It’s official. South Africa’s neo-liberal politico, the World Bank flunky Trevor Manuel, will co-chair the 50-member committee to design the $100 billion Green Climate Fund! Talk about corruption of the UNFCCC process! Why, just last December in Cancun, the developing countries were assured that the World Bank would be taking …
EU Subsidies for polluting and unsustainable practices
Ecologic Newsletter No 102 – June 2011 Contents: 1. Second CLICO Policy Brief – Publication 2. EU Subsidies for polluting and unsustainable practices – Publication 3. First LEDDRA Plenary Meeting in Yichang, China – Event 4. Industries of the Future – Event 5. Ecuadorian initiative to protect climate and biodiversity …
The Change We Seek: Nine Certified B Corporations Named America’s Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs 2011 by Bloomberg BusinessWeek
Nine Certified B Corporations have been named by Bloomberg’s BusinessWeek as ‘America’s Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs’ of 2011. Azavea, Change.org, Dimagi, Emory Knoll Farms, Freelancers Insurance Company, Greyston Bakery, Nest Collective, Re:Vision Architecture and World Centric are all recognized this year as leaders in this growing sector of mission-driven businesses. …
Event Summary: Crunch Time for Carbon Reporting
Event Summary: Crunch Time for Carbon Reporting Tuesday 7th June 2011 Lord Chidgey opened the meeting on behalf of the All Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group and the Aldersgate Group (AG). He thanked the sponsors, Carbon Systems. Mike Anderson, Director General of Defra, acknowledged the “keen interest from the Aldersgate …
Germans To Build Offshore Wind In China
NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines click here for main page: http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/ Sunday World, June 26: * Germans To Build Offshore Wind In China * Chinese Banks Put $10bil In Eu Sun * India Wind Gets Big Backing, Plans 5,000 Mw * World Bank Funds India’s 1st Thin Film Plant * Competition Drives …
Renewable energy subsidies and the WTO: The wrong law and the wrong venue
Feature Commentary Renewable energy subsidies and the WTO: The wrong law and the wrong venue By Aaron Cosbey, Senior Associate, the International Institute for Sustainable Development Japan recently announced that consultations had failed to resolve its dispute with Canada over the Province of Ontario’s feed-in-tariffs for renewable energy, and that …
New partnership to make sustainability reports more useful to investors
Global Reporting Initiative and Deloitte joint press release For immediate release Thursday 23 June 2011 New partnership to make sustainability reports more useful to investors Deloitte and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) start work on new XBRL taxonomy Rotterdam/Amsterdam, 23 June 2011 – A new format for providing sustainability data …
World’s Wealthiest Richer than Before Credit Crunch!
hat tip to Barry Ritholtz! World Wealth Report reveals soaring numbers of rich individuals in Asia Pacific region – but slower growth in Britain We are not all in this together. The UK economy is flat, the US is weak and the Greek debt crisis, according to some commentators, is …
A Call for Civil Disobedience on the Keystone XL Pipeline
DEMAND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE! A Call for Civil Disobedience on the Keystone XL Pipeline FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 22, 2011 Contact: [email protected] Washington — Eleven veteran environmentalists on both sides of the border today called for demonstrations outside the White House later this summer to block the proposed Keystone XL pipeline …
Nevermind The Whales, Save Their Ocean
NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines click here for main page: http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/ Things-To-Think-About Friday, June 24: * Nevermind The Whales, Save Their Ocean * Google – 3/4 Of A Billion In New Energy * Sun Setting Records * Ohio – 1st In Offshore Wind? * Sun At The Brink Of History Yesterday * …