Triple Pundit:
Opportunity Green is off to a roaring start with some of the most thoughtful and engaging speakers in green business today. We’ll have an interview with Proctor & Gamble’s Len Sauers, thoughts on Hopenhagen, the LED revolution, a host of other reports soon. But first things first: Most conferences come with [...] (Read More)
TreeHugger:
Image credit: South Park/Comedy CentralAs I noted in my post on The Art of the Eco-argument, we're often better off leading our own lives than telling others how to lead theirs. In fact, if eco-snobbery is left unchecked, it could lead to a major backlash against the environmental movement. But, having recently noted some n (Read More)
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Tony Blair has called on the Australian state to get on the low carbon path and become a leader of the green economic revolution at a high level summit for business leaders and policy experts. (Read More)
TreeHugger:
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www.guardian.co.uk:
With National Ethical Investment Week about to start, Sarah Pennells guides newcomers through the three main types of fund and suggests where to go to find out moreYou recycle, switch off lights and have a water butt. But is your wallet green? Tomorrow sees the start of National Ethical Investment Week (NEIW), a campaign de (Read More)
The Guardian:
Rich countries bullying poorer ones, mud-slinging and back-stabbing - environmental summits can be viciousAt 8am on Wednesday 7 October, a smartly dressed fiftysomething Filipino woman took the escalator to the first floor of the UN building in Bangkok and merged into a throng of diplomats, civil servants and environmentali (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
About 20,000 people paid up to £125 each, but the Big Green Gathering was cancelled at the last minute. Months later some are still waiting for their moneyPeople who booked tickets for a leading green festival cancelled in July are growing worried they will not be refunded, even though some handed over their cash almost a y (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
In sleepy Sussex is a group of dedicated cryonicists who believe they hold the secret to eternal life. Simon Hattenstone joins them for a demonstration – but first they need to make sure the hosepipe isn't too leakyIn a bungalow in Peacehaven, by the east Sussex seaside, a 72-year-old man and his 62-year-old wife are planni (Read More)
The Guardian:
G20 nations should not plan their exit strategies from the life support measures they implemented in the midst of financial crisis until they can ensure recovery is sustainable, the chancellor said tonight."There can be no room for complacency among G20 countries this weekend," Alistair Darling told an audience in Edinburgh (Read More)
Mashable!:
Melissa Jun Rowley is a freelance entertainment correspondent for CNN, a writer for Causecast, and producer for “That Morning Show” on E! Entertainment. She is @MelissaRowley on Twitter and blogs at melissajunrowley.com.A cultural and corporate shift is taking place in the world. The result of things like the current econo (Read More)
Solar Feeds - All Solar News 24/7:
Green Collar jobs and sustainable industries are all the ragenowadays. But how do you get such enterprises off the ground – beforethey’re earning money? And how do you get the industries to the areaswhere people need the jobs? In California, one way they are addressingthis issue is with the Cleantech Innovation Cent (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
• Train service taken over from next Saturday• Public ownership will last for at least 18 monthsBack in the day, British Rail was synonymous with soggy sandwiches, late trains – or no services at all. Deserved or not, it was a reputation that became immortalised in the comedy, the Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin – every mo (Read More)
Solar Feeds - All Solar News 24/7:
Massachusetts-based solar cell manufacturer Evergreen Solar, bellwether of the Bay State’s push for clean energy, announced on Wednesday its plans to move solar panel assembly to China.The statement, appearing in the company’s filing of earnings for thethird quarter of 2009, arrives less than a year after Evergreen openedt (Read More)
Xconomy:
cleantech, energy, Software Bruce V. Bigelow wrote: Dave Paton and Dave Moody tell me they founded EESG, a San Diego cleantech startup also known as Energy Efficiency Systems Group, last year in anticipation that soaring energy prices would unleash strong demand for practical alternatives. But they didn’t focus on new (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Massive battery-maker Sanyo Electric is looking to be acquired by Panasonic — forming an almost invincible force in the energy storage space. Now, to make itself even more attractive as an acquisition, it’s hiking its investment in the solar and automotive battery segments of its business.The shift may have been motivated b (Read More)