Solar & Wind Energy Subsidies Should Continue ?Forever? Posted: 29 Apr 2012 11:20 AM PDT clean energy subsidies It seems that every day I?m reading (or even writing) about solar and wind energy?s price and potential without government subsidies ? but it is really ridiculous that dropping government subsidies should …
Deal-round up: UK interest bubbles during week of talks PREMIUM
30 April 2012 Deal News Deal-round up: UK interest bubbles during week of talks PREMIUM Vestas confirms 90MW Ukraine order UK’s Crown Estate awards new marine test leases LDA wins wind farm design deal from Vattenfall GE wins Chilean landfill gas-to-energy contract Abengoa leads two solar thermal research projects Fuji …
ENB Vol. 9 No. 563 – Sixteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice under the Convention on Biological Diversity – Issue #1
SBSTTA 16 Highlights: Monday 30 April, 2012 The sixteenth session of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) opened on Monday in Montreal, Canada. In the morning, delegates heard opening statements, addressed organizational matters and considered ways and means to …
Thinking electric thoughts–A noisy large convention center, hordes of jet-lagged business types holding coffee like it was a life preserver.
Thinking electric thoughts A noisy large convention center, hordes of jet-lagged business types holding coffee like it was a life preserver. In front of a busy demonstration booth, I am holding a piece of our future – an electricity producing roof shingle. Dow Solar has begun selling solar shingles that …
Young People Tire of Old Economic Models
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/17/young-people-tire-of-old-economic-models/ April 17, 2012, 9:21 AM Young People Tire of Old Economic Models By ANDREW C. REVKIN At the recent United Nations conference on “gross national happiness,” a scattering of young participants looked on with a clear sense of urgency as mainly graying dignitaries, economists, scholars and others pondered ways …
Bill Gates pushes high-tech (corporate) agriculture…but who benefits?
“Big Ag, including the Monsantos of the world, would have you believe that GM foods, and all the chemicals and fertilizers that go with them, are the solution to world hunger. It’s an argument that should be challenged far more energetically than it is. Sadly, it looks like Gates, with …
The Transition to a Green Economy Must Include Better Safety Standards for Workers
THE TRANSITION TO A GREEN ECONOMY MUST INCLUDE BETTER SAFETY STANDARDS FOR WORKERS — UN New York, Apr 28 2012 11:05AM Protecting the safety and health of workers across the world must be part of transitioning into a green economy, the United Nations stressed today, warning that while sustainable jobs …
Hawaii Residents Raise Serious Concerns about PGV, Geothermal Energy?s Clean Energy Credentials
Latest from: CleanTechnica Hawaii Residents Raise Serious Concerns about PGV, Geothermal Energy?s Clean Energy Credentials Posted: 28 Apr 2012 07:27 AM PDT The experience of residents living near the Puna Geothermal Venture (PGV), about 20 miles south of Hilo on Hawaii?s ?Big Island?, raises serious questions about the environmental health …
ECOBALANCE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
EcoBalance International Conference Accounting the Green Economy May 17-18, 2012 “Parque Biológico de Gaia” Portugal
May Day is Coming! This is our big event of the Spring, and we need your support!
May Day is Coming! This is our big event of the Spring, and we need your support! For the past four months, much of our energy at Occupy Wall Street has been devoted to preparing for a historic May Day: No Work! No School! No Shopping! No Banking! Take The …