Super Committee Deadlock: Heads They Win, Tails We Lose Ellen Brown http://WebofDebt.com/articles November 17, 2011 It is no great surprise that with only days to go, the congressional “super committee,” given the herculean task of carving an additional $1.2 trillion out of the federal budget, has failed to reach agreement. …
Rio+20 Making it Happen: Volume 2, Issue 21, 21 Nov 2011
Volume 2, Issue 21 of Rio+20: Making it Happen focuses on the sustainable management of oceans and marine resources (blue economy), one of the seven priority issues to be addressed at the Conference. Among other related events, it also highlights the 22 November 2011 launch of the Conference’s communications strategy, …
Conference on Water Energy Food Nexus Sees Launch of New Water Initiative
Conference on Water Energy Food Nexus Sees Launch of New Water Initiative 18_November: The Bonn2011: Water Energy Food Nexus Conference, held in Bonn, Germany from 16-18 November 2011, launched the “International Water Stewardship Initiative.” continued… PROVIA Launches Survey on Prioritization of Research Objectives 15_November 2011: The Programme of Research on …
How Occupy Wall Street Really Got Started
With our thanks to Ben Bingham and in recognition of our TRANSFORMING FINANCE 2.0 meeting here November 18-20th, Editor: Hazel Henderson How Occupy Wall Street Really Got Started Meet the international activists who lit the fuse for the populist protest movement that’s sweeping the world. By Andy Kroll | Mon …
Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Elaine Cohen, CEO, Beyond Business, Israel
An interview from Emerging Markets ESG Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Elaine Cohen, CEO, Beyond Business, Israel – November 18, 2011 By Geoffrey on November 18, 2011 Each week Emerging Markets ESG publishes an interview entitled, “Five Questions about SRI.” The interview features a practitioner’s insights …
Time to Tackle Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Time to Tackle Fossil Fuel Subsidies By Daniel Kammen It is sadly no secret that progress has been slow to vanishing on reaching a meaningful deal on climate protection, which many had hoped would emerge from the 2009 Climate Convention in Copenhagen, or the 2010 meeting in Cancun, Mexico. As …
Latest News About Envision Solar – See the KUSI Interview!
Disclaimer: Two of the principals of Ethical Markets are investors in Envision Solar Dear Friends, Envision Solar International, Inc. (OTC BB:EVSI) would like to keep you updated on the latest news and updates about our current projects. Please take a few minutes to watch our most recent press release video …
Overcoming Hurdles to Clean Energy Commercialization
Overcoming Hurdles to Clean Energy Commercialization Posted: 20 Nov 2011 04:32 PM PST by David L. Levy In the absence of a global framework for regulating emissions, the future of the planet largely rests on choices by private firms and investors regarding which technologies to pursue and commercialize. Despite the …
New facts about employee ownership in November 2011
EFES NEWSLETTER – NOVEMBER 2011 Euroshareholders Euroshareholders is the organization of European shareholders associations. It was founded in 1992 while the European Federation of Employee Share Ownership was founded in 1998. Both organizations developed a good cooperation for many years, considering a number of common objectives regarding corporate governance in …
BYD Testing The EV Market In China
BYD Testing The EV Market In China Posted: 18 Nov 2011 08:38 AM PST Clean Energy Intel BYD at the Central China High-Tech Fair, Shenzhen, November 2009. Source: Wikipedia / Brucke-Osteuropa. Over the course of the past few weeks we have seen a couple of noteworthy developments at Chinese auto …