ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: Fossil of ancient multicellular life sets evolutionary timeline back 60 million years

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News Fossil of ancient multicellular life sets evolutionary timeline back 60 million years Posted: 24 Sep 2014 06:18 PM PDT Geobiologists shed new light on multicellular fossils from a time 60 million years before a vast growth spurt of life known as the Cambrian Explosion occurred on …

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

Jay OwenGreen 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 …

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 …

Energy Self-Reliant States Weekly: A Local Solar Energy Standard for Minnesota

Jay OwenResource Efficiency

Here’s a short presentation about a Minnesota 10% solar energy standard coming up soon for discussion in the state legislature, with a financing mechanism that looks a lot like a CLEAN Program.  Greentechmedia also has an article about the proposed legislation (I was the primary source). Sincerely, John A Local Solar Energy Standard for …

Last Week from ILSR’s Energy Self-Reliant States: A Local Solar Energy Standard for Minnesota

Jay OwenResource Efficiency

10% solar for Minnesota? Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Here’s a short presentation about a Minnesota 10% solar energy standard coming up soon for discussion in the state legislature, with a financing mechanism that looks a lot like a CLEAN Program.  Greentechmedia also has an article about …

Deal round-up: Cleantech equity demand strengthens as public markets go quiet

kristyGreen Prosperity

13 June 2011 DEAL NEWS Deal round-up: Cleantech equity demand strengthens as public markets go quiet N-Viro secures state funding commitment Tyco makes $15m equity investment in printed silicon developer Kovio Enel shows dominance in Portuguese wind farm deal Good Energies fund invests $24m in Agile Energy Barron Partners closes …

Deal round-up: Cleantech equity demand strengthens as public markets go quiet

kristyGreen Prosperity

13 June 2011 DEAL NEWS Deal round-up: Cleantech equity demand strengthens as public markets go quiet N-Viro secures state funding commitment Tyco makes $15m equity investment in printed silicon developer Kovio Enel shows dominance in Portuguese wind farm deal Good Energies fund invests $24m in Agile Energy Barron Partners closes …

As One Solar Thermal Project Dies, Another is Born

kristyGreentech

As One Solar Thermal Project Dies, Another is Born Solar Millennium cancels its 250 MW Ridgecrest trough project, while SolarReserve receives approval for its 150 MW Crossroads tower project. Sputnik? The 1837 Panic? In Search of Historical Analogies for Green Is it the Golden Age of Fuel Cells and Passive …

False Economy by Alan Beattie

kristyBooks and Reviews

Review by Hazel Henderson This book is a gem! Historian and economist Alan Beattie gives us a sweeping but deeply researched overview of trade through the centuries, leading us to greater understanding of today’s issues over trade development and globalization. We are treated to deeply skeptical views of most government …