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July 4 2009


 
2009-05-01 - -
Chicago May Get Largest U.S. Urban Solar Plant
On the south side of Chicago, a former industrial park is the proposed site of a $60 million project to add 10 MW of solar photovoltaic panels. Supporters say it will be the largest urban solar instal ...continue...
 
2009-05-01 - -
We Need to Make Good Jobs Out of Green Jobs
Last December, Republic Windows, maker of energy-efficient windows, gained worldwide attention when members of United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers (UE) Local 1110 occupied the plant after th ...continue...
 
2009-05-01 - -
Green Becoming a Tiebreaker in Shopping Decisions, Survey Finds
Green product attributes are evolving into an important brand differentiator for consumers and can serve as a tiebreaker for shoppers evaluating similar products, according to results of a new study f ...continue...
 
2009-04-21 - -
Ecologists Put Price Tag On Invasive Species
Invasive species can disrupt natural and human-made ecosystems, throwing food webs out of balance and damaging the services they provide to people. Now scientists have begun to put a price tag on this ...continue...
 
2009-04-21 - CSR - United States
Adapting Skills For The Green Tech Revolution
The recent multi-billion-dollar U.S. stimulus package is paving the way for a smarter national infrastructure, which will inevitably creates job, stimulate economic growth and drive innovation to buil ...continue...
 
2009-03-23 - -
Carbon Sinks Losing The Battle With Rising Emissions - Science Daily
The stabilising influence that land and ocean carbon sinks have on rising carbon emissions is gradually weakening, say scientists attending last week’s international Copenhagen Climate Change Co ...continue...

 
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2009-03-16 - development - International
 
2009-03-16 - sustainability - United Nations
 
2009-03-14 - food - United States
 
2009-03-14 - climate - International
 
2009-03-09 - economy - United States
 
2009-03-09 - food - European Union
 
2009-03-09 - climate - United States
 
2009-03-09 - policy - United States
 
2009-03-08 - technology - United States
 
2009-03-07 - economy - United States
 
2009-03-02 - CSR - International
 
2009-03-02 - climate - International
 
2009-03-02 - policy - United States

The Terra international reserve currency is the basis of the Terra International Monetary Union - the TIMU system. Each nation will have its carbon account become a line in their balance of payments which will be administered by the proposed World Central Bank (WCB), roughly in the same way as the European Central Bank does for the European Monetary Union. This bank with a democratically chosen Board of Governors will have two additional funct continue..

peopleandplanet
More than a decade after the world agreed a progressive agenda on population and development at the 1994 Cairo conference on the subject, today’s leaders are waking up to the reality of 15 wasted years. Cairo was almost unique in costing the mo continue..
 

Trust and confidence are the socio-psychological attributes that everyone  considers to be essential to get the local and global economies going. How do you build them if the population does not have confidence in their politicians, let alone continue..

There is an enormous amount of pain and suffering of millions of humans and other sentient fellow creatures on account of the synchronous crises in the global financial system and in the change of the climate. This unnecessary suffering will continue continue..

Mesoamerica's salamanders appear to be joining the global decline in amphibian species, like frogs, adding to the evidence of ecological change around the planet. "What's happening to salamanders and other amphibians may be a strong l continue..

Several of the 17 species of penguin worldwide are in trouble: they face the very real possibility of extinction in this century. Most people love penguins. Therefore, most people are in trouble, goes the logic.

It may seem a reach to sugg continue..

The ancient capital of Kyoto conjures up many images among international tourists, ranging from quiet rock gardens and temples to performing geisha. But since 1997, when it hosted the United Nations conference that forged the agreement on greenhouse continue..
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