Celebrate 2013 Green Festivals in NYC, Chicago, Washington DC, Los Angeles and San Francisco! Green Festival is a project of Green America and Global Exchange. Dear Friends, Happy Earth Day (April 22)! If you have friends in the New York area, please let them know about our New York …
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has always had a rather bad press
Put up or shut up Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has always had a rather bad press. That’s probably because, unlike for example renewable energy, it does not produce anything. It only prevents something, namely CO2 from reaching the atmosphere. Prevention, unfortunately, never gets much kudos from politicians or society …
Youth Employment, Job Rights Keys To Economic Recovery, Says New Un
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT, JOB RIGHTS KEYS TO ECONOMIC RECOVERY, SAYS NEW UN LABOUR CHIEF New York, Oct 1 2012 12:05PM With youth accounting for more than one-third of the world’s 200 million unemployed, Guy Ryder, the new Director-General of the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO), has called for programmes that …
UN-Backed Study Shows Technology Can Help World Move to Low-Carbon Economy
UN-BACKED STUDY SHOWS TECHNOLOGY CAN HELP WORLD MOVE TO LOW-CARBON ECONOMY New York, Apr 2 2012 3:05PM The use of broadband in information and communication technology (ICT) can help the world transition to a low carbon-economy and address the causes and effects of climate change, according to a United Nations-backed …
IPCC: Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation
1. Introduction The Working Group III Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN) presents an assessment of the literature on the scientific, technological, environmental, economic and social aspects of the contribution of six renewable energy (RE) sources to the mitigation of climate change. It …
Hold on, you move too fast
old on, you move too fast ‘The most massive energy programme ever proposed anywhere in the world outside war-time conditions.’ That’s how energy analyst Andrew MacKillop, the author of today’s new publication on European Energy Review, describes current EU energy and climate policy. This is not, in fact, how EU …
Energy transition: power companies can’t do it on their own
Most readers will probably remember the “Roadmap 2050” that was published last year by the European Climate Foundation (ECF). It made quite a splash in Brussels and internationally. The Roadmap has led a quiet existence since that time, but ECF itself has continued working hard to influence climate policy in …
Keeping The State’s Money In The State: An Alternative Solution To The Budget Crisis
Ellen Brown March 26, 2011 www.webofdebt.com/articles Cut spending, raise taxes, sell off public assets – these are the unsatisfactory solutions being debated across the nation; but the budget crises now being suffered by nearly all the states did not arise from too much spending or too little taxation. They arose …
Clean Energy Finance & Investment Summit 2010: San Francisco – Exclusive Invitation
Registration availability is strictly limited and by invitation-only. iGlobal Forum is pleased to announce the upcoming CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE & INVESTMENT SUMMIT 2010 due to take place on November 16th in San Francisco. The event will connect the key players in the clean energy industry-investors and inventors, policymakers and regulators-to …
TARP Is Gone – But May Soon Be Back
TARP Is Gone – But May Soon Be Back The Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, is over – more specifically, its legal authority expires on Sunday, so it cannot be used for new “bailout” activities (although legacy programs, with money already disbursed, could last 5 to 10 years.) The …