Research: Calculating the Hidden Risks of Environmental Damage

Jay OwenTrendspotting

                Research: Calculating the Hidden Risks of Environmental Damage     A new analysis reveals that some business activities do not generate sufficient profit to cover their natural resource use and pollution costs, creating large, hidden risks that affect some industries operating in …

NOAA releases final report of Sandy service assessment

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

NOAA releases final report of Sandy service assessment Contact Susan Buchanan, [email protected], 301-713-0622 May 15, 2013 After a thoughtful and deliberate review, today NOAA released a report on the National Weather Service’s performance during hurricane/post tropical cyclone Sandy. The report, Hurricane/Post Tropical Cyclone Sandy Service Assessment, reaffirms that the National Weather Service …

NOAA releases final report of Sandy service assessment

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

NOAA releases final report of Sandy service assessment Contact Susan Buchanan, [email protected], 301-713-0622 May 15, 2013 After a thoughtful and deliberate review, today NOAA released a report on the National Weather Service’s performance during hurricane/post tropical cyclone Sandy. The report, Hurricane/Post Tropical Cyclone Sandy Service Assessment, reaffirms that the National Weather Service …

Domestic Oil Production Growth and Lower Net Imports | The Energy Collective Daily

Jay OwenTrendspotting

  Domestic Oil Production Growth and Lower Net Imports | The Energy Collective Daily Domestic Oil Production Growth and Lower Net Imports The Newest Hybrid Cars to Reduce Environmental Impact Is China’s Solar Energy Business Not-for-Profit? [VIDEO] Smart Grid Investment: Different Priorities Could Lead to Similar Results EU Energy: Internal …

Suzlon issues $650m wind bond, credit-enhanced by State Bank of India – first step in growing an Indian corp climate bond mkt?

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

Suzlon issues $650m wind bond, credit-enhanced by State Bank of India – first step in growing an Indian corp climate bond mkt? Posted on 26. Mar, 2013 by Sean Kidney in blog USD-denominated, 5 year, 4.97%, Baa2. India had been trying to get a corporate bond market going for 15 years – search “growing …

Catalyzing the Connection Economy By Gregory Wendt, CFP, March 2013

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, Sustainability News, Wealth of Networks

Catalyzing the Connection Economy By Gregory Wendt, CFP, March 2013 www.gregwendt.com “Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.” – Anonymous This is so self-evident, and obvious to me,  that I find it surprising that we have to say it at all. Yet …

ENB Vol. 27 No. 18 – First Round of ‘Informal-Informal’ Negotiations on the Zero Draft of the Outcome Document and Third Intersessional Meeting of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development – Issue #2

kristyGreen Prosperity, Sustainability News

UNCSD INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS: Friday, 23 MARCH 2012′ Delegates completed their first reading of Section V (Framework for Action and Follow-up) of the zero draft. Many consultations and side events also took place throughout the day. consultations on the zero draft V. FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION AND FOLLOW-UP: A. Priority/key/thematic/cross-sectoral issues and …

A report from Friends of the Earth, Taxpayers for Commonsense, Environment America and Public Citizen

kristyGreen Prosperity, Resource Efficiency, Reports You Need

The Green Scissors 2010 report is a guide for lawmakers to make environmental and fiscal responsibility a priority in Washington by eliminating subsidies and programs that both harm the environment and waste taxpayer dollars. This report targets four major areas as places for prime cuts: Energy, Infrastructure, Agriculture and Biofuels, …

Chapter 11: Good Polls, Good Pollsters, Good Sponsors

Ethical MarketsEthical Markets Originals

Chapter 11: Good Polls, Good Pollsters, Good Sponsors By Alan F. Kay, PhD © 2004, (fair use with attribution and copy to author) Aug. 16, 2004                     Good sponsors must take responsibility for hiring good pollsters and conducting good polls.  But how does a sponsor become a good sponsor and …