Posted: 01 Jun 2010 03:42 PM PDT This summer, piloted by Captain Allan Judd, Bullet 580 will usher in the return of inflatable giant airships. The 235 ft long and 65ft diameter ship is covered with a type of Kevlar, a material 10 times-stronger than steel but only one sixteenth …
ATP chief to chair €5trn investor climate change group
RI News Flash: › ATP chief to chair €5trn investor climate change group Click for the rest of the newsletter…
CANADIAN FOREST INDUSTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS SIGN WORLD’S LARGEST CONSERVATION AGREEMENT APPLYING TO AREA TWICE THE SIZE OF GERMANY
TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2010, Toronto/Montreal, Canada – Today 21 member companies of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), and nine leading environmental organizations, unveiled an unprecedented agreement – the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement – that applies to 72 million hectares of public forests licensed to FPAC members. The Agreement, when fully implemented, will conserve significant areas of Canada’s vast Boreal Forest, protect threatened woodland caribou and provide a competitive market edge for participating companies. Click here for the full article (PDF)…
NewNet Clean Energy Investor Newsletter
2 June 2010 DEALS NEWS… Areva acquires remaining stake in German wind turbine manufacturer Multibrid Fisker Automotive closes $189m funding round, reports say Acquisition of two additional biomass power plants push Cycleenergy’s capacity to 70MW Click here for the newsletter…
Financial Times: Taking a Closer Look at the Flash Crash
From Barry Ritholtz Posted: 02 Jun 2010 08:30 AM PDT There is a fascinating discussion on the FT, looking for possible causes of the flash crash of May 6th: “During the 2008 financial crisis, trading in the equity markets “continued without a significant hitch. This is in contrast to …
Searching for Sustainability – A New Report from the Tellus Institute
The global future lies before us as a highly uncertain and contested landscape. This study examines four contrasting possibilities in quantitative detail, revealing vividly the risks of conventional approaches and the dangers of descent. At the same time, the paper underscores that a Great Transition scenario, a turning toward a …
Americans and the World in Difficult Times
By Steven Kull This paper was first presented on May 14th, 2010 at the Center for International Security Studies Second Annual Symposium at Princeton University