Prop 23 Would Black Out California’s Clean Economy – GTM Daily

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GE Acquires Opal Software for Window into Asia-Pacific Market General Electric bought an Australian smart grid company for its software, and global positioning. Solar City Adds Energy Efficiency to Solar Finance, Design and Monitoring Home energy efficiency services will further reduce gas and electricity bills. First Solar to Double Capacity …

How the Military’s Green Energy Transition Can Make You Rich

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By Jeff Siegel It was all over the news last week… With recycled — yet catchy — titles like “The Military is Going Green” and “For the U.S. Military, it’s Easy Being Green,” the world learned that the military’s dependence on fossil fuels has become a strategic nightmare.

UN Proposes Rescue Package to Halt Loss of Biodiversity

kristyTrendspotting, Earth Systems Science

GENEVA (IDN) – Ecosystems — and the biodiversity that underpins them — support livelihoods around the world and generate services worth between $21 trillion and up to $72 trillion a year. This is comparable to World Gross National Income in 2008 of $58 trillion, according to the UN Environment Programme …

New GTM Research Report: US Smart Grid Market Forecast: 2010-2015

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GTM Research’s latest report, US Smart Grid Market Forecast: 2010–2015 is now available for purchase! This report examines the evolving issues of the Smart Grid industry. GTM Research’s analysis includes the most critical market trends, a detailed forecast of the market over the next five years, and provides an update …

In Era of Climate Change and Water Scarcity, Meeting National Energy Demand Confronts Major Impediments

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Dear colleagues, I wanted to draw your attention to the culmination of Circle of Blue’s important two month long investigative series chronicling the tightening conflict — the choke point — between declining freshwater supplies and rising energy demand. Today we publish another in the series that finds: Unless the United …

High-level Plenary Meeting of the 65th Session of the UN General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals

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MDG SUMMIT HIGHLIGHTS MONDAY, 20 SEPTEMBER 2010 Traffic chaos greeted New Yorkers Monday morning as the MDG Summit closed a dozen streets in East Manhattan. Thousands of participants streamed into dozens of side events and partnership events. Nearly 140 Heads of State and Government simultaneously attended day-long plenary sessions in …