Latino businesses have developed strategies to bring green jobs home By Maria Olga Pinochet Metrics like the Green Transition Scoreboard® record the increase in private investments in clean-tech enterprises with the most recent figures reflecting a $3.3 trillion influx of funds. Read more…
News from Apple & BMW; Plus a look at Sustainability and Big Data from SAP’s Scott Bolick
How Big Data Will Help Achieve Sustainability Goals As we look at Big Data through the lens of energy and sustainable operations, the questions are obvious. How do we harness this data to run businesses more sustainably and profitably? How will this data explosion enable new strategies? What are the …
Battle brews over California net metering | SmartPlanet Daily
A daily briefing of the newest stories on SmartPlanet, five days a week. Click for the full newsletter. —Crowdsourcing starts to clear away corporate cobwebs McKinsey reports companies are enhancing innovation with approaches such as internal ‘stock markets’ and Web forums. Read the full story
‘Inclusive Innovation’ Offers Opportunity for the Financial Sector to Grow and Re-engage with Society: New Report
“Backing into the Future of Finance Looking Through the Rearview Mirror !” This report is a cautious, status quo view, somewhat behind the curve . Hazel Henderson, Editor” Embargo: 09:00 EST, December 16 2011 ‘Inclusive Innovation’ Offers Opportunity for the Financial Sector to Grow and Re-engage with Society: New Report …
The 4 E’s of a New Energy Economy
By Governor Bill Ritter, Jr When I was running for Governor of Colorado in 2006, I made an audacious claim: Colorado could become a leader in clean-energy research, production, and innovation. Today, just five years later, in many respects that goal has come true… Read more…
A petition to The United States House of Representatives, The United States Senate and President Barack Obama
“Forgiving the student loan debt of all Americans will have an immediate stimulative effect on our economy. With the stroke of the President’s pen, millions of Americans would suddenly have hundreds, or in some cases, thousands of extra dollars in their pockets each and every month with which to spend …
Latest FFD-Africa newsletter on Foresight and the Economy
Foresight and the Economy The future of economies is a source of great uncertainty and concern globally. How will Africa engage with the questions, opportunities and challenges, and how can the continent adapt to unfolding futures? What will the implications be? How can Africa move forward and become economically stronger …
US Still Net Exporter of Solar to China
US Still Net Exporter of Solar to China Posted: 28 Sep 2011 12:50 PM PDT by Clean Energy Intel Following the announcement that CIGS solar start-up Solyndra had declared Chapter 11, I published an article suggesting that although this was clearly not good news, the overall solar sector in the …
Vinod Khosla on Innovation and Startups in Greentech – GTM Daily Newsletter
Vinod Khosla on Innovation and Startups in Greentech “Only small companies do impressive things.” One Step Closer to Vehicle-to-Grid? NRG Energy teams up with the University of Delaware to develop vehicle to grid for fleets—and then for everyone. Elevance Enters Green Chemicals’ IPO Goldrush Transforming plant-based oils into high-value chemicals …
After Solyndra and Evergreen, Welcome to the Age of Solar PV Commoditization (And 5 Things You Can Do About It) :
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 — …