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Meetings Of The Minds
Business and environmental leaders brainstorm sustainable solutions to the world’s biggest problems. by Martha Shaw (San Diego, CA) - May 15, 2013 – What would happen if you sequestered big business leaders and entrepreneurs with environmental thought leaders and encouraged them all to brainstorm ways to reduce our [...]
Domestic Oil Production Growth and Lower Net Imports | The Energy Collective Daily
Domestic Oil Production Growth and Lower Net Imports | The Energy Collective Daily Domestic Oil Production Growth and Lower Net Imports The Newest Hybrid Cars to Reduce Environmental Impact Is China's Solar Energy Business Not-for-Profit? Smart Grid Investment: Different Priorities Could Lead [...]
Video: Bitcoin as Community “Local” Currency
: From The Guardian, 26 April 2013 In Kreuzberg, Berlin, virtual currency Bitcoin has expanded off the internet to become a favoured medium of exchange in real shops and bars. Joerg Platzer, the owner of bar Room 77 is helping to establish what he believes to be the world's first Bitcoin local economy Watch the video.
Citizens Urge EPA to Finalize Cleaner Fuel Standards | The Energy Collective Daily
Citizens Urge EPA to Finalize Cleaner Fuel Standards | The Energy Collective Daily Citizens Urge EPA to Finalize Cleaner Fuel Standards Climate Change: Extreme Weather, Insurance Companies, and Taxpayers Renewable Energy Standards: North Carolina 1, ALEC 0 Are Fossil Fuel Companies Pouring Money Down the [...]
NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines:WARMING ENDED CENTURIES OF COOLING IN 1800S
NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/ FRIDAY WORLD, April 26: * WARMING ENDED CENTURIES OF COOLING IN 1800S * WHAT WORLD WIND JUST DID AND CAN DO * WHERE WORLD SOLAR IS GOING * EU OCEAN ENERGY LOOKS TO 2030 THINGS-TO-THINK-ABOUT [...]
ASIA’S SOARING CONSUMPTION OF RAW MATERIALS UNSUSTAINABLE, UN WARNS
ASIA’S SOARING CONSUMPTION OF RAW MATERIALS UNSUSTAINABLE, UN WARNS New York, Apr 24 2013 2:00PM The Asia-Pacific region, which has overtaken the rest of the world in consumption of raw materials as affluence and manufacturing increase, must boost its resource efficiency or risk losing ground in lifestyle, economic growth and [...]
UNVEILING AND EXPLAINING THE PRESIDENT’S PROPOSED FY’14 ENERGY BUDGET
UNVEILING AND EXPLAINING THE PRESIDENT’S PROPOSED FY’14 ENERGY BUDGET The non-profit Environment and Energy Study Institute held one of its many Congressional briefings, and on Friday, April 19th, the briefing was on The Administration’s proposed FY14 energy [...]
Foresight Network Newsletter:Philosophy and the Future
Philosophy and the Future Where: Sun City Grand, AZ When: 30 April Web: This discussion group led by Tom Lombardo will cover a broad range of topics Futures for Food Where: Turku, Finland When: 6–7 June Web: What could the futures of food look like? How will consumers need and value food? The future of digital [...]
The Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign Has Colleges Weighing The Stakes
“It’s wrong to profit from wrecking the planet.” That’s what thousands of young people are saying across the U.S. who are demanding their colleges and universities strip fossil fuel investments from their endowment portfolios. They are arguing with passion -- and a considerable amount of organizing savvy -- that the still untapped 2795 [...]
NOAA predicts mixed bag of drought, flooding and warm weather for spring
NOAA predicts mixed bag of drought, flooding and warm weather for spring Contact Susan Buchanan, 301-713-0622 March 21, 2013 NOAA issued the three-month U.S. Spring Outlook today, stating that odds favor above-average temperatures across much of the [...]
