AMERICANS REJECTED 'DRILL, BABY, DRILL.' BUSH SHOULD RESPECT OUR CHOICE Source: www.onearth.org By Robert Redford Part of the change Americans just voted for in overwhelming numbers was to move away from the failed energy philosophy of "drill, baby, drill" to a more farsighted strategy, emphasized by Barack Obama, based on clean, renewable energy and efficiency. Yet on the very day that we raised our voices for change, the Bush administration dragged us in the opposite direction. The... Read Full Story
Society's plastic bag usage is estimated at well over 500 billion plastic bags annually, or almost 1 million per minute. Plastics do not biodegrade. They'll accumulate and persist on our planet for up to 1,000 years. Plastic bags cause over 100,000 sea turtle and other marine animal deaths every year when animals mistake them for food. Read the facts and figures regarding the true cost of plastic bags. Each high quality reusable bag you use has the potential to eliminate an average of 1,000... Read Full Story
One day before the World Financial Summit to be held on 15 November in Washington, the President of the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Pöttering, called on European Union representatives attending to flesh out the European economic model of the social market economy.
Mr Pöttering said:
“The World Financial Summit is a major opportunity, provided that it sends out the right signals for the required action. The key players must take action, as the financial crisis has shown that the market... Read Full Story
Concord, MA - November 8, 2008 — The Patient Capital Collaborative ‘07, LP, the first in a series of investment funds designed for the Investors’ Circle (IC) community/members is pleased to announce two investments; a new investment in Montana Renewables (”MR”) and an add-on investment for existing portfolio company Ocean Renewable Power Company (”ORPC”).
The PCC ‘07 is a unique portfolio of investments that derives its deal flow from the Investors’ Circle deal screening process. MR and ORPC... Read Full Story
Do wall warts matter? Lets’ try something unique. I’ll use actual data to see if we can save the planet by unplugging wall transformers. Step one – Measure wall wart power utilization. Remember that Volts x Amps = Watts, and Watts are what we care about. Your power company charges you for kilowatt-hours. (One thousand watts for one hour is a kWh). Start with one clamp-on AC ammeter, one line splitter with a 10x loop (the meter measures 10x actual current)and one wall wart (a... Read Full Story
