Posted August 27, 2009 In This Issue GreenMedia Connect – Your Social Media Network The Internet Costs…Plenty……. Some Simple Facts About ISO 14001
Grid Scale Energy Storage: Technologies and Forecasts Through 2015
Posted August 27, 2009 GTM Research, the market research arm of Greentech Media, announces the publication of an important new market study, Grid-Scale Energy Storage, Technologies and Forecasts Through 2015. Read more…
Weekly Stock Monitor – 27 August 2009
Sustainability Solutions Weekly Stock Monitor 27 August 2009 In This Issue: Banks – Emerging Markets: China Stimulus UPDATE: Banks Face Potential Downgrade; Construction Firms Absorb Credit Diversified Chemicals: Styrene Set to Face Regulatory Hurdles; BASF, Dow Struggle to Divest Units Pharmaceuticals: Ghostwriting Accusations May Erode Trust in Pharmaceuticals Makers
National Women’s Business Council August 2009 Issue
The National Women’s Business Council released a new report this month featuring the major outcomes and recommendations from its April town hall meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. The seventh in a series of town hall meetings across the country, the discussions at the Atlanta event tackled timely themes like the implications …
Carnegie Council Policy Innovations: Japan election, Questioning gender equity in Japan; NEW: Infectious bioethics, Clinton Global Initiative, Motivation incentives
Japan election, Questioning gender equity in Japan; NEW: Infectious bioethics, Clinton Global Initiative, Motivation incentives; EVENT: China Reform Forum climate change delegation
How PHEVs and EVs Will Sabotage America’s Drive for Energy Independence
Tuesday I asked a frequent commenter and staunch electric vehicle advocate whether he ever questioned the ethics of building an EV that can save one owner 400 gallons of gas per year while using enough batteries to build ten Prius-class hybrids that could save their owners a combined total of …
“Challenges of the 21st Century,” Susan George, Speech at La Casa Encendida, November 2008
When this lecture series was decided by La Casa Encendida, I suppose the organisers did not expect the challenges of the XXI century to be quite so serious. The title of the whole series of this Cycle is “Los Retos del Siglo XXI”, [“Challenges of the 21st century”] and certainly …
“Economics of New Reactors and Alternatives,” Jim Harding, Harding Consulting, Carnegie/NPEC Conference, February 2009, Washington, DC
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“Global Commons Rising,” distributed to the G-20 Summit, Pittsburgh, Sept. 24-15, 2009, by the Commons Governance Research Group
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Last call for Comments: Deadline for Comments is August 29, Report to IMF EDs for the Fourth Pillar (Civil Society) Consultation on the Reform of IMF Governance
Dear Friends and Colleagues, Thank you to many of you who have already participated in the consultation by submitting recommendations, editing our submissions, and joining in videoconference discussions. The consultation process is nearing its completion. If you wish to participate in a meaningful way, we are requesting comments through Sunday, …