WWF Living Planet Report 2008
Friday, November 28th, 2008 Posted in Biodiversity and Ecosystems, Green News | Comments OffThe Living Planet Report 2008, a study published by the WWF, offers the organization's most in-depth study of global ecosystem decline to date. The report combines data from the Living Planet Index (a survey of 1,313 ...
‘Buy Nothing Day’ a sign of the times?
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Obama Embraces Green-Collar Stimulus
Friday, November 28th, 2008 Posted in Bright Green Economy, Green News | Comments Offby Alan Durning $100 billion for green jobs. Billion! The Associated Press reports plans for a massive new green-collar federal stimulus package: Obama has also embraced calls for a "green jobs" program that invests as much as $100 ...
OSI – Social Media in Closed Societies
Friday, November 28th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Media | Comments OffMy friend and colleague Evgeny Morozov is spending a year as an Open Society Institute fellow, working through some of his ideas about cybernationalism and cyberwarfare, and organizing events to discuss the future of the Internet ...
The Future of Public Lands in the United States
Friday, November 28th, 2008 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffThe topic of wildlands is an emotional issue for many residents across the United States. Immortalized in iconic photographs, timeless paintings and oral histories, these lands make up a large part of America’s collective identity. From ...
On-the-ground Reports From Mumbai
Friday, November 28th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Nonviolence | Comments OffWorldchanger Dina Mehta's doing an amazing job providing information about the Mumbai crisis on her blog and on her Twitter feed. A remarkable woman, with remarkable things to say. Our thoughts are with Dina and everyone there, ...
Buy Local or Buy Nothing?
Thursday, November 27th, 2008 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffThe day after Thanksgiving, when I wake up from my Celebration Roast-induced food-coma, I'll be playing football in the park. But I know lots of people who will be hitting the stores to get a jump ...
Food and Fuel
Thursday, November 27th, 2008 Posted in Food and Farming, Green News | Comments OffPrices for corn and oil are falling in tandem. If you've driven by a gas station recently, you've probably noticed that gas prices are tumbling. What you may realize is that the prices of ...
Selling Sustainability The Mr. Clean Way
Thursday, November 27th, 2008 Posted in Columns, Green News | Comments OffPhoto by Ashley Bristowe Change is a boutique marketing firm based in Vancouver – or, as per its requisite website mission statement, “a green branding and communications company.” Sounds pretty hazy. Actually, if it sounds ...
Retailers adopting renewable energy
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Enlightened Capitalism: Building a New Corporate Consciousness
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Transforming Business | Comments OffPhoto credit: flickr/Daleberts, Creative Commons license. By Rachel Botsman Besides changing our perceptions of the world and how we operate within it, the buckling of the “old system” of business is rapidly restructuring the relationships between employees, companies ...
Green news harvest: Ethanol shake-out looms
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IBM snags smart-grid pilot deals
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VeraSun Receives Indication of Interest For Purchase of Its Assets
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffVeraSun Energy Corporation, one of the nation's largest ethanol producers, today announced that it recently received a non-binding unsolicited indication of interest with respect to the purchase of its assets. The company intends to pursue this indication of interest to ...
US & Israel To Launch Energy Cooperation Agreement
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe Eilat-Eilot International Renewable Energy Conference, announced that the US-Israeli Energy Cooperation Act, passed two years ago by the U.S. Congress, is expected to launch at the upcoming Eilat-Eilot energy conference, to be held from February 17-19 in Eilat, Israel.
MCT Seeks Lease to Deploy Tidal Technology
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffTidal energy company, Marine Current Turbines (MTC) confirmed that it intends to apply for a lease from the Crown Estate to deploy its world-beating tidal technology in Scotland's Pentland Firth. Subject to financing and securing the necessary approvals, MTC ...
Video: Relationship Between Traditional Contractors and Renewable Energy Getting Stronger
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffWhen Tecta America's Mark Gaulin spoke with attendees at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo a few years ago, many businesses were unsure about how to enter the market. Now, says the company's Chief Operating Officer, most of the people ...
SMUD & Energy Commission Demonstrate Microgrid Technology
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffWith cost-sharing funds of US $1.5 million from the California Energy Commission, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) will begin demonstrating a new application for distributed energy resources known as a microgrid.
Plutonic Power & GE Submit $4B of Bids for Hydroelectric Projects
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffPlutonic Power Corporation joined with GE Energy Financial Services in submitting two bids for hydroelectric power projects costing more than US $4 billion, which would be Canada's largest single private sector hydroelectric generation investment.