June 5, 2012 – Click for the story Region needs to dramatically increase its investment in climate change adaptation and mitigation in the coming decades Latin America and the Caribbean face annual damages in the order of $100 billion by 2050 from diminishing agricultural yields, disappearing glaciers, flooding, droughts and other …
Tesla’s Gift Box – Inefficiency Wrapped in Hype
Tesla’s Gift Box – Inefficiency Wrapped in Hype Posted: 02 Jun 2012 12:06 AM PDT John Petersen Congratulations! You’ve been appointed Energy Czar for the island of Self Sufficiency; a wonderful place that can satisfy the bulk of its energy needs from domestic resources, but needs to import gasoline for …
Financing Social and Environmental Innovation
Impact investors, venture philanthropists and Impact Investing ecosystem members are working to reform traditional financial systems. By linking investment and financing to quantifiable measures of social and environmental returns, the investment ecosystem is setting the stage for a more sophisticated framework that will scale impact and inclusive growth through efficient capitalization …
Just released on Amazon “2012 Global Cleantech Directory” by Shawn Lesser
The 2012 Cleantech Directory is your Cliff Notes to the cleantech industry. It’s a quick resource guide on recent clean technology developments, initiatives, and influencers around the world. This book spotlights those achievements and offers people an easy way to stay informed about the most exciting things happening in cleantech …
How Much Energy Does the Internet Use?
How Much Energy Does the Internet Use?Posted: 01 Jun 2012 09:08 AM PDT Manipulating electricity, image by Storm Crypt “No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.” It’s a funny email signature, but how many inconvenienced electrons does …
Thirteenth Meeting of the UN Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea
Thursday, 31 May 2012 On Thursday, the Consultative Process convened for a morning plenary session to discuss: a general exchange of views on marine renewable energies (MREs); inter-agency cooperation and coordination; the process for the selection of topics and panelists so as to facilitate the work of the General Assembly; …
We don’t have to hit the wall. Free Energy solutions abound.
We don’t have to hit the wall. Free Energy solutions abound. Posted: 02 Jun 2012 11:00 PM PDT Filed under: Energy News Top 5 solid state; New Germany launching Posted: 02 Jun 2012 11:00 PM PDT Filed under: Energy News Sterling’s Weekly Free Energy Review on SmartScarecrow Show: May 31, 2012 Posted: …
United Nations kept the light on, as Rio+20 negotiations continued through the weekend
By Martha J. Shaw, Earth Advertising CSRwire correspondent to the United Nations Rarely is a more diverse collection of people found under one roof than the 500 or so working around the clock this weekend at the United Nations to hash out the document going to the Rio+20 ‘Earth Summit’ …
Interview with Task Force Director Raymond Baker: The Failures Of Our Economic System
Interview with Task Force Director Raymond Baker: The Failures Of Our Economic SystemUK: Why Information Exchange Beats Withholding Taxes Every Time A Sea Change In Switzerland ONE Campaign Ad Takes Aim At Efforts To Weaken The European Transparency Law For The Extractive Industries South Korea’s Corrupt Pastimes: Baseball, Politics, and …