ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: Earth’s wobble ‘fixes’ dinner for marine organisms

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science, Nature/Biomimicry

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News   Earth’s wobble ‘fixes’ dinner for marine organisms Posted: 13 Sep 2013 04:51 PM PDT The cyclic wobble of the Earth on its axis controls the production of a nutrient essential to the health of the ocean, according to a new study. The discovery of factors …

Alternative Energy: EU: 100 Percent Renewable Energy Is Here

Jay OwenGreentech

Alternative Energy EU: 100 Percent Renewable Energy Is Here Cameras five times more sensitive to light? An ultrasensitive molybdenum-based image sensor developed Residential Electric Rates Revisited – Part 1: A Historical Perspective The Bigger Picture: Nuclear Energy vs. Fossil Fuels California Smashes Solar Energy Record Wednesday’s NASDAQ Top Gainer: Energy …

News from Terry Mock : Northwest Biocarbon Initiative: Innovators and financing innovation

Jay OwenSustainability News

We at Ethical Markets are proud that Terry Mock, pioneer  ecological developer ,  has joined our Advisory Board .  We welcome  all Terry’s news of SLDI   and highly recommend THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES  by Jim Robbins , just published , an amazing story ! – Hazel Henderson, Editor.   …

Alternative Energy: PICHTR Wraps Up First Lightning Excelerator And Awards Nearly $400K To Cleantech Startups

Jay OwenGreentech

Alternative Energy PICHTR Wraps Up First Lightning Excelerator And Awards Nearly $400K To Cleantech Startups Biofuel Production in EU & Indirect Land Use Change [VIDEO] Welspun Energy Commissions India’s Largest Solar Power Project Meet Polar Rover: The Wind-Powered Explorer Of Antarctica Coal Power Is More Diffuse Than Solar Power The …

Roots of deadly 2010 India flood identified; Findings could improve warnings

Ethical MarketsNature/Biomimicry

Roots of deadly 2010 India flood identified; Findings could improve warnings Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:11 PM PST New research indicates that flash flooding that swept through the mountain town of Leh, India, in 2010 was set off by a string of unusual weather events similar to those that caused …

Japan 2020 Climate Target “Very Difficult” to Meet: Minister

Ethical MarketsResource Efficiency

Japan will unlikely be able to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 25 percent under 1990 levels by 2020, Environment Minister Goshi Hosono said Friday, the clearest sign yet that the world’s number four emitter will have to renege on its 2009 emissions cut pledge. http://www.pointcarbon.com/news/1.1935357   EU leaders set to …

New Arctic Forests Pose Climate Change Problems

kristyEarth Systems Science

WHAT WE’RE FOLLOWING New Arctic Forests Pose Climate Change Problems Bringing forests back has long been though to help combat climate change. Trees absorb the most common greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, helping to pull the heat-trapping gas from the atmosphere, the logic goes. This is why forests are usually expected …

Top Ten Highlights of Cleantech in Thailand

kristyGreentech

A newsletter from Alternative Energy Top Ten Highlights of Cleantech in Thailand Solarflower: “an open source solar energy device” for You? Designing for Density Colorado Climbing to the Forefront of Clean Energy Dad, Let’s Go to Seattle Solar Day Taking Control of the Heat Quicker battery charging is another way …

First-ever map reveals where tropical forests store carbon

kristyEarth Systems Science

EarthSky // Blogs // Earth Posted Jun 04, 2011 First-ever map reveals where tropical forests store carbon Researchers looked at three million measurements of treetop height, along with ground data, and calculated the carbon held in tropical forests. A NASA-led research team has created the most precise map ever produced …

CSR Asia Weekly: Master degree programme in CSR / Green jobs / Business and Human Rights

kristySRI/ESG News, Greentech

Carbon Footprinting Workshop 8 March 2011, 9:30am – 12:30pm, Hong Kong For a company to reduce its climate change impact, it first needs to understand its carbon footprint and the core elements needed for a credible climate change strategy. This training will provide a step-by-step approach to measure and manage …