We at Ethical Markets show private investments in solar growing without subsidies on our GREEN TRANSITION SCOREBOARD® by Tor Valenza a.k.a. “Solar Fred” It’s official. With the bankruptcies of Solyndra and Evergreen, two solar panel companies with unique premium solar PV technologies, the Market — with a capital M — …
China’s green economist stirring a shift away from GDP
Niu Wenyuan’s ‘quality index’ measures the economy not just by size, but by sustainability, social equality and ecological impact. Read more…
The Navigare Feature Story: An Update From Mongolia, A Greenhouse Stands
By Ken Dabkowski In the summer of 2010, a group of unlikely friends began to assemble and set out to pur- sue a crazy idea: Could we take an abundance of vodka bottles from the remote Mongolian countryside and use them to build a green- house? In just a year’s …
3 Factors Pushing an Energy-Efficiency Moon Shot, Why We Need a Green Standard for Natural Gas & More…
IF11 Preview: GE’s Mark Vachon on Lessons from the Ecomagination Challenge By Tilde Herrera In the run-up to our upcoming Innovation Forum, GE’s Mark Vachon explains how the Ecomagination Challenge changed the way GE does business and thinks about innovation.…Read More Click for the GreenBuzz newsletter…
Global Financial Reform Urgently Needed, Argentina Says at General Assembly
New York, Sep 21 2011 7:05PM In the face of the world financial crisis, Argentina called from the podium of the United Nations today for true economic reform to regulate run-away speculation and other factors undermining market stability, global development and well-being. “Speculation apparently has no brakes and can move …
Enhanced Broadband Roll-Out Targeted at UN Meeting of Regulators
New York, Sep 21 2011 9:05PM A United Nations meeting to speed the roll-out of broadband communications around the world opened in Colombia today with representatives of 192 countries seeking to share regulatory best practices at the global level. “With enhanced use of ICTs (information and communications technologies), citizens can …
Lib Dems vote in favour of nuclear windfall tax, plus the best of the week in green
Party calls on Chris Huhne to address windfall profits that will result from UK’s carbon floor price READ» Win free tickets to Green Business Checklist lecture Three pairs of tickets to give away for next week’s lecture on green business best practices READ» World Bank: Ditch fossil fuel subsidies to …
Important Monetary News Alert: Major, Historic Progress Was Made Today by Congressman Dennis Kucinich
On Wednesday September 21stCongressman Dennis Kucinich (D,Ohio, 10th District) took a crucial and heroic step to resolve our growing financial crisis and achieve a just and sustainable money system for our nation by introducing the National Emergency Employment Defense Act of 2011, abbreviated NEED. Read his announcement.
Economics Debunked: Chapter Two for Sixth Graders
Economics Debunked: Chapter Two for Sixth Graders Posted: 22 Sep 2011 01:35 AM PDT Readers gave high marks to Andrew Dittmer’s summary of a dense but very important paper by Claudio Borio and Piti Disyatat of the BIS and asked if he could produce more of the same. While Andrew, …
Press Release: Commodities Trading: Book Examines Discreet and Booming Swiss Industry
Commodities Trading: Book Examines Discreet and Booming Swiss Industry Zurich, 19 september 2011 Today marks the release of the controversial book “Rohstoff – Das gefährlichste Geschäft der Schweiz” (“Commodities: Switzerland’s Most Dangerous Business”). The fact-filled and groundbreaking analysis of the industry, as powerful as it is unknown, shows why resource-rich …