U.S. Forest Service Plans to Lift Roadless Area Protections
Bush administration intends to remove existing legal protections from over 4.4 million acres
Bush administration intends to remove existing legal protections from over 4.4 million acres
Dutch company uses pipes under roads to heat water for use elsewhere
Suntech to distribute Andalay Panels in Europe, Japan and Australia
Hoku or SANYO may terminate the supply agreement if financing for polysilicon plant is not secured by February 15
Actionable strategies for transition from a transition from the petro/electric economy to fully electric
Move is part of company's plan to narrow focus
Acquisition of BioEnergy Corp. will increase ethanol output in 2008
NYMEX Leads Venture with Evolution Markets, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, JPMorgan, Merrill Lynch, Tudor Investment Corp., ICAP, and Constellation Energy
Service and technology provider for environmental and cap-and-trade markets to receive undisclosed investment
The time is ripe for a return to the sanity of a slower, steady-state economy that celebrates ‘human beings’ rather than ‘human doings’, says Satish Kumar, editor of UK-based Resurgence Magazine and founder of Schumaker College. On a recent visit to Australia, he noted a change in awareness from his visit a decade ago. Rather than a total fixation on short-term economic growth, he was heartened to find that people are more cognizant of the urgency of climate change and of the failure of the West’s social, political and economic systems to deal with conflict, poverty and resource depletion. ”People are ready for some more deep and profound transformation. This is a very encouraging and hopeful sign. Some pessimists say we are at the point of no return, but I say it’s a return to a more sustainable, more joyful, a more elegantly simple lifestyle.” So long as we avoid disempowering attitudes of doom and gloom, this awakening could lead to a new world order that makes the economy subservient to ecology, and no longer the other way around. How we are to realize this, he suggests, is by creating a culture of non-violence toward the earth and toward one’s […]