Going With the Flow Battery

Jay Owen Greentech

New flow batteries provide just the right energy storage for intermittent renewables such as solar and wind to guarantee constant supply throughout the grid Prof Peter Saunders A fully referenced and illustrated version of this article is posted on ISIS members website and is otherwise available for download here Please circulate widely and repost, …

Bretton Woods Bulletin February 2014 :

Jay Owen Reforming Global Finance

  February 2014       Please find below the highlights of the Bretton Woods Bulletin February 2014, including: A Comment piece on the World Bank’s mechanisms by Andrea Rodriguez Osuna and Astrid Puentes; An At Issue briefing on the new brics bank by Sameer Dossani; A Guest Analysis piece on the IFC’s much-criticised investment in Tata’s Assam …

Press Release: EIA launches Coal Data Browser to provide detailed information on U.S. coal sector

Jay Owen SRI/ESG News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 25, 2014 EIA launches Coal Data Browser to provide detailed information on U.S. coal sector The U.S. coal sector. The Coal Data Browser gives users easy access to a vast array of Health Administration and through coal trade information from the U.S. Census Bureau. “EIA’s Coal …

China’s Plan to Clean Up Air in Cities Will Doom the Climate, Scientists Say

Jay Owen Earth Systems Science

Exclusively on InsideClimate News, This Year’s Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting   Harper Govt Makes Moves to Silence Canada’s Leading Environmental Groups In both the United States and Canada, pipelines and President Obama has encouraged tar sands policies. Read more.   China’s Plan to Clean Up Air …

RENEWABLE ENERGY PROVIDES 37% OF ALL NEW U.S. ELECTRICAL GENERATING CAPACITY IN 2013

Jay Owen Green Prosperity

SUN DAY CAMPAIGN 6930 Carroll Avenue, Suite #340; Takoma Park, MD 20912 301-270-6477 x.11 [email protected]     News Advisory   RENEWABLE ENERGY PROVIDES 37% OF ALL NEW U.S. ELECTRICAL GENERATING CAPACITY IN 2013   SOLAR SURPASSED ONLY BY NATURAL GAS   NEW RENEWABLE CAPACITY MORE THAN TRIPLE COAL, OIL, AND …

Alternative Energy ETFs and Mutual Funds Among Top Gainers in Entire Fund Universe

Jay Owen Green Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

Alternative Energy Companies A financial newsletter focusing on high quality stock picks Solar Wind Alternative Fuels Efficiency Environmental Smart Grid Alternative Energy ETFs and Mutual Funds Among Top Gainers in Entire Fund Universe Posted: 11/20/2013 by Harris Roen, Editor Roen Financial Report November 20, 2013   The Roen Financial Report …

WRI Digest

Jay Owen SRI/ESG News, TV Series

                     WRI Digest 4 Issues to Watch as COP 19 Wraps Up. The world beyond the unfccc cop 19 negotiations looms large – both with challenges and with promise. It’s an important reminder of the stakes inside the negotiating venue. Photo: Official Opening Plenary at the Caring for Climate …

INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) ITUC OnLine

Jay Owen SRI/ESG News

INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) ITUC OnLineClimate change is putting jobs at risk – governments must actBrussels,9 November 2014(ITUC OnLine): With a new round of the UnitedNations climate negotiations starting this monday in Warsaw, Poland, thelabour movement expressed its concerns on the impacts a low ambition climatedeal would mean for jobs globally.“Science is …

How the world is failing at its climate goals, in one giant chart

Jay Owen Trendspotting, Earth Systems Science

How the world is failing at its climate goals, in one giant chart By Brad Plumer, Washington Post: November 5  Every time world leaders get together and talk about climate change, they tend to agree on one big thing: We shouldn’t let global average temperatures rise more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels. …