D.C. icebox for seven hours on Inauguration Day, I had the fortune to get an inside look at Cleantech and Green Business for Obama.
ToYou from NewEnergyNews: January 23, 2009
TODAY’S HEADLINES: – NEW ENERGY IS IN THE STIMULUS BILL; FEED-IN TARIFFS OR RES RIGHT BEHIND? – MORE NEWS, 1-23 (WORLD’S FASTEST EV; GULF WIND WINS TEXAS RANGE WAR; WAVE ENERGY OFF CALIFORNIA COAST; SPAIN WANTS NEW ENERGY, REJECTS NUCLEAR) YESTERDAY: – “CLEAN” COAL DOUBLE EXPOSURE – MORE NEWS, 1-22 …
How to Understand the Implosion of Frankenstein Finance – Part I
By John Fullerton August 1, 2008 Introduction To address the modern financial system meltdown head on, we must start with a blunt assessment of the truth. Most outside the system do not understand it and are mystified by its complexity.
eceee views on the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) recast proposal
January 2009 The European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (eceee) is the largest membership-based independent NGO promoting energy efficiency in Europe. Download the PDF.
The Coming Capitalist Consensus
Walden Bello Not surprisingly, the swift unraveling of the global economy combined with the ascent to the U.S. presidency of an African-American liberal has left millions anticipating that the world is on the threshold of a new era.
E-News from the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions
January 21, 2009 2009 Outlook for Community Investing The Federation, a leader in the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) movement, has just released its Outlook for Community Investing in 2009, highlighting the positive and negative trends facing CDFIs in the coming year.
NEW TOOL ANNOUNCED FOR MEASURING CORPORATE WATER USE
THETFORD CENTER, VT, January 22, 2009 –/WORLD-WIRE/– The Center for Sustainable Innovation (CSI) announced today the release of a new tool for measuring and reporting the sustainability of corporate water use. Known as the Corporate Water Gauge ™ , the new tool makes it possible to measure and report single …
Jan. 22, 2009: International Renewable Energy Agency emerges a last…
The International Renewable Energy Agency will be established on 26 January 2009 in Bonn, Germany. Bonn, 22 January 2009 – More than 100 states will attend the Founding Conference of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) next Monday in Bonn. Approximately 50 states announced that they would sign the treaty. …