Archive for April, 2010
EFP Online News
Welcome Environmental Finance Online News has a new look, with more content, more features and a more user-friendly design. EU emissions data shows 11% drop in 2009 Analysis of the data for 2009 from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) suggests that EU emissions fell by 11% last year compared with 2008, in line with expectations and [...]
BLACK ECONOMIC COUNCIL OPPOSES COMCAST ACQUSITION OF NBC
March 31, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BLACK ECONOMIC COUNCIL OPPOSES COMCAST ACQUSITION OF NBC: URGES HEARINGS IN EVERY MAJOR BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD March 29, 2010 the Black Economic Council filed its opposition to the Comcast acquisition of NBC Universal. This action was taken after conducting meetings March 17th and 18th 2010 with two of the [...]
Green Labor Journal – March 2010 edition is now online!
NLC Green Labor Journal March 2010 http://www.greenlaborjournal.org/ The NLC is pleased to announce the March publication of the Green Labor Journal, a monthly online journal that examines issues of green jobs, sustainability, clean energy and climate change from a labor movement perspective. (more...)
New Green Deal: beyond the financial crisis by Wouter van Dieren, IMSA Amsterdam 2009
Ecological wisdom from one of Europe's most distinguished public intellectuals. Wouter van Dieren has been forecasting the end of casino capitalism and the fossil-fueled Industrial Era. This book of essays lays out the shape of the information-rich green economy now emerging. – Hazel Henderson
The Biobased Economy
edited by Hans Langeveld, Jahan Sanders and Mariek Meeusen, Earthscan 2010 A useful summary of all the issues involved in human use of biological systems. A balanced discussion of all the contentious issues of using biomass for fuel and as substitutes for petroleum in materials, and using agricultural land and food crops as feedstock for [...]
Keeping the Lights On: Towards Sustainable Electricity
by Walt Patterson, Earthscan 2007, 2009 Walt Patterson is a physicist who knows sustainability issues in their many dimensions. This book is the most succinct guide to how societies can design their production, distribution and end use of electricity. Deep thinking for professionals and environmental activists alike. – Hazel Henderson
Globalization and Emerging Societies
edited by Jan Nederveen Pieterse and Boike Rehbein, Palgrave MacMillan 2009 Keen observers of globalization processes have dished up a rich feast of research from the emerging countries of the South. With emphases on poverty, power and new models of development, this book belongs on any shelf of key studies of globalization. Includes a rich [...]
The Biochar Debate
by James Bruges, Chelsea Green 2009 A timely handbook to understand the new debate about biochar – newly prominent as a means of combating climate change. This ancient method used by indigenous peoples in Latin America to maintain soil fertility can also increase its ability to store carbon. However, it is not another magic bullet, and [...]
A Renewable World: Energy, Ecology, Equality
A report for the World Future Council by Herbert Girardet & Miguel Mendonça, Green Books Ltd. 2009 A clear, beautiful and intelligent look at our common future from the perspective of members of the World Future Council. Herbert Girardet, the famed British architect, and co-author Miguel Mendonça have produced a richly illustrated and [...]
