Water management planning approach deals with deep uncertainties

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

News Alert Issue 409, 26 March 2015  Science for Environment Policy About this service Contact the Editor Subscribe to this News Alert  In this issue Water management planning approach deals with deep uncertainties More adaptive approaches to planning could help policymakers deal with deep uncertainties about the future of our …

Why I’m Hopeful Regarding Climate Change

Jay OwenSustainability News

By Timothy Nash, Sustainable Economist and Ethical Markets Director of Sustainability Research www.sustainableeconomist.com On September 21, 2014, I joined more than 400,000 people in New York City for the People’s Climate March. It was a remarkable experience. Marching was great, but the best was stopping to watch the stream of …

DC Loading of Distributed PV Systems Utilizing AE 3TL Inverters

Jay OwenGreentech

Greentech Media, the source that brings you daily online news, market research and focused industry events, invites you to take advantage of the following complimentary resources from across the solar industry in our Resource Center. Visit www.greentechmedia.com/resources to see all available resources, including these: FEATURED WHITEPAPERS: DC Loading of Distributed …

DC Loading of Distributed PV Systems Utilizing AE 3TL Inverters »

Jay OwenGreentech

Greentech Media, the source that brings you daily online news, market research and focused industry events, invites you to take advantage of the following complimentary resources from across the solar industry in our Resource Center. Visit www.greentechmedia.com/resources to see all available resources, including these: FEATURED WHITEPAPERS: DC Loading of Distributed …

World’s First Foresight Encyclopedic Dictionary Available to the Public

Jay OwenTrendspotting

FUTURES, the world’s first Foresight Encyclopedic Dictionary, is now available to the public in both English and Spanish, and plans are in progress for other translations as well. It contains more than 1,000 terms used in futures research and studies. It offers an immersion into the field of foresight, including …

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: Borneo deforested 30 percent over past 40 years

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News   Borneo deforested 30 percent over past 40 years Posted: 16 Jul 2014 11:13 AM PDT Forest cover in Borneo may have declined by up to 30% over the past 40 years, according to a new study. he native forests of Borneo have been increasingly impacted …

Infrastructure Sticker Shock: Financing Costs More than Construction

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, Community Development Solutions

Funding infrastructure through bonds doubles the price or worse. Costs can be cut in half by funding through the state’s own bank. “The numbers are big. There is sticker shock,” said Jason Peltier, deputy manager of the Westlands Water District, describing Governor Jerry Brown’s plan to build two massive water tunnels through …

New research by the Carbon Tracker Initiative – Carbon Supply Cost Curves, a new capital management tool for investors

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

New research by the Carbon Tracker Initiative, ‘Carbon supply cost curves: Evaluating financial risk to oil capital expenditures’, today reveals how many oil projects make neither economic nor climate sense.   This report and the accompanying technical papers were produced in collaboration with Energy Transition Advisors and can be read here. The …

FUTURIST UPDATE: The Fungus That Captured the Gold

Jay OwenTrendspotting

May 2014 • Volume 15, No. 5 In this issue: To Spot Trends before They’re Trends, Follow the Friends The Fungus That Captured the Gold Of Mice and Men and Women: Gender Bias among Lab Rats? WorldFuture 2014 Speakers Bookshelf What Future Do You Favor? A LinkedIn Discussion In Memoriam: …

SUN DAY CAMPAIGN: EIA PROJECTS RENEWABLES TO BE 16-27% OF U.S. ELECTRICITY SUPPLY BY 2040

Jay OwenTrendspotting

SUN DAY CAMPAIGN (a campaign for a sustainable energy future) 6930 Carroll Avenue, Suite #340; Takoma Park, MD 20912 301-270-6477 x.11 [email protected]   News Advisory – Analysis   EIA PROJECTS RENEWABLES TO BE 16-27% OF U.S. ELECTRICITY SUPPLY BY 2040   LOW END DOES NOT PASS THE LAUGH TEST; UPPER …