Tesla Charges China EVs With Unicom Tie-Up

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

                                                     DAILY NEWSLETTER                                                        September 2, 2014 Tesla Charges China EVs With Unicom Tie-Up Bitmap Bitmap Bitmap Bitmap Bitmap Despite disappointing progress in China’s plan to put hundreds of thousands of new energy vehicles on its roads by next year, American electric car maker Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) has made remarkable …

The BRICS nations are going to have their own bank. They say it’s going to be nothing like the World Bank. But don’t bank on it.

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

https://www.opendemocracy.net/od-russia/john-weeks/brics-bank The BRICS bank The BRICS nations are going to have their own bank. They say it’s going to be nothing like the World Bank. But don’t bank on it. John Weeks , July 15, 2014 For many years, various officials of governments in Africa, Asia and Latin America have …

BRICS – The End of Western Dominance of the Global Financial and Economic Order

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

BRICS – The End of Western Dominance of the Global Financial and Economic Order   By Shyam Saran*   NEW DELHI, Jul 2014 (IPS) – The sixth BRICS Summit which has just ended in Brazil marks the transition of a grouping based hitherto on shared concerns to one based on …

Incubating a non-dollar architecture

Jay OwenAdvisors' Forum

from  our Advisory Board member ,Frank  Bracho, Venezuela’s former ambassador to  India Incubating a non-dollar architecture The launch of the BRICS bank can now give the member countries confidence to experiment with other geoeconomic ambitions. Incubating a non-dollar financial architecture can be the next goal. There are existing models to …

IIRC Newsletter: Corporate Reporting Dialogue Launched

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, Beyond GDP

  IIRC Newsletter – June Edition Recommendation to G20 on <IR> In a report commissioned by the B20, the business forum that advises G20 governments, the six largest global accounting networks¹ have endorsed <IR> as a key innovation that will make corporate reporting more conducive to long-term investment. Read More Corporate …

Risky Business: The Economic Risks of Climate Change to the United States

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, Trendspotting

A report from the Risky Business Project, funded by the Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Office of Hank Paulson, the Rockefeller Family Fund, the Skoll Global Threats Fund, and the TomKat Charitable Trust   From the Executive Summary:   Risky Business: The Economic Risks of Climate Change to the United States uses …

Buying Up the Planet: Out-of-control Central Banks on a Corporate Buying Spree

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

Buying Up the Planet: Out-of-control Central Banks on a Corporate Buying Spree Posted on June 20, 2014 by Ellen Brown Finance is the new form of warfare – without the expense of a military overhead and an occupation against unwilling hosts. It is a competition in credit creation to buy foreign resources, real …

Plug-in Electric Vehicles

Jay OwenGreentech

Plug-in Electric Vehicles   TABLE OF CONTENTS Popular Models  Plugging into the Grid   Battery Outlook  PEV Incentives   Download this fact sheet in PDF format   View this fact sheet online     Plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) use electricity from the energy grid to charge large battery packs, then …

Ecocities Emerging – June 2014 Issue – Reflections on Gross National Happiness

Jay OwenSustainability News

  On May 6th, the Obama administration introduced their big climate proposal. The new rules would cut carbon pollution from power plants 30% from 2005 levels by 2030. The targets are of course getting mixed reactions. The U.S. is already well on the way towards meeting that target and some …

The Clean Energy Scam Continues

Jay OwenResource Efficiency

The Clean Energy Scam Continues By Jeff Siegel | Wednesday, May 28th, 2014 Sometimes sales people are too good for their industry. Electric utility company Southern Co. (NYSE: SO), for example, managed to convince the state of Mississippi that it was going to revolutionize coal-fired power generation. The company promised …