inside climate news: Exclusively on InsideClimate News, This Year’s Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Exclusively on InsideClimate News, This Year’s Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting   Most U.S. Companies Ignoring SEC Rule to Disclose Climate Risks Almost 75 percent of the nation’s publicly traded companies are ignoring a three-year-old Securities and Exchange Commission requirement that they inform investors of the risks …

Envision Solar Debuts EV ARC™ at the Charging Infrastructure Expo in Detroit, Michigan

Jay OwenGreentech

    Envision Solar Debuts EV ARC™ at the Charging Infrastructure Expo in Detroit, Michigan EV ARC™ Electric Vehicle Autonomous Renewable Charger; standalone solar charging station requires no foundation, trenching, building permit, grid connection SAN DIEGO, CALIF. – SEPTEMBER 17th, 2013 – Envision Solar International, Inc., a leading sustainable infrastructure product and …

Fort McMurray Evicts Oil Sands Companies that Helped it Grow

Jay OwenTrendspotting

Fort McMurray Evicts Oil Sands Companies that Helped it Grow  The Canadian town of Fort McMurray, population 76,000, is the heart of Alberta’s oil sands largesse–but the town is bursting at its seams with nowhere to expand because the land surrounding it is owned by oil companies. The government’s answer to this …

NewNet Daily Newsletter: PowerSecure completes trio of acquisitions

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

NewNet Daily Newsletter 24 May 2013 Become a premium subscriber today and gain instant access to exclusive coverage on key activity in the renewable energy and cleantech sectors. Deal News PowerSecure completes trio of acquisitions Kedco receives €1.15m for Pluckanes wind farm in Irish push Greenko, China Light & Power buy Gamesa …

A Bonding Experience

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

Bond risk Our thinking about the role of future environmental politics on capital markets has extended to another asset class – fixed income. Carbon Tracker recently collaborated with global credit-ratings agency Standard & Poors to publish ‘What a carbon-constrained future could mean for oil companies’ creditworthiness’.  This report assesses the …

Analyst Alert: Solar PV Pricing On the Rise – GTM Daily Newsletter

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

February 27, 2013 LATEST NEWS: Silver Spring Sets Terms for $63M IPO  Jeff St. John – February 26, 2013 The smart grid startup finally sets an IPO price, but plans to raise less than half what it aimed for in 2011. How This Cleantech Investment Firm Is Tackling The Next …

Repopulation of countryside is essential tool to avoid major fires, Spanish experts say

Ethical MarketsCommunity Development Solutions, Earth Systems Science

Repopulation of countryside is essential tool to avoid major fires, Spanish experts say Posted: 28 Oct 2012 01:06 PM PDT A preliminary report on the major fires Valencia, Spain suggests that repopulation of the countryside is an essential tool to avoid major forest fires, and points out alternative solutions such …

Irresponsible Skepticism: Lessons Learned From the Climate Disinformation Campaign

kristyEarth Systems Science

Hat tip to our colleague, Paul H. Ray Irresponsible Skepticism: Lessons Learned From the Climate Disinformation Campaign By DONALD A BROWN on February 17, 2012 10:15 PM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks I. Introduction. This is the fourth and last entry in a series that has examined the climate …

Hold on, you move too fast

kristyTrendspotting

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 …

Latest FFD-Africa newsletter on Foresight and the Economy

kristyTrendspotting

Foresight and the Economy The future of economies is a source of great uncertainty and concern globally. How will Africa engage with the questions, opportunities and challenges, and how can the continent adapt to unfolding futures? What will the implications be? How can Africa move forward and become economically stronger …