CIRCLE Newsletter November 2008

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Welcome to CIRCLE! CIRCLE is a European Networking project aiming at implementing a European Research Area (ERA) in the field of climate change and adaptation research. The aim of CIRCLE as an ERA-NET is described on our website: www.circle-era.net. Contents CIRCLE news Other news Congresses and other announcements 1. CIRCLE …

Recent Announcements Will Spark Electric Car Sales

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The last couple of days have given us major announcements of electric car infrastructure projects. As the keynote speaker at the L.A. Auto Show, Nissan (NSANY) CEO Carlos Ghosn announced a partnership with the Oregon Transportation Department and Portland General Electric to install charging stations around the state. Nissan will …

FOUR WORLDS CHAIRMAN AND OTHER INDIGENOUS LEADERS AND YOUTH ACROSS HEMISPHERE UNITE IN MAYAPUR, INDIA

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November 30 – December 05, 2008 White Rock, British Columbia, November 2008 -This November 29th – December 5th, 2008, in Mayapur, India, Four Worlds International Institute (FWII) Chairman Phil Lane Jr. and other Indigenous leaders and youth from across the Western Hemisphere will join 300 interfaith leaders from 44 countries …

Money, Markets and Climate Change

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Dr. Shann Turnbull International Institute for Self-Governance November 24, 2008 Climate change has been identified as “The biggest market failure the World has ever seen”, (Stern 2006). This paper identifies the cost of finance as an influential element of this market failure and how it can be removed. One approach …

Making Capitalism Work for Main Street

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Copyright 2008 by Thornton Parker Some of Barack Obama’s challenges come in bunches like grapes. A large bunch includes the aging baby boom, the struggling middle class, and declining manufacturing. Instead of treating each individually with government programs, a better approach is to make capitalism work as it should by …

PNN News Update 18

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Hope Floats for “Carbon Sinks” As of November 24, 2008, the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere is up to 387.968 ppm1, the highest it’s been for at least 650,000 years, and the rate of increase is ever accelerating. Scientists believe that these devastating figures could signal that the earth’s natural …

Wind Companies: Beaten Down, Time to Buy

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By Nick Hodge | Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 Dear Energy and Capital Reader, I don’t know how long they can stay this low. I’m referring to the three wind stocks I’ve recommended to the savvy readers of the Alternative Energy Speculator.

Arthur D. Little releases water management report

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A new report from global management consultancy Arthur D Little warns businesses that merely adopting a reactive response to water management can damage corporate performance. The report provides several illustrations of how water affects businesses’ financial performance – such as at Électricité de France (EDF), which was hit by losses …