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Archive for November, 2007

Termites and Biofuels

Monday, November 26th, 2007

I pulled this today from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s website…
Termite guts may hold key to better biofuels
Reuters, 21 November 2007 - The back-end of a termite is an odd place to look to solve the world’s energy crisis but scientists believe the insects’ guts may hold the key to better and cheaper [...]

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Consulting Firm Lead to Head World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Friday, November 16th, 2007

Well, we knew it was only a matter of time before at least A big consulting house lobbied for a seat at the table…
In my latest email newsletter from SAM, I see that
PricewaterhouseCoopers’ CEO was Appointed Chair of World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Per the newsletter, “The head of the world’s largest [...]

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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Today, Next 10 is releasing the California Green Innovation Index, an analysis of key economic and environmental indicators, developed over the last year with leading experts across the state to better understand the impact of green innovation on the economy and environment. The Index will track the State’s efforts to meet California’s landmark Global [...]

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Grid Divorce Just Got Easier

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Phillip Bane’s article ran under Industry News in smartgridnews this morning…it’s interesting.
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A new financing tool may accelerate the growth of microgrids and distributed generation. Along the way, it may make it much easier for customers to divorce themselves from the grid.
Under a Connecticut law passed in June, municipalities may now form “energy improvement districts” (EIDs) [...]

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Gore Joins Kleiner Perkins and Nixon Peabody Appoints Chief Sustainability Officer

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

Well, this is all interesting. I’ve been so buried with family stuff that I actually haven’t had time to think. However, now that I have a spare moment…so Gore’s going to help Kleiner Perkins with investments. That should be fun for him…and a law firm gets a CSO…(taking a page from Earth [...]

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Opportunity Green

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Anyone going to this?
http://www.opportunitygreen.com/speakers.php

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CNBC Europe to Broadcast Climate Change Debate in Sacramento

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

This was forwarded on to me:
The Sacramento Area Commerce and Trade Organization (SACTO) is pleased to announce that CNBC Europe has chosen Sacramento as the U.S. location for its next broadcasted debate on the policy issue of carbon-trading. The episode will end the 2007 series of debates, and the third season of “Questions [...]

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