The Google-Verizon Net Neutrality proposal gives broadband providers lots of leeway to offer preferential treatment to some and to choke off others. This is not an adequate framework to guide Internet policy, especially in a market as concentrated as the United States . The FCC can best set reasonable rules …
Good News for Climate Prosperity from Australia!
16 August 2010 DEALS NEWS… NRG Energy says combined cycle plant acquisition will ‘firm’ its renewables Air quality organisation pumps $5m into San Francisco Bay Area electric vehicle infrastructure Tanfield consolidates UK and US electric vehicle businesses Biomass producer PetroAlgae files for IPO Click here to read the newsletter.
Ceres’ low carbon leader Moscardi joins MSCI
August 16th, 2010 RI News Alert: › Ceres’ low carbon leader Moscardi joins MSCI Click here to read the newsletter.
Dow Jones allies with SAM as STOXX gets new partner
August 19th, 2010 RI News Alert: › ESG indices: Dow Jones allies with SAM as STOXX gets new partner › RI Briefing, August 19: LD Invest, Ceres/INCR, CalPERS, Istanbul SE Click here to read the newsletter.
TEEB for Business, July 2010
Business and enterprise have a huge role to play in how we manage, safeguard and invest in our natural capital. This report is aimed squarely at this sector and will provide practical guidance on the issues and the opportunities created by the inclusion in mainstream business practices of ecosystem- and …
GTI Perspective: Global Corporate Charter
We are pleased to share “When the World Rules Corporations: Pathway to a G lobal Corporate Charter”, the fifth in our series of occasional short papers, GTI Perspectives on Critical Issues. When the World Rules Corporations: Pathway to a Global Corporate Charter The ascent of transnational corporations poses fundamental questions …
Marine hydro firm Atlantis unveils largest, most powerful tidal turbine
Hydro Headlines Marine hydro firm Atlantis unveils largest, most powerful tidal turbine LONDON, England — Marine hydro developer Atlantis Resources Corporation unveils the AK1000, the largest and most powerful tidal power turbine ever built. GDF Suez, International Power enter into merger deal PARIS, France — France’s gas and electric utility …
Which Party Poses the Real Risk to Social Security’s Future?
Hint: it’s not Republicans. Social Security remains one of the greatest achievements of the Democratic Party since its creation 75 years ago. Although Republicans have historically fulminated against the program (Ronald Reagan once likened it as something akin to “socialism”), they have actually made little headway in touching this sacred …
Hermes sets up asset ownership services subsidiary
August 18th, 2010 RI News Flash: › Hermes sets up asset ownership services subsidiary Click here to read the newsletter.
Wind Energy Instruments getting Bigger & Better
Renewable energy production and demand growth is gaining momentum in many ways across the world. There is a booming demand of wind power today and all wind energy equipment manufacturers are gearing up to meet the demand and take advantage of it. Wind power capacity growth will be reaching 447 …