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Design For the Other 90%

Wed, 07/11/2007 - 9:41am — Paul Alois
Link:
http://other.cooperhewitt.org/
This site is dedicated to publicizing efforts by leading designers who are creating housing, energy technologies, water systems, and other advances primarily for consumers in developing countries.

The Big Picture

Organization's Site:
The Big Picture
Email:
thebigpicture@optonline.net
Brief About:

Written almost entirely by Barry Ritholz, a Chief Market Strategist for an institutional research firm and the Fund Manager for an asset management firm and a NY based hedge fund, this source offers a compilation and analysis of various news sources. This site claims to keep a long-run economic perspective in its analysis, looking for trends and patterns amongst quotidian news. Very detailed; everything is referenced; clean and user-friendly interface.

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World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Organization's Site:
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Brief About:

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a CEO-led, global association of some 200 companies dealing exclusively with business and sustainable development. Their mission is to provide business leadership as a catalyst for change toward sustainable development, and to support the business license to operate, innovate and grow in a world increasingly shaped by sustainable development issues.

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Scenarios for a Clean Energy Future

Tue, 05/08/2007 - 1:54pm — Paul Alois
Link:
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/eere/cef/
This Dept. of Energy study takes an indepth look at ways that the US can conserve energy. It is fairly long, but the executive summary covers the important points, mainly that it would be easy for the US to cut actual energy use by 10% vs. expected use in 2020, and with some effort cuts of over 30% could be made.

Spain's wind energy reaches historic high

Tue, 04/24/2007 - 4:14pm — Paul Alois
Link:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Spains-wi...
Spain, one of the world's leaders in wind energy, during a recent storm had wind as its number one energy producer over nuclear and coal. On an annual average, wind is Spain's third highest source of energy.

US Government Accountability Office's report regarding peak oil

Wed, 04/18/2007 - 1:42pm — Paul Alois

 This is a very comprehensive report outlining the key aspects of Peak Oil theories by the Government Accountability Office.  It recommends that the Secretary of Energy spend more time measuring the important variables and put more attention on alternative fuels.

Resource Link:
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07283.pdf
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