STATE: Utility-Owned Rooftop Solar Could Be A Game Changer – But Is It Fair?

Jay OwenResource Efficiency, Trendspotting

Last gasp of central utilities , now trying to colonize our rooftops ! ~ Hazel Henderson, Editor Note: several links in this article reference documents housed in DocketDash, an application in AEE’s new energy policy software, PowerSuite. To enhance your reading experience, click here and sign up for a free 14-day trial …

Investing in a Growing, Changing Planet

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

Dear Friends: Below please find a brief summary of a recent report by TerraVerde capital management outlining investment opportunities arising from population growth, climate change, and resource depletion. Investing in a Growing, Changing Planet: The Fund of Hedge Funds Opportunity   Since the integration of fossil fuels in the early …

SlowMoney October

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Social capital investor Joel Solomon says Slow Money helps people understand how money can be used in a soulful way to help build the economic changes we need. Click above to find out more. Solomon is the chairman for Renewal Funds and president and CEO of Renewal. Please send us …

Science Daily: Top Environment News – October 10th

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

Urgent new time frame for climate change revealed by massive analysis Longer life for humans linked to further loss of endangered species Water and lava, but curiously, no explosion Historic trends predict future global reforestation unlikely Secret of cattle ticks’ resistance to pesticide Urgent new time frame for climate change …

AMI 9th Annual Conference Report – An Important Conference

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

Dear Friends of the American Monetary Institute, Three areas to discuss: * First, a report on the 9th Annual AMI Monetary Reform Conference by Jamie Walton. * Second, a link to our Google Group posting of a “Gem” of an article organized and written by first time conference participant, Nick …

NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines: CALIFORNIA NEW ENERGY GOES FROM VENTURE CAPITAL TO BIG CAPITAL

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

NewEnergyNews      Daily Headlines                                               http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/   TODAY AT NewEnergyNews, October 7: * TODAY’S STUDY: CALIFORNIA NEW ENERGY GOES FROM  VENTURE CAPITAL TO BIG CAPITAL * QUICK NEWS, October 7: SOLAR AND THE …

Clean Technica: Top Wind Power Countries Per GDP

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

Top cleantech news of the day fromCleanTechnica, the world’s #1 cleantech or clean energy website: Top Wind Power Countries Per GDP (CleanTechnica Exclusive) Top Wind Power Countries Per Capita (CleanTechnica Exclusive) Most Solar-Friendly States — 2013 State Solar Policy Rankings (Infographic)   The 3% Solution Could Save US Businesses $780 …

Clean Technica: Brazil Receives Requests For 392 MW Of Solar Power Projects Within One Week

Jay OwenGreentech

  Top cleantech news of the day from CleanTechnica, the world’s #1 cleantech or clean energy website: Brazil Receives Requests For 392 MW Of Solar Power Projects Within One Week Tesla Supercharger Network Will Help You Survive The Zombie Apocalypse Ford To Buy Solar Power From 20 MW Mexico Solar Power …

Shifts in Global Water Systems – Markers of a New Geological Epoch: the Anthropocene

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

  A new geologic epoch, “The Anthropocene,” is characterized by humanity’s growing dominance of Earth’s environment and a planetary transformation as profound as the last epoch-defining event — the retreat of the glaciers 11,500 years ago.   By way of illustration: Humanity has cleared an area the size of South …

Jay OwenBeyond GDP

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