Archive for January, 2010
The Baseline Scenario
Obama’s First Year Posted: 22 Jan 2010 09:33 AM PST It’s late January and Scott Brown will be the next senator from Massachusetts, which means it’s time for critical retrospectives on Obama’s first year in office. I’m not going to try my own, but simply point you to two I found worthwhile. One, not surprisingly, is by Ezra Klein, [...]
NewNet Clean Energy Investor Newsletter
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 rapidly commit to match [...]
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 & CANADA [...]
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 [...]
