AT FORUM, BAN HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO WORK TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FOR ALL

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

AT FORUM, BAN HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO WORK TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FOR ALL New York, Apr 15 2013  7:00PM Calling it “one of the most critical issues of our time,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the importance of strong partnerships to achieve universal access to sustainable energy.“Clean, modern and affordable energy …

HELIO Monthly Digest – March

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

Mar. 2013 Monitoring Progress on Energy & Ecodevelopment  Innovation  Two articles in this month’s Digest highlight innovations that can be used to support the provision of clean, safe, energy services. One is the use of crowdfunding to quickly raise needed capital for clean, energy projects.  The other is the idea …

Malaysia Aims for 5.5% Renewable Energy Share in Installed Capacity by 2015

kristyGreentech

Malaysia Aims for 5.5% Renewable Energy Share in Installed Capacity by 2015 Posted: 12 Oct 2012 01:29 PM PDT With a goal to achieve 40% cut in carbon emissions by 2020, the Malaysian government plans to increase the share of renewable energy in the total energy mix to 5.5% by …

US PREF Releases White Papers to Highlight Success of Renewable Energy

kristyGreentech

US PREF: Cindi Eck [email protected] ACORE: Turner Houston [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE U.S. Partnership for Renewable Energy Finance (US PREF) to Recommend Balanced, Business-Oriented Approach to Assure Continued Private and Public Sector Investment in Renewable Energy; US PREF Releases White Papers to Highlight Success of Renewable Energy in Driving Down …

Planning for freedom–History is full of radical experiments that were meant to change the world but ended up backfiring badly.

kristyTrendspotting

Report The future of energy – and of the EU gas market Thursday 5 April 2012 Planning for freedom History is full of radical experiments that were meant to change the world but ended up backfiring badly. Could such a fate be in store for the European gas market? It …

O.E.C.D. Warns of Ever-Higher Greenhouse Gas Emissions

kristyTrendspotting

O.E.C.D. Warns of Ever-Higher Greenhouse Gas Emissions By REUTERS Published: March 15, 2012 LONDON — Global greenhouse gas emissions could rise 50 percent by 2050 without more ambitious climate policies, as fossil fuels continue to dominate the energy mix, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Thursday. “Unless the …

Ban Urges Private Sector To Invest In Sustainable Development Initiatives

kristyGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

BAN URGES PRIVATE SECTOR TO INVEST IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES New York, Jan 12 2012 5:05PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged investors today to lend their support to sustainable development initiatives to deal with climate change and provide efficient energy solutions around the world. ?In these times of austerity and economic …

Association of German utility companies calls for abolishing nuclear power by 2020

kristyResource Efficiency

By Associated Press, Friday, April 8 http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/association-of-german-utility-companies-calls-for-abolishing-nuclear-power-by-2020/2011/04/08/AFfZF82C_story.html BERLIN — Germany’s utility companies want “swift and complete” abolishment of nuclear power in the wake of the disaster at Japan’s Fukushima reactors, says their umbrella organization. The technology should be phased out by 2020 or at the latest by 2023, the German …