Archive for June, 2009
A Green Energy Report Card
By Nick Hodge | Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 The alternative energy industry has surged onto the scene over the past few years, growing from a tiny market segment to a ubiquitous industry. Once on the sidelines, cleantech is now a marketing and social magnet. Companies and factories are going green. So are homes and individuals. Cars are now [...]
Seeking Alpha Alternative Energy News: June 23, 2009
Seeking Green Opportunities? Think Rail by Todd Sullivan Ways to Play Cellulosic Ethanol and Advanced Biofuels by Tom Konrad Solar Could Fall 8% Per Year, Be Competitive in Italy by 2010 by Greentech Media European Lenders Cut Back on Thin Film Funding by Greentech Media
The Baseline Scenario
TARP for Rating Agencies Posted: 19 Jun 2009 06:15 AM PDT I would have thought that the credit rating agencies would be at least one group that everyone could agree to throw under the bus. We know that the powerful chieftains of Wall Street are trying to pin the credit crisis on rating agencies – see page 3 of JPMorgan’s blame-shifting [...]
Car-Reduced and Car-Free Pedestrian Habitats
by Greg Ramsey Posted June 23, 2009 It will take a long time for the US to embrace pedestrians, bicycling, and electric carts as substitutes for cars in our communities. And yet an inevitable change is coming that will significantly increase environmental quality, and restore real community and economic viability. Changing legislation, master [...]
Green Chip Living: The Obama Garden, A Full Rain Barrel And $10 Gas
By Jeff Siegel | Friday, June 19th, 2009 So the summer begins in just two days - but I've been ready for summer vacation since about mid-April. I think it's the dreary, rainy weather that usually kicks in around that time, here in Baltimore. Though the way it's been raining lately, you'd think it was still the rainy season. Read more...
Seeking Alpha: Why Solar ETFs Are Moving Higher
Posted June 23, 2009 The utilization of renewable power and energy sources are going to expand nationwide, especially as President Barack Obama works to boost the amount of solar power that we use in as little as three years. Both U.S and global solar stocks and ETFs stand to benefit. Read more...
Green Chip Review: A Worldwide Epidemic with Billion-Dollar Solutions
Posted June 23, 2009 I've spent countless hours writing articles about just how poignant the world's water problems are becoming... and just how much investors stand to make by staying ahead of the curve. Desalination is shaping up to be one of the biggest solutions to those problems, and one of the biggest providers of profit. Read more...
Tamera Newsletter June 2009
Posted June 23, 2009 “The world has come to a point where it is not enough anymore to point out the change that needs to happen... We must be that change. To be this change we follow three guidelines in our daily life: Truth, mutual support, responsible participation in the community and in the world. All of this will only succeed in the long [...]
Robert A.G. Monks – Who does annual meetings right?
Posted June 23, 2009 Berkshire Hathaway. That's Bob's unequivocal and immediate answer to an email inquiry about who is the best company out there when it comes to shareholder meetings. Read more...
The Catastrophic Economics of Nuclear Power
By Harvey Wasserman Counterpunch May 29-31, 2009 In a devastating pair of financial reports that might be called "The Emperor Has No Pressure Vessel," the New York Times has blazed new light on the catastrophic economics of atomic power. The two Business Section specials cover the fiasco of new French construction at Okiluoto, Finland, and [...]
