miércoles, 26 de noviembre de 2008

US CHAMBER-CONTRIBUTIONS Political Action Committee Names

http://disclosures.house.gov/lc/lcxmlrelease/2008/MM/700068878.xml

NAM-Clean Air and Water Quality ( EPA REGULATIONS )

http://disclosures.house.gov/ld/pdfform.aspx?id=300105290

US CHAMBER-$ 20,600,000 in Lobbying Activities ( General Pension and Retirement issues )

http://disclosures.house.gov/ld/pdfform.aspx?id=300103632

US CHAMBER-Legal reform institute spent $9M lobbying in 3Q

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/11/24/ap5735066.html

Express Your Concern to the EPA about ANPR

http://www.bipac.net/issue_alert.asp?g=nam&issue=EPA_ANWR&parent=NAM

ATT-telecommuting, teleconferencing and other services could help slash emissions and boost the economy

http://www.att.com/Common/merger/files/pdf/sustainability/EPA_ANPRM.pdf

Carbon regulation could "cripple" Texas: Perry

http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AP09920081126

White House Prods Allies to Oppose Limits on Greenhouse Gases

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/25/AR2008112502743.html

A subsidy-free policy for green energy and innovation?-GOOD COMMENTS:two biggest subsidies that the government gives to oil and coal!

http://www.knowledgeproblem.com/archives/002743.html

Robert Redford On Rachel Maddow Show: Redford Criticizes Bush Environmental Moves (VIDEO)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/25/robert-redford-on-rachel_n_146234.html

Vatican set to go green with huge solar panel roof

http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AO8C820081125

martes, 25 de noviembre de 2008

Obama Is Ready to Move On a Clean-Energy Economy

http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2089

A Gift to Energy Independence or Big Oil?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/24/AR2008112402394.html

Judge: Automakers cannot block RI emission rules

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/11/25/ap5742284.html

UK House of Lords-The Economics of Renewable Energy Report

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldselect/ldeconaf/195/19502.htm

US CHAMBER-Congress Should Pass Pension Provisions Now

http://chamberpost.typepad.com/files/081117_multiindustry_pensionfunding_congress.pdf

Villaraigosa unveils solar plan for Los Angeles

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-solar25-2008nov25,0,2714480.story

G.M.’s Pension Fund Stays Afloat, Against the Odds

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/business/25auto.html

lunes, 24 de noviembre de 2008

Midnight Regulations

http://www.propublica.org/special/midnight-regulations/

Issuance of Agency Regulations at the End of the Administration

http://www.ombwatch.org/regs/PDFs/BoltenMemo050908.pdf

SELECT COMMITTEE ON ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND GLOBAL WARMING-FINAL STAFF REPORT FOR THE 110TH CONGRESS

http://globalwarming.house.gov/tools/3q08materials/files/0064.pdf

Greener thinking for the poorest cities

http://www.economist.com/world/international/
displayStory.cfm?story_id=12666662

Plan sponsors faring well in fee lawsuits

http://www.workforce.com/section/00/article/25/96/72.php

AUSTRALIA-Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment (Feed-in-Tariff) Bill 2008

http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/eca_ctte/renewable_energy/report/index.htm

AUSTRALIA-New South Wales to Start Bonus Payment System for Solar Power

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601130&sid=a2WryyJrRSPM

Spain city sets up solar cemetery

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7745673.stm

Energy Priorities for the Next Congress

http://energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=f9032d6a-3f9b-469c-bb64-bee84af7fb22&Month=11&Year=2008&Party=0

L'Afrique veut peser davantage dans la négociation sur le climat

http://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2008/11/21/l-afrique-veut-peser-davantage-dans-la-negociation-sur-le-climat_1121520_3244.html#ens_id=1099506

A Toolkit for Foundations and Individual Investors:Harnessing Your Investments to Help Solve the Climate Crisis

http://www.ceres.org/Document.Doc?&id=383

EPA, with White House nudge, eases rule on lead emissions

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-na-epa24-2008nov24,0,463461.story

Power in the desert: solar towers will harness sunshine of southern Spain

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/24/andalucia-spain-renewable-energy-technology

domingo, 23 de noviembre de 2008

Inside the Transition: YOUR thoughts on energy and the environment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WigjhUkbr5g

2.5 million jobs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m17pz0R_qZo&eurl

A green economy could be ours

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/nov/21/banking-crisis

Retirees hit by "longevity risk"

http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE4AK3X720081121

Solar power magnate’s bold bid for ailing carmaker

http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2008/11/19/solar-power-magnates-bold-bid-for-ailing-carmaker/

Navigating the Intersection of Telecommuting and Wage-and-Hour Law

http://www.employmentblawg.com/2008/seminar-helps-employers-navigate-the-intersection-of-telecommuting-and-labor-law/

US CHAMBER-Climate Change Theology and Reality

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nXlrUKu86k&eurl

sábado, 22 de noviembre de 2008

US Senate-Downloadable Lobbying Databases

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/Public_Disclosure/database_download.htm

Green-collar army recruits for the solar boom

http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/global-warming/greencollar-army-recruits-for-the-solar-boom/2008/10/30/1224956238447.html

Climate disaster awaits aged, poor

http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/global-warming/climate-disaster-awaits-aged-poor/2008/11/17/1226770355976.html

Oil lobby pushes energy agenda

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15839.html

Cities key to climate change outcome

http://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/articles/Cities-key-to-climate-change-outcome_z431283.htm

Evidence for the prosecution

http://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/articles/Evidence-for-the-prosecution_z203211.htm

The Real Reason to Subsidize Solar

http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/environmentandenergy/archive/2008/11/21/the-real-reason-to-subsidize-solar.aspx

Ethics panel issues inauguration warning

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/ethics-panel-issues-inauguration-warning-2008-11-20.html

Boxer Announces Action Plan on Global Warming

http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Majority.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=bb28fac6-802a-23ad-475a-fd8b6f1152b8&Designation=Majority

New Rule Would Discount Warming as Risk Factor for Species

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/20/AR2008112003465.html

jueves, 20 de noviembre de 2008

White House Pushes Through a Flurry of Rule Changes Sought by Business

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122714583954143319.html

The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poznań, 1-12 December 2008

http://unfccc.int/meetings/cop_14/items/4481.php

Waxman dethrones Dingell as chairman

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15822.html

Joe Biden on Solar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rXyTRT-NZg

The U.S. Chamber of Chicken Littles

http://www.hastingsgroupmedia.com/111708NRDCMIrenewableclimateprebuttal.wma

Inside the Transition: Meet members of the Energy & Environment Policy Transition Team

http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/inside_the_transition_meet_the_energy_environment_policy_transition_team/

PUC chairman backs Sunrise Powerlink transmission line

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-sempra20-2008nov20,0,4449452.story

Nike, Starbucks, others form clean-energy coalition BICEP

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/environment/2008-11-19-clean-energy-coalition-bicep_N.htm

SEC Fair Value Accounting Standards

http://sec.gov/spotlight/fairvalue.htm

SEC Improves Disclosure for Mutual Fund Investors

http://sec.gov/news/press/2008/2008-275.htm

Aussie miners turn to solar tower power

http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE4AJ32D20081120

miércoles, 19 de noviembre de 2008

Canada wants North America cap-and-trade system

http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AI70120081119

BLM Finalizes Rules That Could Add Billions of Barrels of Oil to U.S. Supply

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-27025.pdf

BLM Issues New Rules for Oil Shale Development: Last Minute Bush Administration Environmental Trashing?

http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/newsroom/2008/november/NR_11_17_2008.html

Automakers must cut emissions in return for federal money,Attorney General Say

http://www.legalnewsline.com/news/217422-automakers-must-cut-emissions-in-return-for-federal-money-ags-say

Readers to Obama: 10 Earthly Ideas on a Budget

http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/readers-to-obama-10-earthly-ideas-on-a-budget/

SOLAR WORLD rescue Automakers?

http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE4AI3LO20081119

California seeks one third renewable power by 2020-Sunrise Powerlink Transmission Project

http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/efile/ALT/93073.pdf

martes, 18 de noviembre de 2008

Bingaman wants ‘streamlined’ climate bill, research funding

http://thehill.com/business--lobby/bingaman-wants-streamlined-climate-bill-research-funding-2008-11-17.html

Lobbying Spending to Surpass $3 Billion in 2008

http://undertheinfluence.nationaljournal.com/2008/11/lobbying-spending-to-surpass-3.php

Will Bush's Parting Shots Help Or Hurt?

http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2008/11/bush-final-regulations.php

Zero-carbon home: 'Solar panels on the roof provide for everything'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/audio/2008/nov/14/zero-carbon-green-energy

Texan residents getting a shock from their electric bills

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/6118069.html

Texas State urged to get behind ‘clean tech’

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6118005.html

Obama vows climate action despite financial crisis

http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/president_elect_obama_promises_new_chapter_on_climate_change/

France-Plan pour les énergies renouvelables

http://www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/
DPfinal_energies_renouvelables_-_sans_photos_cle53a851.pdf

sábado, 15 de noviembre de 2008

States revolt over Rudd's carbon plan

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24648977-11949,00.html

New nano coating boosts solar efficiency

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/11/06/solar.coating/index.html

National Energy Council: Will Obama Administration Treat Energy Like Security?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/13/national-energy-council-w_n_143504.html

Energy Battle Already Dividing Democratic Congress

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=am5yhCK1YyRs&refer=home

EPA-API, AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL,AMERICAN ROYALTY COUNCIL, US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,NAM,NATIONAL PETROCHEMICAL & REFINERS ASSOCIATION

http://yosemite.epa.gov/oa/EAB_Web_Docket.nsf/Filings%20By%20Appeal%20Number/490012440AC565E0852574C5006675D2/$File/Industry%20supplemental%20amicus%20brief...103.pdf

EPA-Deseret Power Electric Cooperative (Bonanza)

http://yosemite.epa.gov/oa/EAB_Web_Docket.nsf/f22b4b245fab46c6852570e6004df1bd/c38150f6c4bba3608525736900687af4%21OpenDocument

EPA Blocks Coal Plant

http://yosemite.epa.gov/oa/EAB_Web_Docket.nsf/Decision~Date/C8C5985967D8096E85257500006811A7/$File/Remand...39.pdf

In Transition, Tangle of Ties to Lobbying

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/15/us/politics/15transition.html

Australians march against climate change

http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AE1DT20081115

Power-hungry Senegal to go solar in energy overhaul

http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AD50N20081114

jueves, 13 de noviembre de 2008

As Israel’s municipalities cause headaches, incentive emphasis shifts to next level

http://www.photon-magazine.com/news_archiv/details.aspx?cat=News_PI&sub=africa&pub=4&parent=1334

Australian feed-in tariff supporters go after the hearts – and votes – of an unsympathetic ruling party

http://www.photon-magazine.com/news_archiv/details.aspx?cat=News_PI&sub=australia&pub=4&parent=1340

U.S. Chamber: Misguided Climate Change Policies Will Negatively Impact Colorado’s Economy

http://www.uschamber.com/press/releases/2008/november/081112_colorado.htm

Litigation and the credit crunch- 401 (k) Cases

http://globalpensions.com/showPage.html?page=gp_display_feature&tempPageId=824277

Largest Group Ever of World Investors Warns a New Global Climate Deal Must Be “Strong and Binding” to Unlock a Low Carbon Future

http://www.ceres.org/Page.aspx?pid=963

Investor Statement on a Global Agreement on Climate Change

http://www.iigcc.org/docs/PDF/Public/InvestorStatementCoverLetter11Nov08.pdf

miércoles, 12 de noviembre de 2008

Apollo Program-Clean Energy and Good Jobs

http://www.apolloalliance.org/downloads/fullreportfinal.pdf

China’s National Climate Change Programme

http://en.ndrc.gov.cn/newsrelease/P020070604561191006823.pdf

Obama will act quickly on climate change: adviser

http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AB84K20081112

California Renewables Portfolio Standard

http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/NR/rdonlyres/A7691A23-1B7E-4B02-8858-9D964A3B17A3/0/RPS_Rpt_to_Legislature_Oct_2008.pdf

Business Groups Pushing for Relief From Pension Law

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/11/AR2008111102640.html

Obama sets strict rules on lobbyists during transition

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-11-11-obama-lobbyists_N.htm

domingo, 9 de noviembre de 2008

Outlook for solar cells is sunny

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/10/28/solar_cell_production/

(Distributed) power to the people

http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/28/magazines/fortune/tech/gunther_fuelcell.fortune/index.htm

Green Investments and Jobs: A Response to the Heritage Foundation

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/11/heritage_response.html

Why clean energy is still a good bet

http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/04/technology/green_investments.fortune/index.htm

BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN: NEW ENERGY FOR AMERICA

http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/factsheet_energy_speech_080308.pdf

Shadow over solar power in L.A

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-ballot7-2008nov07,0,5074050.story

Investors sign up to a better world

http://media.ft.com/cms/602f7dca-a91d-11dd-a19a-000077b07658.pdf

Hold That Electron!

http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/1124/122.html

It's The Batteries, Stupid

http://www.forbes.com/2008/10/09/brian-schweitzer-energy-biz-energenius08-cx_al_1009schweitzer.html

States try to stem losses in public pension funds

http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/retirement/2008-11-06-state-pensions-cutbacks_N.htm

viernes, 7 de noviembre de 2008

Obama Could Energize Solar

http://www.forbes.com/business/energy/2008/11/05/solar-energy-renewable-markets-equity-cx_cg_1105markets40.html

How Will New Leadership Impact Policy?

http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2008/11/new-leadership.php

Solar City

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2008/01/22/nyregion/1194816481959/solar-city.html

Le dilemme de la retraite à 70 ans

http://blog.lefigaro.fr/social/2008/11/
retraite-a-70-ou-100-ans-suite.html

John White, Director of Division of Corporation Finance, to Leave SEC After Leading Unprecedented Rulemaking to Enhance Disclosure to Investors!!!

http://sec.gov/news/press/2008/2008-265.htm

EPA prepares to propose newer standards for lead

http://thehill.com/business--lobby/epa-prepares-to-propose-newer-standards-for-lead-2008-10-14.html

Obama to set limits on lobby hires

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15319.html

Lobbyists in Obamaworld

http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/1108/Lobbyists_in_Obamaworld.html

Obama considers new Energy Security Council

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15369.html

EU Energy Remedy for Africa May Jumpstart Global-Warming Talks

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601130&sid=axlcAsqEZjRs&refer=environment

Does Green Energy Add 5 Million Jobs? Potent Pitch, but Numbers Are Squishy

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122601449992806743.html

jueves, 6 de noviembre de 2008

miércoles, 5 de noviembre de 2008

U.S. Chamber: Misguided Climate Change Policies Will Negatively Impact Virginia’s Economy

http://www.uschamber.com/press/releases/2008/november/081103_climate.htm

ERIC Urges OMB to Ensure Fee Disclosure Regulations Be Effective No Earlier Than 12 Months After Finalized

http://www.eric.org/public/resources/OMBLetter.pdf

Obama's energy plan may be curbed but not halted

http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE4A484G20081105

Business lobby seeking better relationships with Democrats

http://thehill.com/business--lobby/business-lobby-seeking-better-relationships-with-democrats-2008-11-03.html

Boxer wants EPA's status upgraded

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/15022.html

Activist’s crusade: Curbing CEO pay

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14994.html

2008 State Results in Florida

http://graphicsweb.wsj.com/documents/elections08/state_detail.php?state=FL

GAO Urges Interior to Speed Oil Drilling on Federal Land

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0974.pdf

domingo, 2 de noviembre de 2008

OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions:Pension Development in Africa - Opportunities and Challenges

http://www.oecd.org/document/9/0,3343,en_2649_34853_41005769_1_1_1_1,00.html

Blue Skies for Green Trading

http://online.barrons.com/article/SB122488818586468317.html

Credit Crisis hits the Environment?

http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=5986622

US public pension funds face big losses

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/29c8e0c8-a3a0-11dd-942c-000077b07658.html

Canadian Pension relief in works

http://www.thestar.com/Article/527261

Photovoltaics - an elegant technology for electricity

http://www.sciencealert.com.au/opinions/20083110-18384.html

A Splash of Green for the Rust Belt

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/business/02wind.html

U.S. Chamber presses for full, $700 billion package

http://thehill.com/the-executive/u.s.-chamber-presses-for-full-700-billion-package-2008-09-25.html

Business celebrates late Bush foreign policy win

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

Ballot initiatives turn green

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/15042.html

UK-Pensions Bill 2007-08 Bill as amended in Committee

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldbills/089/2008089.pdf

UK-Energy Bill 2007-08 Bill as amended in Grand Committee

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldbills/086/200886.pdf

Green power sell-off scheme slated as 'not radical enough'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/nov/02/renewable-energy-climate-bill

Home solar energy systems on hold for better incentives

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-11-01-solar-credit_N.htm

sábado, 1 de noviembre de 2008

401(k) Advice

http://www.forbes.com/bow/b2c/category.jhtml?id=204

Black Silicon: A new type of silicon promises cheaper, more-sensitive light detectors.

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/21611/?a=f

401(k) losses: Older investors' retirement funds hit hard

http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/retirement/2008-10-30-retirement-401k-funds-stocks-savings_N.htm

NASRA and NCTR- Member Systems

http://www.nasra.org/federal/NCTR%20NASRA%20Members.pdf

Science & Technology Advice for the New Administration

http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2008/media/1031letters/letter_science_advisor_obama.pdf

South Africa risks new power cuts says minister

http://africa.reuters.com/country/ZA/news/usnLV455772.html

Bush administration seeks last-minute regulations

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-na-regulate31-2008oct31,0,2869967.story

US MAYORS-Green Jobs in U.S. Metro? Areas

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

Letter to President Bush on Midnight Regulations

http://cei.org/cei_files/fm/active/0/nomidnightregs%20letter.pdf

Downturn Clobbers Public Pensions

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/27/AR2008102701751.html

Canada may ease pension funding rules

http://globalpensions.com/showPage.html?page=gp_display_news&tempPageId=823466

Canada to seek continent-wide approach to climate change

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gHecHZvjXS_EHLlJoeuGB3G6RdEg

The California Solar Initiative

http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/puc/energy/solar

Powering the Planet: Solar World

http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=909895859&play=1

US States with Renewable Portfolio Standards

http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/states/maps/renewable_portfolio_states.cfm

Presidential Picks Cast Solar Ballots

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/picking-the-solar-president-5095.html

Independent Energy Producers Association (IEP):The Power of California Video

http://www.iepa.com/Video.asp

California "green" energy vote seen close: poll

http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE49U7SP20081031