sábado, 28 de junio de 2008

Solar Energy Development PEIS Public Comment Form

http://solareis.anl.gov/involve/comments/index.cfm

BLM Initiates Environmental Analysis of Solar Energy Development

http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/newsroom/2008/may_08/NR_053008.html

Bipartisan Policy Center and National Commission on Energy Policy Staff

http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/ht/d/Staff/pid/229

Gas Price Crisis Could Revolutionize U.S. Workplace

http://www.workforce.com/section/00/article/25/61/46.php

4-day work week for Suffolk employees?

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=6159825

Freezing the sun

http://www.economist.com/world/na/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11637342

miércoles, 25 de junio de 2008

Climate Change and the Threat of Litigation:The Most Dangerous Litigation in America

http://www.legalreforminthenews.com/2008PDFS/AJP-SLF_Kivalina_5-13-08.pdf

Global climate change litigation Trifecta-Directors, CEOs, and general counsel take heed: the tort liability climate remains unpredictable.

http://www.directorship.com/stuff/contentmgr/
files/1/587093ea32eba152454933b12422f4ba/misc/litigation08.pdf

National Security and the Threat of Climate Change

http://securityandclimate.cna.org/report/
National%20Security%20and%20the%20Threat%20of%20Climate%20Change.pdf

JOINT HEARING 6/25: Intelligence Subcommittee and Select Committee to Examine National Security Implications of Global Warming

http://globalwarming.house.gov/mediacenter/
pressreleases_2008?id=0010#main_content

Nation's Spies: Climate Change Could Spark War

http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/
implications-for-national-security-global-agenda-2008/9506521/

martes, 24 de junio de 2008

US MAYORS-Video from the 76th Annual Meeting

http://www.usmayors.org/76thAnnualMeeting/
videolink.asp?video=satluncheon/01palmer

Rethinking the Country Life as Energy Costs Rise-Solar Autarchy in Suburbs

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/business/25exurbs.html?_r=1

Le village qui vise l'autarcie énergétique

http://www.lemonde.fr/sciences-et-environnement/article/2008/06/23/beckerich-le-village-qui-vise-l-autarcie-energetique_1061691_3244.html

Ending Excessive Speculation in Commodity Markets: Legislative Options

http://hsgac.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=b5b714c5-0b2e-4ab1-b1dc-2317a7d22e47

Energy Speculation-It´s greater Regulation necessary to stop price manipulation?

http://energycommerce.house.gov/cmte_mtgs/110-oi-hrg.062308.Witness.List.pdf

Top-Earning Petrocrats

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/06/0616_petrocrats/index_01.htm

Rising Gas & Energy Prices

http://speaker.gov/issues?id=0031

viernes, 20 de junio de 2008

Another silicon valley?-The rise of solar energy, in one form or another

http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11565636

Solar power costs to be competitive by 2015-study

http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN1738063420080617

Rahall Urges More Oil and Gas Production in Areas Already Open to Drilling

http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=391&Itemid=27

Talking Oil Politics-Drill or not to Drill

http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?play=1&video=772771334

USCAP-letter to Senators Bingaman (D-NM) and Domenici (R-NM)

http://www.us-cap.org/policystatements/BingamanDominiciLetteronUSCAP070608.pdf

The Economist-THE FUTURE OF ENERGY

http://audiovideo.economist.com/
?fr_story=aa6aecfa73f1cb7aba57572a3f11008e90f8dc9e&rf=bm

CEO Climate Policy Recommendations to G8 Leaders July 2008

http://www.weforum.org/pdf/environment/ceo_climate_recommendations_statement.pdf

Oil,Gas and Energy-Informed Investors

http://www.investorcalendar.com/IC/Search.asp?from=20&direction=-1&search=Advanced&Industry=Oil,%20Gas%20&%20Energy

BP-Informed Investors Forum

http://www.investorcalendar.com/IC/ClientPage.asp?ID=85297

miércoles, 18 de junio de 2008

Public fund officials defend their system

http://www.nasra.org/resources/Letter%20to%20Congress%200806.pdf

Public pension coalition writes to Congress

http://globalpensions.com/showPage.html?page=gp_display_news&tempPageId=800138

SOUTHERN AFRICA-First Network on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/62/16/40338550.pdf

Kentucky-Pension Reform

http://governor.ky.gov/pressrelease.htm?PostingGUID=
{8F7B55AA-085B-4C24-8C5E-4095E2FA9337}

The OECD Steering Group on Corporate Governance

http://www.oecd.org/document/42/0,2340,en_2649_37439_2048554_1_1_1_37439,00.html

Bush To Echo McCain's Plan To Drill In Oceans

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/17/bush-to-echo-mccains-plan_n_107707.html

Emanuel, Hinchey, Markey, Rahall to Introduce Legislation to Force Big Oil to Use Owned Leases

http://globalwarming.house.gov/mediacenter/pressreleases_2008?id=0004

Sanders discuss energy issues with Pickens and Rich Halvey of the Western Governors' Association

http://www.sanders.senate.gov/news/record.cfm?id=299283

martes, 17 de junio de 2008

Africa's deserts could supply solar electricity to continent

http://www.wbcsd.org/plugins/DocSearch/details.asp?type=DocDet&ObjectId=MzAzMDc

United States Solar Atlas—Dynamic Map

http://mapserve2.nrel.gov/website/L48NEWPVWATTS/viewer.htm

Full Committee Hearing: to examine the challenges and regional solutions to developing transmission for renewable electricity resources (SD 366)

http://energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?Fuseaction=
Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=7344491e-df7f-9a28-80ce-47fe52e63f1b

UN-Conflicts fuelled by climate change causing new refugee crisis

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/
2008/06/17/World_refugees_1706.pdf

UK David Cameron: The choice isn't between economy and environment

http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=news.story.page&obj_id=145279&speeches=1

Transmission and grid connectivity-meet the growing demand

http://energy.senate.gov/public/_files/KolevarTestimony061708.pdf

lunes, 9 de junio de 2008

OTC Derivatives Industry Working Group-Federal Reserve Bank of New York

http://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/news/markets/2008/participants.pdf

Big Japanese fund may shift assets

http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/
20080609/PRINTSUB/355142876/1031/TOC

Japan unveils new emissions target

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/09/japan.climatechange

Normal Retirement Age in Governmental Pension Plans

http://www.gfoa.org/downloads/PPN_NormalRetirementAgeRegExtension.pdf

Rural U.S. Takes Worst Hit as Gas Tops $4 Average

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/09/business/09gas.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

The Varying Impact of Gas Prices

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/06/09/business/20080609_GAS_GRAPHIC.html#tab1

Getting power from the people

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jun/06/microgeneration

domingo, 1 de junio de 2008

National Association of Manufacturers v. Taylor-Challenging "affiliated organizations" provision of Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007

http://www.nam.org/s_nam/bin.asp?CID=378&DID=240540&DOC=FILE.PDF

An Economic Assessment of the Lieberman-Warner

http://www.uschamber.com/issues/index/environment/080425_climatechange_event.htm

U.S. Files WTO Case Challenging EU Tariffs on Certain Technology Products

http://www.ustr.gov/Document_Library/Press_Releases/2008/May/US_Files_WTO_Case_Challenging_EU_Tariffs_on_Certain_Technology_Products.html

U.S. Chamber of Commerce put together a great chart on the regulatory apparatus

http://www.chamberpost.com/files/s.2191_hires.pdf

Hurricane high-risk areas have lost residents

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/hurricanes/2008-05-29-less-live-in-stormy-regions_N.htm