Posted by admin in Business, Eco, Environment, Green on 03 11th, 2010 | No Comments
Gearing Up for a $40 Trillion ‘Green’ Tech Boom
Gearing Up for a $40 Trillion ‘Green’ Tech Boom
Patrick Dixon, Chair of the Nordic Business Awards at the London Stock Exchange, speaks about the economic impact of the movement toward all things “green” and “sustainable.” The awards, in March 2010, were organized by UK Trade and Investment, a branch of the UK government. Go...
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Posted by admin in Business, Green on 03 10th, 2010 | No Comments
How to Embed Sustainability Into Your Company’s DNA
How to Embed Sustainability Into Your Company’s DNA
"The 21st Century Corporation: The Ceres Roadmap for Sustainability" makes the business case for why companies should be rethinking their corporate structures, processes and performance, while also offering advice and case studies of how companies are putting these practices to work. Read...
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Posted by in Business, Environment on 03 9th, 2010 | No Comments
Finding the Key to Subsidizing Solar Power
Finding the Key to Subsidizing Solar Power
Photo via International Rivers The International Herald Tribune has an interesting (if embarrassingly headlined–in the print edition, they went all-out for an Icarus reference) look at the boom and bust of the Spanish solar industry today . Basically, in a rush to jumpstart a pioneering solar...
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Posted by in Environment on 03 9th, 2010 | No Comments
Pre-Dinosaur Era Plant Specimens Brazenly Stolen
Pre-Dinosaur Era Plant Specimens Brazenly Stolen
This photo, via The Telegraph , shows just how difficult it is to move one of the large, primitive cycads. Important specimens from one of the world´s oldest and rarest species of plant were stolen last weekend, covert ops style, from a botanical garden in South Africa. The species, cycads, is so old,...
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Nitrogen’s Impact on Public Health
Nitrogen’s Impact on Public Health
Image credit: Grist Imagine a hot summer day in a town surrounded by glistening pools of water. Now imagine that no one is swimming—that they can’t because the water has been contaminated with a potentially dangerous, yet common, pollutant. For many, this terrible thought is a reality and...
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Posted by admin in Business, Green Tech on 03 9th, 2010 | No Comments
Businesses offer best path to money in smart grid
Dozens of companies are developing tools to get consumers involved in home energy management, but businesses are easier customers to serve, say smart-grid execs. Read more from the original source:  Businesses offer best path to money in smart grid
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Posted by admin in Business, Environment on 03 9th, 2010 | No Comments
Roundup: E-waste, Chevron, JP Morgan
Roundup: E-waste, Chevron, JP Morgan
New Webpage Helps Brand Managers Tackle Retailers’ Sustainability Requirements Five Winds PNW Takes Fast Route to Dirty Truck Cleanup Triple Pundit I.B.M. Opens Energy Lab in Beijing NY Times Largest Container Ship Operator Pledges To Cut CO2 Emissions by 20% Gas 2.0 J.P. Morgan cuts solar cos...
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Posted by admin in Environment on 03 9th, 2010 | No Comments
Post-Consumer Rigid Plastics Recycling Grows 11% in 2008
Post-Consumer Rigid Plastics Recycling Grows 11% in 2008
More than 361 million pounds of post-consumer rigid plastics were collected for recycling nationwide in 2008, up nearly 11 percent from 2007, according to a report released by the American Chemistry Council (ACC). Scientists also may have found a way to develop biodegradable plastics and extend the...
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Posted by admin in Business, Eco, Environment, Green on 03 8th, 2010 | No Comments
Execs Share Best Practices in Carbon Management, ‘Green’ Marketing
Execs Share Best Practices in Carbon Management, ‘Green’ Marketing
The ECO:nomics conference, hosted March 5 by the Wall Street Journal, yielded some best practices for businesses hoping to reduce their energy use and carbon footprint, as well as some tips in “green” marketing. Participants broke up into groups to discuss what works and what does not. Here’s...
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Posted by admin in Business, Green Tech on 03 8th, 2010 | No Comments
Tuning the energy innovation engine at MIT
This year’s MIT Energy conference provided showcase for energy entrepreneurs as investors and executives grappled with how to make giant energy business cleaner. Read more here: Tuning the energy innovation engine at MIT
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