ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: NASA data reveals mega-canyon under Greenland ice sheet

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News   ·          NASA data reveals mega-canyon under Greenland ice sheet Posted: 29 Aug 2013 11:16 AM PDT Data from a NASA airborne science mission reveals evidence of a large and previously unknown canyon hidden under a mile of Greenland ice. The canyon has the characteristics of …

Science Daily: Scientists shut down reproductive ability, desire in pest insects

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News     Scientists shut down reproductive ability, desire in pest insects Posted: 26 Aug 2013 03:29 PM PDT Entomologists have identified a neuropeptide named natalisin that regulates the sexual activity and reproductive ability of insects. The finding may open new possibilities for environmentally friendly pest management. …

Five dangers the internet poses to a sustainable world

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

We at Ethical Markets  agree !  Only when there is a full debate about both the good and bad aspects of the internet can  the world’s  people fully  benefit from its potentials –   Hazel Henderson, Editor Five dangers the internet poses to a sustainable world It’s time to slay …

August 2013 Update of Current Issues on Employment in the US

Jay OwenBeyond GDP

US Employment Quality of Life Indicator in Context – a monthly analysis by Hazel Henderson Update: August, 2013 In July, total non-farm jobs increased by 162,000 while June’s jobs were revised down to 188,000.  May’s was revised from 195,000 to 176,000  This news from the private sector shows the recovery, even if …

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: Induced seismicity? Recent spike of earthquakes in the central and eastern U.S. may be linked to human activity

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News Induced seismicity? Recent spike of earthquakes in the central and eastern U.S. may be linked to human activity Air pollution responsible for more than 2 million deaths worldwide each year, experts estimate A coral symbiont genome decoded for first time Induced seismicity? Recent spike of earthquakes …

NewNet Daily Newsletter: London likely to miss out as venue of choice for Waste2Tricity IPO

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

NewNet Daily Newsletter 5 June 2013 See all the latest reaction to the UK Energy Bill reading and European solar tariffs on New Energy World Network Deal News Porvair acquires US filter business Eisenmann Metallurgical Industrifonden, Innogy Ventures back bioenergy services business Mantex Total Energy Ventures joins Wireless Seismic’s $12.5m round …

EnerNOC Wins SCE Contract for Energy Efficiency

kristyTrendspotting, Earth Systems Science

EnerNOC Wins SCE Contract for Energy Efficiency Forget about demand response, EnerNOC wants a bite of the energy efficiency pie. The Humanitarian Side of Solar and Renewables We take a break from pure capitalism to honor the human, animal, and environmental-minded side of the renewable business. Suniva Update: “Suspending” Pursuit …

EC finds economic cost of losses in nature far greater than bank crisis

Ethical MarketsReports You Need

Nature provides human society with a vast diversity of bene?ts such as food, ?bres, clean water, healthy soil and carbon capture and many more. Though our well-being is totally dependent upon the continued ?ow of these “ecosystem services”, they are predominantly public goods with no markets and no prices, so …