Investing at least $1 trillion per year until 2020 could lead from the fossil-fueled industrial era to a technologically advanced solar age based on ethical principles of equity, efficiency, biomimicry and earth systems science, according to the mid-year update to the Green Transition Inflection Point: Green Transition Scoreboard 2013 Report. As …
GTS Mid-year Update August 2013
For immediate release Green Transition Scoreboard® Shows Dramatic Mid-year Surge August 30, 2013, St. Augustine, FL –The Green Transition Scoreboard® tally jumped from $4.1 trillion reported in February to $5.2 trillion as of July 2013. The Green Transition Scoreboard® tracks private investments, since 2007, in creating cleaner, greener economies globally. …
Other News: GDP: Gauging Dematerialised Progress!
GDP: Gauging Dematerialised Progress! By Hazel Henderson* ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida, Aug 2013 (IPS) -As of Aug. 1, 2013, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) finally stepped into our new 21st century. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will now include much of the intangible production and services which …
greentechmedia: Enphase Q2 Sees Growth in Microinverter Revenue and Margin, Stock Falls
LATEST NEWS: Enphase Q2 Sees Growth in Microinverter Revenue and Margin, Stock Falls Eric Wesoff – August 6, 2013 Record margins and 399,000 units shipped in the quarter. Cree Launches $99 LED Street Light Katherine Tweed – August 6, 2013 Cities are already flocking to LED street lights—could this …
Collateral Damage: QE3 and the Shadow Banking System
by Ellen Brown Rather than expanding the money supply, quantitative easing (QE) has actually caused it to shrink by sucking up the collateral needed by the shadow banking system to create credit. The “failure” of QE has prompted the Bank for International Settlements to urge the Fed to shirk …
greentechmedia: Bloom Energy Begins Fuel Cell Production in Delaware
Mon July 15, 2013 LATEST NEWS: Bloom Energy Begins Fuel Cell Production in Delaware Eric Wesoff – July 14, 2013 Solid oxide fuel cells rolling off a highly subsidized production line. Schneider Electric Eyes Invensys in Another Big Smart Grid Acquisition Jeff St. John – July 12, 2013 A …
Climate Change is the Next $10 Trillion Opportunity
By Jigar Shah, July 2, 2013 With a 20% shift in our annual infrastructure spending from 20th century technology to 21st century technology we can drive a new global $10 trillion economy by 2020. That was an undercurrent in a powerful speech President Obama delivered last week, demanding EPA …
Hip Investor: Going Fossil-Free, a How-To Guide in PDF — and webinar
IN THIS ISSUE: I. Going Fossil-Free, a How-To Guide in PDF — and webinar: In partnership with 350.org, HIP co-authored Resilient Portfolios & Fossil-Free Pensions, showing city and states how to go fossil-free; join us Weds, 6/19 for a collaborative webinar II. Federal Reserve Supports Investing for Impact: The Federal Reserve of …
greentech media: Wall Street Journal Warns of the ‘All-Powerful Bike Lobby’
LATEST NEWS: Wall Street Journal Warns of the ‘All-Powerful Bike Lobby’ Stephen Lacey – June 3, 2013 WSJ editorial board member calls bike sharing the work of “totalitarians.” My View: What’s Good for APS Is Not Necessarily Good for Arizona (or Solar) Barry Goldwater Jr. – June 3, 2013 The …
Ten Economic Risks of Fossil Fuels : AltEnergyStocks.com
Ten Economic Risks of Fossil Fuels : AltEnergyStocks.com Ten Economic Risks of Fossil Fuels Posted: 16 May 2013 07:19 AM PDT Garvin Jabusch A train, loaded with coal, crashed into the back of a passenger train in Czechloslovakia in 1868. Securities of fossil fuels firms, as an economic sector, may soon …