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New Book Summary: Smart Power Business Models for a Smarter Grid
Jun 9th
Jun 8, 2010
Editor’s note: I first met Peter Fox-Penner in the early 2000s, just as the Smart Grid was getting off the ground. On his own and with colleagues from The Brattle Group, he has since made many seminal contributions to the national dialog. But I think his new book, Smart Power: Climate Change, the Smart Grid, and the Future of Electric Utilities, is the most important thing he has done yet.
Peter’s book is not just required reading. It is required re-reading. Twice at a minimum, especially the chapters on new business models. As I have discussed elsewhere, finding better business models is the More >
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Loading ...TX House Committee on State Affairs (May 12): “green” technologies, climate change
May 3rd
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
State Affairs
TIME & DATE:
11:00 AM, Wednesday, May 12, 2010
PLACE:
JHR 140
CHAIR:
Rep. Burt Solomons
The House Committee on State Affairs will meet to hear invited testimony
only on interim charges 2, 3, and 5.
Interim Charge 2: Examine of state policy on “green” technologies for all
state buildings and costs associated with such implementation.
Interim Charge 3: Monitor federal legislation and regulatory initiatives
pertaining to climate change and its effects on utilities and consumers.
Consider Texas’ response to proposals and make recommendations as to any
further preparations.
Interim Charge 5: Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee’s
jurisdiction.
Invited testimony only.
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Free Webcast: Climate Change and Business Success (FEB 23)
Feb 19th
and Business Success Tuesday 23rd February 2010 5.00pm GMT, 9.00am PST, 12.00pm EST
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>> How can an environmental strategy benefit your business? >> What are the costs and challenges of GHG emission compliance? >> Can there be truly green business models? Adapting businesses to the demands of climate change mitigation is a huge challenge, but one that can not only improve levels of environmental impact, but also enhance brands, motivate employees, increase operational efficiencies, and save money. This Earthcast will examine the challenges posed by measuring, reducing, and offsetting emissions and the innovative solutions to common challenges currently being employed by More > (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...
Pentagon to Include Climate Change in Major New Defense Review
Feb 1st
Published on February 1st, 2010
Reporter Roxana Tiron of The Hill picked this up over the weekend: the U.S. Department of Defense (aka the Pentagon) will include an analysis of climate change in the Quadrennial Defense Review(QDR), a comprehensive strategic analysis which is set for release today.
The branches of the U.S. armed forces have been busy acting on climate change for years, most notably the U.S. Army (and within that, the Army Corps of Engineers), theU.S. Navy, and the U.S. Air Force. Tiron reports that today’s QDR will mark the first time that the Pentagon itself recognizes climate change as a factor in global instability and U.S. More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Bill Gates Sinks $4.5M into ‘Transparent’ Climate Change Research
Feb 1st
February 1, 2010
Bill Gates is investing at least $4.5 million of his own money into geoengineering research, aimed at combating global climate change, with an emphasis on transparency, reports Wired. At the same time, in light of the hacked climate e-mails, a former Commander of the Pacific fleet is asking President Obama Administration to establish an independent panel to evaluate the link between climate change and security.
Administered by two high-level scientists at the forefront of geoengineering research, climate scientist Ken Caldeira, of Stanford’s Carnegie Department of Global Ecology, and physicist David Keith of the University of Calgary will decide which technologies More >
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