25 January 2010 DEALS NEWS… Confluence to construct $200m US solar silicon plant DOE grants $465m loan to Tesla Motors Austrian biomass plant developer Cycleenergy doubles energy capacity Read more…
FUNDING PUBLIC HEALTH CARE WITH A PUBLICLY-OWNED BANK: HOW CANADA DID IT
Ellen Brown, January 21st, 2010 http://www.webofdebt.com/articles/canadian_healthcare.php President Obama’s health care bill was sold out to corporate interests early on. The insurance lobby had its way with the bill; after that they were just haggling over the price. The “public option” was so watered down in congressional deal-making that it finally …
Responsible Investor Alert Jan 25: RiskMetrics reportedly up for sale
NEWS HEADLINES: JANUARY 25TH, 2010 › RiskMetrics puts itself up for sale: reports RESPONSIBLE INVESTOR EVENTS: Hear the latest cutting-edge risk/return, climate and sustainability debates and research in China, Russia, India, Africa and South America at: Sustainable Emerging Markets, London, 03 March 2010 Organised by Responsible Investor Lead Sponsor F&C …
SAI Newsletter January 2010
In This Issue SAI China Team Participates in Training for GTZ/Tchibo Project Central America: Upcoming Regional Forum on CSR and Labor Rights in Agriculture Nicaragua: Farm Coquimba’s Gourmet Bananas SA8000 FAQs Now Available Online SAI’s Supplier Tiered Rating System Receives Positive Feedback Made-By China: A Joint Effort of SAI and …
Neuromarketing and Spellcasters
Tim O’Connor, co-executive director of the EthicMark®, has produced Spellcasters, a video showing how neuromarketing unethically influences consumer behavior. The video debuted this week on truthout.org and is quickly going viral! The EthicMark® was one of my earliest projects at Ethical Markets Media. Hazel Henderson began this project with a …
ITUC OnLine – Obama Bank Reforms: Time for All Governments to Stand Up to the Banks
Obama Bank Reforms: Time for All Governments to Stand Up to the Banks Brussels, 22 January 2010 (ITUC OnLine): US President Barack Obama’s announcement of plans to restructure banks as a key component of comprehensive financial regulatory reform is a major step in the right direction, which other governments must …
ToYou from NewEnergyNews: January 25, 2010
NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines click here for main page: http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/ * MONDAY’S HEADLINE: TURNING THE GREEN DREAM INTO REAL DEALS ON CALIFORNIA’S CENTRAL COAST * MORE NEWS, 1-25: WORDS AND NEW ENERGY; NY TIMES GETS WIND FACTS WRONG; RECYCLING SOLAR PANELS; THE JOBS PICTURE SUNDAY WORLD, 1-24: * S. KOREA & …
NewNet Clean Energy Investor Newsletter
22 January 2010 DEALS NEWS… Korean consortium to develop wind farm in Pakistan Riverstone Holdings acquires wind company Seajacks International for $207m Semprius selected for $3m solar contract by NREL Read more…
Pelican Journal of Sustainable Development – January 2010
Happy new year and happy new decade! Pelican Journal of Sustainable Development – January 2010 http://www.pelicanweb.org/solisustv06n01page1.html This issue is a directory of selected online resources on sustainable development and related issues. The directory is minimally annotated and compiles links to research and data resources under the following categories: 1. Population …
An Appeal to the Time Banking Community and to Groups Seeking to Rebuild Haiti
Edgar Cahn, Jan. 16, 2009 Edgar Cahn is a member of the Ethical Markets Advisory Board in the area of Socially Responsible Investing. If ever there was a time when Time Banking and other local currencies make sense, it is now, to rebuild Haiti. Haiti needs to find a way …