VentureBeat:
Finding out about a musician or a show has always been a three-, four- or even five-site process for me. First I’ll hit pollstar.com and see what shows are in the area on a given day. Scrolling through lists of venues and artists, I’ll see something like “BattleHooch” and follow the link to their home page. This page may (Read More)
TreeHugger:
Image credit: HopenhagenEditor's Note: This post is written by Andrew Winston, a globally recognized expert on how businesses can profit from thinking green and the co-author of the best-seller Green to Gold.Why Going Green—and the Climate Negotiations in Copenhagen—Matter Now More than EverFor the past few years, the busin (Read More)
TreeHugger:
Via Green IncHere's a promising project: Brazilian and Italian entrepreneurs are investing $114 million in a plan to convert bagasse, a waste product from sugar cane, into pellets that can be burned as fuel at your average, run-of-the-mill coal plant. By next year, utilities around the world will likely be getting thousands (Read More)
TreeHugger:
"A mirror facet for a solar dish is cut on a machine at Tower Automotive in Livonia, Mich." Photo: Stirling Energy SystemsFrom Rust Belt to Green BeltEconomic development officials from U.S. states that have been hit hard by decline in manufacturing (especially auto part makers), collectively known as the rust belt, are now (Read More)
Reuters:
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Private equity firm Middle East & Asia Capital Partners Pte (MEACP) plans to introduce a sharia-compliant investment vehicle to its clean energy fund to attract Islamic capital, a company executive said.
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www.guardian.co.uk:
A Conservative government would scrap the Export Credit Guarantee Department that invests in 'dirty' power stations and instead use the fund to encourage green technologyA Conservative UK government would bring to an end the practice of the government underwriting investment in "dirty" fossil fuel power stations around the (Read More)
The Guardian:
To my London friends it is a land of beheadings and bombings, but I know it as a place where hope and tolerance can flourishMy wife Zahra and I recently decided to move back to Pakistan. Many friends in London seem puzzled by our decision. That is understandable. Pakistan plays a recurring role as villain in the horror sub- (Read More)
Xconomy:
cleantech, Biotech, deals Luke Timmerman wrote: Seattle-based Bio Architecture Lab, the company using the emerging science of synthetic biology to make alternative fuels, has raised $8 million in its initial venture financing and secured a research collaboration with chemical giant DuPont to make biofuels from ocean se (Read More)
The Guardian:
The legitimate questions raised by Dispatches deserve better than to be dismissed as Islamophobia and antisemitismSo what's it like to go from being Britain's top Islamophobe (Dispatches' Undercover Mosque) to Britain's top antisemite (Dispatches' Inside Britain's Israel Lobby)? Well, it's a remarkably easy, not to say faci (Read More)
Earth2Tech:
Sure, buying stuff isn’t exactly good for the environment — all products take energy to make and ship and, thus, contribute to carbon emissions — but Black Friday is upon us, and we’ve decided to put together an Earth2Tech slant on the annual holiday gift guide. These gifts range from gadgets that are super energy-efficient (Read More)
Xconomy:
VC, deals, startups Robert Buderi wrote: The big picture is great. But at Xconomy, we also like the smaller details, which often fill in or round out the big picture—and make everything more clear. So it is when it comes to company financing rounds. We always bring you stories about the main venture deals in the region (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Labour has good progressive policies but they need to be delivered with convictionIt's 10pm on 6 May 2010 and the polls have just closed on election night.The news begins with a sensational item. Nick Robinson says that a BBC exit poll shows that a last-minute surge by Labour has left the result in the balance. If the exit (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Developing nations call for UN body to police battle on climate changeA green technology body with powers to direct a worldwide transition away from a high-carbon economy is needed to combat climate change, according to the world's developing nations. While most negotiations ahead of the UN's climate change summit in Copenh (Read More)