GE’s Gas-Fired Plants Could Enable More Wind and Solar Power

kristyResource Efficiency

GE’s Gas-Fired Plants Could Enable More Wind and Solar Power “We have a lot to understand about when we transform to a varying supply.” New Fuel Economy Labels May Give a Boost to Electric Vehicles The feds update the sticker and issue a plan to go alternative with the government’s …

How to Supply Sustainable Electricity to World’s Billions of “Energy Poor” People

kristyGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership and UN-Energy How to Supply Sustainable Electricity to World’s Billions of “Energy Poor” People Small-scale electricity projects in Patagonia villages may light global path; Formula for Successful Public-Private Partnerships Detailed at UN; 2012: UN “International Year of Sustainable Energy for All” New York – How can …

Recycling Rates of Metals: A Status Report

Ethical MarketsReports You Need

The recycling of non-renewable resources is often advocated as the solution to potentially restricted supplies. It is indeed true that every kilogram of resources that is successfully recycled obviates the need to locate and mine that kilogram from virgin ores. Unfortunately, however, and notwithstanding their potential value, industrial and consumer …

International Resource Panel launches metals recycling report

Ethical MarketsGreentech

Available on www.ethicalmarkets.com on Thursday, May 26, 2011. Failure to recycle many metals around the world not only causes wasted resources and environmental damage, it threatens shortages of elements essential to modern technologies, according to the first-ever comprehensive analysis of the problem. Read the full press release…

Today’s Study: Steady Wind In A Changing Climate

kristyGreentech

NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines click here for main page: http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/ Today At Newenergynews, May 24: * Today’s Study: Steady Wind In A Changing Climate * Quick News, May 24: Recovery Act Building Ev Chargers; New Energy On Public Land; Feds End New Energy Loan Backing; A D.C. Energy Deal? Yesterday * …

G8 Summit Must Deliver on Jobs – ITUC OnLine

kristyReforming Global Finance

INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) ITUC OnLine 106/250511 G8 Summit Must Deliver on Jobs Brussels, 25 May 2011 (ITUC OnLine): This week’s G8 Summit of World Leaders must deliver leadership to end the global jobs crisis, according to the world’s trade unions. Over 30 million people who lost their jobs …

New eceee snapshot report on target setting

kristyResource Efficiency

25 May 11 – eceee today published a study on national target setting. The study provides a snapshot of the current use of energy saving targets and opinions about these across the EU, and is based on a broad survey and stakeholder consultation. eceee also opened a page on EU …

Introducing the third commons

kristyGlobal Citizen, Wealth of Networks

A publication from P2P Introducing the third commons Reflection on the three commons: from the digital commons to the common stock commons Most readers will be familiar with two types of commons, which have often been discussed. The first commons is the natural commons, consisting of all that nature and …

Teaching Happiness: The Prime Minister of Bhutan Takes on Education

kristySustainability News

Teaching Happiness: The Prime Minister of Bhutan Takes on Education interviewed by Dahlia Colman With a shift to democracy in 2008, many in Bhutan are worried about the consequences of increasing globalization and modernization. Now, Bhutan?s first prime minister is attempting to radically transform the country?s education system to fight …