‘Trendspotting’
News and forecasts of trends/experiments in Green Technologies, IT, New Models, Environment, community solutions, wikis.
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Coalition to Stop Oil Speculation Now
The price of a barrel of oil has now dropped by more than $100 from its July high. A gallon of gasoline is now about $2 less than it was last summer; you played a role in making that happen. (more...)
Environmental News Service: January 23, 2009
Japan Launches World's First Greenhouse Gas Observing Satellite TOKYO, Japan, January 23, 2009 (ENS) -The first satellite dedicated to monitoring greenhouse gas emissions as part of global efforts to combat climate change was launched into space today from Japan. (more...)
ToYou from NewEnergyNews: January 23, 2009
TODAY'S HEADLINES: - NEW ENERGY IS IN THE STIMULUS BILL; FEED-IN TARIFFS OR RES RIGHT BEHIND? - MORE NEWS, 1-23 (WORLD'S FASTEST EV; GULF WIND WINS TEXAS RANGE WAR; WAVE ENERGY OFF CALIFORNIA COAST; SPAIN WANTS NEW ENERGY, REJECTS NUCLEAR) YESTERDAY: - "CLEAN" COAL DOUBLE EXPOSURE - MORE NEWS, 1-22 (THE NEW ENERGY IN-CROWD; THE RIGHT [...]
Jan. 22, 2009: International Renewable Energy Agency emerges a last…
The International Renewable Energy Agency will be established on 26 January 2009 in Bonn, Germany. Bonn, 22 January 2009 – More than 100 states will attend the Founding Conference of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) next Monday in Bonn. Approximately 50 states announced that they would sign the treaty. Since the nineties [...]
Environment News Service: February 18, 2009
Lab-on-a-Chip the Latest Weapon Against Pollution WASHINGTON, DC, February 18, 2009 (ENS) - Israeli scientists have developed a tiny laboratory, complete with a microscopic workbench, to measure water quality in real time. (more...)
TOWARDS A SECURE, SUSTAINABLE AND COMPETITIVE EUROPEAN ENERGY NETWORK
Europe's energy networks are the arteries on which we all depend for the energy to fuel our homes, businesses and leisure. The EU's energy policy1 sets out clear goals and objectives2 for sustainable, competitive and secure energy. The renewable energy and climate change package of January 20083 will commit Member States to ambitious renewable [...]
A Libertarian view that is half-right and uses ShadowStats as we do at Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators
George Orwell wrote his legendary novel 1984 just after World War II. It is renowned for its portrayal of government’s encroachment on the rights of the individual. It was Orwell’s warning against totalitarianism, specifically Stalin’s Soviet Union. Pervasive thought control and surveillance of citizens is prominent throughout the novel. [...]
Building Responsible Property Portfolios, UNEPFI and PRI, 2008
This report helps Principles of Responsible Investing signatories understand how they can apply the Principles to property assets through what some call responsible property investing (RPI) by highlighting the work of leading practitioners. Download PDF.
PNN News Update 23: January 14, 2009
How You Can Start a Farm in Heart of the City Imagine sitting down to a salad of peppery arugula and heirloom tomatoes that you grew yourself. Or a Sunday omelet of eggs laid that morning, served with a thick slice of fresh sourdough, butter and apricot jam -- all homemade, of course. Or imagine toasting your friends with a mead made from local [...]
OBAMA APPOINTS A ‘CHICAGO BOY’ TO OVERSEE REGULATION AT OMB
Integrity in Science Watch - Jan. 12, 2009 Legal Scholar Sunstein Tapped for Key Reg Spot President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former University of Chicago law school colleague Cass R. Sunstein to head the influential Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, which will have a powerful say over the pace and content of government [...]
