US CHAMBER-Omnibus Public Land Management Act

http://www.chamberpost.com/files/081030_OmnibusPublicLandManagementAct_Senate.pdf

People-power a step closer in energy bill

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/oct/31/renewable-energy-micro-generation-national-grid

George Miller-"We know that 401(k) holders lack critical information about how their money is managed and what fees they pay"

http://www.house.gov/ed_workforce/statements/2008-10-07-GMHearingStatement.pdf

Investment Company Institute-Defined Contribution Plan Distribution Choices at Retirement

http://www.ici.org/home/rpt_08_dcdd.pdf

American Benefits Council-10-Point Plan to Help Employees and Retirees and to Strengthen the Economy and the Retirement System

http://www.americanbenefitscouncil.org/documents/10pt-plan-web_102208.pdf

Saving Retirement in the Face of America’s Credit Crises:Short Term and Long Term Solutions

http://edlabor.house.gov/testimony/2008-10-07-TeresaGhilarducci.pdf

Guaranteed retirement accounts

http://www.sharedprosperity.org/bp204/bp204.pdf

Direct from the candidates

http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081027/REG/810249957

Australian Economic Growth Little Hurt by Carbon Plan

http://www.treasury.gov.au/lowpollutionfuture/summary/downloads/Australias_Low_Pollution_Future_Summary.pdf

CDS blamed for 401(k) losses

http://globalpensions.com/showPage.html?page=gp_display_news&tempPageId=822969

401(k) plans could be facing a total revamp

http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081027/PRINTSUB/310279971/

Wal-Mart wins dismissal of 401(k) lawsuit

http://globalpensions.com/showPage.html?page=gp_display_news&tempPageId=823155

Renewable Energy Measures on the 2008 Ballot

http://www.ncsl.org/programs/legismgt/statevote/renewableenergymeasures.htm

Renewable energy debuts on ballots

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-10-29-ballot-proposals_N.htm

L'énergie solaire prend un nouveau départ au Japon

http://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2008/10/28/l-energie-solaire-prend-un-nouveau-depart-au-japon_1111919_3244.html

Google’s Green Agenda Could Pay Off

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/technology/internet/28google.html

Special First Again Loans for Solar and Environment Projects

http://www.reuters.com/article/blogBurst/environment?type=environmentNews&w1=B7ovpm21IaDoL40ZFnNfGe&w2=B8dTgJxsl2aP4igJ50LB7l1&src=blogBurst_environmentNews&bbPostId=B8Pv2di52fgWB41TbNr6nmpFCz7Gtri60dHAgCz4LcEKcn3qZv&bbParentWidgetId=B8dTgJxsl2aP4igJ50LB7l1

China sets price for cooperation on climate change

http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE49R10T20081028

GM to suspend 401(k) payments

http://globalpensions.com/showPage.html?page=gp_display_news&tempPageId=822727

How Green Is the High Court?

http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202425506940

Sun + Water = Fuel: Sunlight can turn water into hydrogen. If the process can scale up, it could make solar power a dominant source of energy

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/21536/?a=f

The Climate Collaboratorium: Harnessing Collective Intelligence to Address Climate Change Issues

http://cci.mit.edu/collaboratorium.pdf

AARP and business groups lobby hard for bailout package

http://thehill.com/business--lobby/
aarp-and-business-groups-lobby-hard-for-bailout-package-2008-10-01.html

15 CSU campuses to get solar power

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/
la-mew-solar23-2008oct23,0,1453462.story

AARP-Comparison of 401(k) Participants' Understanding of Model Fee Disclosure forms

http://www.aarp.org/research/financial/ira/fee_disclosure.html

US CHAMBER-Investment Advice—Participants and Beneficiaries

http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/pdf/cmt-10070813.pdf

Investment Advice � Participants And Beneficiaries NPRM

http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/regs/cmt-investment-advice.html

US CHAMBER-Proposed Rule on Fiduciary Requirements for Disclosure in Participant-Directed Individual Account Plans

http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/pdf/cmt-09090805.pdf

Fiduciary Requirements For Disclosure In Participant-Directed Individual Account Plans

http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/regs/cmt-fiduciaryrequirements.html

Energy Ballot Initiatives Around the Nation

http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/
energy-ballot-initiatives-around-the-nation

Governor Corzine Introduces New Energy Master Plan

http://www.nj.gov/governor/news/news/2008/approved/20081022a.html

Chamber of Commerce Irks Democrats with Big Push for GOP

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122480659803164965.html

Pension funds can make a difference

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2a4e7436-917b-11dd-b5cd-0000779fd18c,dwp_uuid=4458dce6-9161-11dd-b5cd-0000779fd18c.html

Report: Climate-change investing to hit $650 billion

http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081022/DAILY/810229957/1032/ONLINENEWS

La Rue Vs DeWolff-GM puts brakes on salaried 401(k) contributions

http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081023/DAILY/810239986

21st Century Disclosure Initiative's strategic plan

http://www.sec.gov/spotlight/disclosureinitiative/strategic_plan.ppt

CERES-Comments on Roundtable on Modernizing the SEC’s Disclosure System

http://www.sec.gov/comments/4-567/4567-20.pdf

Roundtable on Modernizing the SEC's Disclosure System

http://www.sec.gov/comments/4-567/4-567.shtml

UNEP-Green Jobs: Towards Decent Work in a Sustainable, Low-Carbon World

http://www.unep.org/labour_environment/PDFs/Greenjobs/UNEP-Green-Jobs-Report.pdf

UNEP FI-Over 160 institutions signatories

http://www.unepfi.org/signatories/index.html

Alternative Energy Suddenly Faces Headwinds

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/21/business/21energy.html

OVERSIGHT-Reveals EPA Record of Court Losses, Opposes Legally Flawed Rule to Weaken Pollution Controls

http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=2253

Saving the Working Class with Green-Collar Jobs

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1852183,00.html

El futuro fija la vista en la microgeneración

http://www.diariovasco.com/20081020/al-dia-local/futuro-fija-vista-microgeneracion-20081020.html

Argentine govt mulls private pension fund takeover

http://globalpensions.com/showPage.html?page=gp_display_news&tempPageId=821615

UK Government response: The Powers of the Pensions Regulator – Amendments to the anti-avoidance measures in the Pensions Act 2004

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/consultations/2008/govt-response-powers-pensions-regulator-oct08.rtf

Financial crisis pushes candidates to weigh in candidates to weigh in on 401(k)s

http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081021/REG/810219992/1005

A.F.L.-C.I.O. Targets Seniors

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/politics/retiree.pdf

GAO-EPA Needs to Improve the Accuracy and Transparency of Measures Used to Report on Program Effectiveness

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081111r.pdf

SEC Announces October 29 Roundtable on Mark-to-Market Accounting

http://sec.gov/news/press/2008/2008-252.htm

US Solar America Cities

http://www.solaramericacities.energy.gov/Cities.aspx

AUSTRALIA-Litigation prods governments into action on climate

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24507653-11949,00.html

AUSTRALIA-Solar rebates go sky high

http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/solar-rebates-go-sky-high/2008/10/18/1223750399505.html

AUSTRALIA-Renewable Energy Atlas

http://www.environment.gov.au/apps/boobook/mapservlet?app=rea

UK Tougher climate target unveiled

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7673748.stm

UK Climate Change Bill [HL] 2007-08

http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2007-08/climatechangehl.html

Amid green energy euphoria, some solar concerns

http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE49H06820081018

$2 trillion wiped out of retirement funds

http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/retirement/2008-10-07-retirement-accounts-losses_N.htm

AARP-The Coverage of Employer Provided Pensions: Partial and Uncertain

http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/d19108_pensions.pdf

AARP-Retirement Security or Insecurity? The Experience of Workers Aged 45 and Older

http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/retirement_survey_08.pdf

Seniors embrace green ways

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/environment/2008-10-07-graygoesgreen_N.htm

Northeast paves way for climate crisis fix

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-10-17-global-warming_N.htm

US CHAMBER-Analisys of the wealth effects of shareholder proposals

http://www.uschamber.com/NR/rdonlyres/ep4r2glgwetzerdzb4pmrfye37fmd3cfce3eapslqnrplar6tcn3it5wmmbqwhw25ugchpemfa5hwizdj5q2s2vn3ka/080722wfi_shareholder.pdf

EXXON MOBIL-Executive PayWatch Database

http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/paywatch/ceou/database.cfm?tkr=XOM&pg=1

EBSA-Interpretive Bulletin Relating to Investing in Economically Targeted Investments

http://www.dol.gov/federalregister/HtmlDisplay.aspx?DocId=21631&AgencyId=8

EBSA-Interpretive Bulletin Relating to Exercise of Shareholder Rights

http://www.dol.gov/federalregister/HtmlDisplay.aspx?DocId=21630&AgencyId=8

NAMIC-Regulators, Insurer Groups Meet on Climate Risk Disclosure

mms://71.87.25.133/dis/dis_080716_insurance.wmv

National Grid: Dream or Reality?

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/national-grid-dream-or-reality-5016.html

GRID PARITY-U.S. solar field foresees cost parity with coal, gas

http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE49F7OH20081016

Florida Governor’s Action Team on Energy and Climate Change

http://www.dep.state.fl.us/climatechange/team/default.htm

FLORIDA Public Service Commission considers renewable energy rule

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/10/15/ap5556539.html

For National Security, Get Off Oil

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=is-oil-a-threat

NAPF LAUNCHES BEST PRACTICE PRINCIPLES

http://www.napf.co.uk/DocumentArchive/Press%20Releases/02_2008/20081014_14-10-2008%20-%20NAPF%20Launches%20Best%20Practice%20Principles%20for%20Investment%20Advice.pdf

STATE & LOCAL PENSIONS NAVIGATING THE STORM

http://www.nasra.org/resources/NASRA-NCTR%20StatementPensions&Markets.pdf

Obama calls for tax free 401(k) withdrawals

http://globalpensions.com/showPage.html?page=gp_display_news&tempPageId=820200

Proposed AB 32 Scoping Plan Document

http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/scopingplan/document/scopingplandocument.htm

Certified Energy Plans Examiner Roster

http://www.cabec.org/pdf/2008CEPEroster_Alpha_June2008update.pdf

California Electric Utility Service Areas

http://www.gosolarcalifornia.ca.gov/utilities/UTILITY_SERVICE_AREAS.PDF

GO SOLAR CALIFORNIA

http://www.gosolarcalifornia.ca.gov/

The California Solar Initiative

http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/PUC/energy/Solar/

Sunrise Powerlink Project

http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/Environment/info/aspen/sunrise/toc-feir.htm

Sunrise Powerlink transmission line

http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/Environment/info/aspen/sunrise/feir/figs/Figure%200ES-04_Environ_Superior_N+S_Routes.pdf

A solar bond for Los Angeles?

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2008/10/polling-the-sol.html

'Black silicon' boosts solar cell efficiency

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/oct/15/alternativeenergy

Energy teams see different shades of green

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14544.html

Can green jobs save us?

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14551.html

George Soros on the Clean-Energy Economy

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/10102008/watch.html

Dramatically Extending Lifetime Of Organic Solar Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081014160813.htm

The Million Volt Answer to Oil

http://www.manhattan-institute.org/pdf/eper_03.pdf

Share Crash Cuts Pension Funds

http://blogs.news.sky.com/sunrise/Post:ad9032f4-34fe-4056-98d7-99049765221f

The Economy Versus the Environment

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1847409,00.html

Con las pensiones como telón de fondo

http://www.cincodias.com/articulo/economia/
pensiones-telon-fondo/20081013cdscdieco_8/cdseco/

Comments on OECD Guidelines for Pension Fund Governance

http://www.sustainablefinancialmarkets.net/wp-content/
uploads/2008/10/oecd-guidelines.pdf

Green New Deal

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/
a-green-new-deal-can-save-the-worlds-economy-says-un-958696.html

Boxer, Whitehouse Release Justice Department Investigation Letter on Testimony by EPA Administrator, Stephen Johnson

http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Files.View&FileStore_id=5d80ca33-5dd1-4540-80f9-c230c541774a

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program

http://www.globalwarming.house.gov/tools/3q08materials/files/0010.pdf

Tax Credits for Plug-Ins Favor Big Batteries

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/tax-credits-for-plug-ins-favor-big-batteries/

Investing in Climate Action and Protection Act (iCAP)

http://markey.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3376

US CHAMBER-Summary of Blueprint Recommendations

http://www.energyxxi.org/NR/rdonlyres/ehmqughyea4bwqzo2oaemmynwlsy55
gk5s2jilkb6arsisxruwk2y2kwbmdtglylvtf5sftk55zjkpehxmc5edgojkg/
0810_summary_of_recommendations.pdf

CATO-Alternative energy is not economically competitive in America today absent large-scale government intervention

http://www.cato.org/pubs/articles/taylor-poweringamerica.pdf

Solar Goes From Gardens to Gigabucks

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/10/thin-film-solar.html

Bailout Bill Is Rife With Tasty Green Pork

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/10/bailout-bill-ri.html

Why Clean Tech Is Taking Biotech's Shine

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2008/tc2008103_906261.htm

401K fees

http://edlabor.house.gov/issues/401kfees.shtml

Americans Have Lost $2 Trillion in Retirement Savings Over Fifteen Months

http://www.house.gov/apps/list/speech/edlabor_dem/1007PensionHearing.html

A Look At 401(k) Plan Fees

http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/publications/401k_employee.html

GAO REPORT-SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS Publicly Available Data on Sizes and Investments for Some Funds Are Limited

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08946.pdf

Ordinary Members of IOSCO

http://www.iosco.org/lists/display_members.cfm

US Chamber of Commerce and its Affiliates

http://thehill.com/images/stories/news/2008/October/chamberofcommercechart.pdf

U.S. Census projections as of August 2008-At year end 2007,38 million people were 65 or older. By 2020, they will number almost 55 millIion people

http://www.census.gov/population/www/projections/files/nation/summary/np2008-t2.xls

AARP Shows Drastic Downturn In Retirement Plans

http://wcbstv.com/topstories/aarp.retirement.plans.2.834886.html

SEC Release New Report to Assist Financial Services Firms in Serving Older Investors

http://sec.gov/news/press/2008/2008-220.htm

Nueva ley que garantice el mayor acceso posible a la información pública

http://www.la-moncloa.es/ActualidadHome/2008/071008SIPrensa.htm

Workplace Retirement Plans Suffer $2 Trillion in Losses

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122342685954113657.html

Climate-Change Policy and CO2 Emissions from Passenger Vehicles

http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9830

The Effects of Recent Turmoil in Financial Markets on Retirement Security

http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9864

The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Workers' Retirement Security"

http://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/fc-2008-10-07.shtml

Credit key for solar players

http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=91835&videoChannel=3099

US MAYORS-Current and Potential Green Jobs in the U.S. Economy

http://www.usmayors.org/pressreleases/uploads/GreenJobsReport.pdf

Mayors' report sees 4.2 million new 'green' jobs

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26994018/

Hearing on AIG-Testimony from Nell Minow The Corporate Library

http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20081007101409.pdf

CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION

http://energycommerce.house.gov/Climate_Change/index.shtml

A New Flexibility With Thin Solar Cells

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/science/07obsola.html

Better Solar for Big Buildings

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/21473/

India hopes to attract over $4 bln in green energy

http://www.reuters.com/article/GlobalEnvironment08/
idUSTRE49648820081007?pageNumber=1

'Dirty fuels' profit by bailout bill's tax breaks for renewable energy

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-energy4-2008oct04,0,4447153.story

US CHAMBER-A Blueprint for Energy Solutions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKOx4WQ0M6k

Multimillion-Dollar Men

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/10/07/business/20080929-payout-graphic.html

The U.S. Retirement Market, First Quarter 2008

http://www.ici.org/statements/res/retmrkt_update.pdf

IETA COMMENTS ON THE AUSTRALIAN GREEN PAPER “CARBON POLLUTION REDUCTION SCHEME”

http://www.ieta.org/ieta/www/pages/getfile.php?docID=3048

FTSE & JSE launch indices for Africa

http://globalpensions.com/showPage.html?page=gp_display_news&tempPageId=818620

Hearing on the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings.asp?formmode=detail&hearing=648

SEPA Statement on Historic 8-Year Solar Tax Credit Extension

http://www.solarelectricpower.org/docs/SEPA%20Statement%20on%20ITC.pdf

Issues: Energy: The Price of Being Green

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=3&docID=weeklyreport-000002971121

Business celebrates late Bush foreign policy win

http://thehill.com/the-executive/business-celebrates-late-bush-foreign-policy-win-2008-10-02.html

Flexible Silicon Solar Cells

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/21467/

Charities put ministers in the dock over energy poverty

http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2008/oct/06/householdbills.economy

Normal Retirement Age

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

US State Social Security Administrators

http://www.ncsssa.org/statessadminmenu.html

Silicon Valley’s Venture Capitalists Go Green

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/magazine/05Green-t.html

A Green New Deal

http://www.neweconomics.org/gen/uploads/2ajogu45c1id4w55tofmpy5520072008172656.pdf

EMERGENCY ECONOMIC STABILIZATION

http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/financialsvcs_dem/essabill.pdf

Query the Lobbying Disclosure Act Database

http://soprweb.senate.gov/index.cfm?event=chooseFields

Members Support Principles for Global Warming Legislation

http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20081002101124.pdf

Telelavoro e benefici ambientali

http://forum.corriere.it/ambiente_e_clima/

ABA-Fiduciary Requirements for Disclosure in Participant Directed Individual Account Plans

http://www.aba.com/NR/rdonlyres/DC65CE12-B1C7-11D4-AB4A-00508B95258D/55582/DOLComment_12Sept2008.pdf

ERIC Testifies in Opposition to Tierney Retiree Health Legislation

http://www.eric.org/forms/documents/DocumentFormPublic/view?id=14A560000007D

Wind and Solar Tax Credits Could Ride Into Law in Bailout Bill

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/01/AR2008100103284.html

Investment Company Institute-Participant Fee Disclosure Project

http://www.ici.org/new/08_dol_401k_disclosure_com.html

Google's Proposal for reducing U.S. dependence on fossil fuels

http://knol.google.com/k/-/-/15x31uzlqeo5n/1#

Populations are expanding fastest in regions where it is most difficult to grow food

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/07/21/business/20080721_subArabFood_GRAPHIC.gif

Solar Cell Sets World Efficiency Record At 40.8 Percent

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080929220900.htm

Removing Impediments for Connecting Renewable Energy Systems to the Grid in Australia

http://cleanenergycouncil.org.au/news/showarticle.php?id=156

UNIDO and PV Industry in AFRICA

http://www.unido.org/fileadmin/media/documents/pdf/Energy_Environment/senegal_list_of_participants.pdf

Renewable Energies for Rural Electrification: a win-win combination

http://www.managenergy.net/conference/2008are.html

Renewables of South Africa to boost Economic Ties with Spain

http://www.dfa.gov.za/docs/2008/spai0605.html

IASB-Memorandum of Understanding with the FASB

http://www.iasb.org/NR/rdonlyres/C1DD5259-4011-4715-A807-1FD71858D37C/0/Memorandum_of_Understanding_progress_report_and_timetable.pdf

The 21st Century Disclosure Initiative-Strategic Plan

http://sec.gov/spotlight/disclosureinitiative/strategic_plan.pdf

Roundtable on Modernizing the SEC’s Disclosure System

http://sec.gov/rules/other/2008/33-8962.pdf

SEC Seeks More Transparent Disclosure for Investors

http://sec.gov/disclosureinitiative

U.S. Senate Attaches Energy Tax Breaks to $700 Billion Bailout

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/
news?pid=20601130&sid=aBLuL087SVII