Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living
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- The council pension pots fuelling local futures instead of climate change Mon, 12 Oct 15, 9:39pmRenewable energy, social housing, infrastructure – there’s no shortage of ethical inspiration for local authorities divesting from fossil fuels
- First US public offering of solar bonds: can crowdfunding take clean energy to the next level? Thu, 16 Oct 14, 9:25amSolarCity just changed the way clean energy projects will be financed. Will retail investors give solar a boost?
- Organisations controlling £30bn are divesting from fossil fuels Tue, 23 Sep 14, 12:04amFrom Stanford University and the British Medical Association, to the Quakers organisations and wealthy individuals are shunning investments in dirty energy
- As Shell gears up to drill the Arctic, investors must ask serious questions Tue, 2 Sep 14, 9:30pmThe oil company has filed plans for offshore drilling but past safety blunders and operational failings in the region make it a high cost, high risk venture
- Whats driving millions of dollars back into energy efficiency? Fri, 8 Aug 14, 9:45pmFour reasons energy efficiency financing is back - and here to stay, according to Schneider Electrics chief marketing officer
- US Wildfire Fighting Budget Almost Spent with More Than Two Months Left of Fire Season Fri, 8 Aug 14, 4:30amWhile wildfires in the West are burning through the forests at a rapid pace, the U.S. Government is likewise burning through the money in a hurry trying to fight them. This week Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced...
- Deal of the century: buy out the US coal industry for $50bn Wed, 12 Mar 14, 4:00amWhat if Bloomberg, Branson and Grantham came together to buy out the coal industry, close and clean up the mines, retrain workers and accelerate the expansion of renewable energy?Would you make a one time $50 (£31) investment...
- Deal of the century: buyout the US coal industry for $50bn Wed, 12 Mar 14, 4:00amWhat if Bloomberg, Branson and Grantham came together to buyout the coal industry, close and clean up the mines, retrain workers and accelerate the expansion of renewable energy?Would you make a one time $50 (£31) investment...
- 'Unburnable' carbon fuels investment concerns Thu, 7 Nov 13, 6:00pmInvestors group with €7.3tn of assets asks energy giants about their exposure and response to the risk of falling demand for oil and coalFor the last decade, the energy industry has been convinced that demand for oil, gas...
- Could subsidies help the move to a greener economy? Wed, 7 Aug 13, 10:01pmGovernment subsidies for oil and gas outnumber those for renewables by six to one. Could a better use of subsidies combat climate change?The government is offering generous tax breaks to encourage investment into the UK's...
- Why councils could be the answer to the energy crisis Fri, 18 Jan 13, 12:45amWith rising fuel prices putting households under pressure, local government energy schemes provide an alternative solutionHow we generate and consume energy is now perhaps the most significant threat to economic and social...
- How to Get a Pipeline Built - Revisited Sun, 7 Nov 10, 1:50amThis is a post that was originally written in 2007.
- Information and Crude Complexity Sat, 21 Nov 09, 3:56pmThis is a guest post by WebHubbleTelescope. Scientific theories get selected for advancement much like evolution promotes the strongest species to survive. New theories have to co-exist with current ones, battling with each...
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- Umbrella View of Resource Depletion and Human Behaviour Mon, 13 Jul 09, 1:02amThis is a slide video of the presentation I asked Nate Hagens to give at the Oil Drum/ASPO Conference at Alcatraz, Italy in June 2009. It contains a concise summary of many issues related to depletion, energy supply, human...
- Ethical investing is about investing money so it benefits the environment as well people with an eye on the future.
- You can be green and eco with your money as well, plenty of options available.