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Green: tech and VC money converge

Technology Partners announced this week, they've got a bundle of dough. And they intend to invest it in green tech and bio-tech start-ups. Today, CNET's Martin Lamonica checks in with the company. What are they seeing in the coming years?In short, they're seeing green. A long-term...

Tags: research, renewable energy, green tech, energy, climate change, Blogroll

Blog posts 2007-08-01

"Car piece, electricity piece" & what will Nancy do?

House Speaker Nancy Peloci (D-CA) is facing some crucial decisons on proposed changes in American energy laws. Her hometown newspaper says the Speaker hasn't said what she'll do about either tougher mileage standards for cars, or about forcing renewable energy for generating more of the nation's electricity. Currently,...

Tags: renewable energy, global warming, fossil fuel, federal government, energy, climate change, cars &, traffic, Blogroll

Blog posts 2007-07-30

Hard cheese for hard coal

They may stop mining hard coal in Germany. The energy source that literally fueled Germany's manufacturing in the 19th and 20th Centuries will no longer come from German mines in the Ruhr Valley. The Washington Post article today points out how heavily the German underground coal mines have...

Tags: renewable energy, nuclear power, global warming, fossil fuel, energy, climate change, Blogroll, air pollution

Blog posts 2007-07-29

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Kerry-Boxer bill battle set for Tuesday

That is just the bipartisanship ........ President Obama campaigned on. Not!!!Harry leaves and we're all better offWhy don't you go somewhere else to blow off all this hot air and perhaps the U.S. emissions will be cut in half? :-)Harry's blogs: e-pollution on this IT tech site.ntLeveling the playing field...The...

Tags: Blogging, Arctic

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Apple deletes the US Chamber

Is this man the only climate ally left for the US Chamber? Back in May I wrote about how the US Chamber was losing friends fast with its 'head in sand' position on climate change. Since then things have seriously  started...

Tags: Greenpeace, Apple Inc., Climate Change, Chamber, Bruce, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Hot air balloons rise from United Nations

Hot air balloons of the "trial balloon" type in the verrrry political world of climate change diplomacy. The heads of state from the world's two biggest air polluters--China and U.S.--made strong statements about global warming. They are clearly not in favor of it. Meanwhile, the head of...

Tags: U.S., China, Japan, Global Warming, U.N., Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-22

Fossil fuel battle: who'll reign over America's energy future

Forget renewable energy, apparently the battle for supremacy in your energy future is between Big Coal and Natural Gas. Be aware, the math indicates coal has more Senate votes that natural gas. The energy bill that passed the House earlier this year does not taste good to the...

Tags: Coal, U.S. Senate, Natural Gas, Fossil Fuel, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-08

Nokia launching 12-megapixel camera phone

Nokia launching 12-megapixel camera phoneAs an N79 owner...I can say that Nokia can make a very good camera phone.My N79 definitely outshines my old Nikon CoolPix 4300 for image quality. More than the extra 0.7 megapixels would explain on their own. The video mode is better than some digital video...

Tags: Camera phones, video mode, camera phone, camera, Nokia Corp., phone

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Global warming: what will American politicians do? Rest of world?

Global warming: what will American politicians do? Rest of world?Release us from these BS blogs.It's nonsense.And the man doesn't even have an opinion!For every billion dollarsthat the US puts into curbing Co2 - the developing world spends a pittance building thousands of new coal plants. IOW *we* are not the...

Tags: global warming

Discussion threads 2009-06-17

Greenpeace Cool IT: But does GP miss the point?

Greenpeace upped the ante on the IT sector by switching focus from reporting on the environmental performance of consumer electronics to looking at how the industry as a whole is performing on climate change. Yesterday they launched their inaugural Cool IT ranking of the top 12 IT firms performing on climate change. The ranking is...

Tags: Greenpeace, Information Technology, James Farrar, Management, Strategy

Blog posts 2009-05-28

Sun & Symantec: A New Breed of Sustainability Leadership?

The passage of the Waxman Markey Bill through the US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee this week has left behind it some hard feelings and a split in the business lobby. The US Chamber of Commerce came under severe pressure for lobbying against the...

Tags: Sustainability, Symantec Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Duke Energy Corp., Climate, Chamber, Bjorn Lomborg, Globalization, Security, Strategy, Management, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-05-24

Renewable energy: who's got it, who's getting it?

Renewable energy: who's got it, who's getting it?Enough to this energy already....Everyone needs to go back to living like the dark ages, EXCEPT the liberals in Washingtonall of the others can do without.Forget about having a job, who needs that andfood, don't do that because you may causethe FARCE of...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, renewable energy

Discussion threads 2009-04-27

America's greenest town?

America's greenest town?Lies about climate and 'global warming'.....ENOUGH already, this is the biggest SCAM of thecentury, it is NOT real it is about controland taxing people.All praise the Climate gods Al Gore & Oboma theKenya Usurper....That's very great!Will it have solar panels for the buildings and houses? What are the...

Tags: welfare

Discussion threads 2009-04-19

National Science Board: get with it, U.S.

An advisory board for the National Science Founcation, the National Science Board NSB has added it voice to the chorus saying, "Enough with the oil and coal, already." The NSB suggests moving America toward a more sustainable energy supply. The NSB release says, "The NSB recommends...

Tags: Science, Board, Energy Economy, Energy Technology, Research & Development, Strategy, Business Operations, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-04-15

First volley in the new American civil war: over climate change

A first draft of a climate change and energy efficiency bill has been introduced into Congress. The House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee released the first draft of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. emocratic leaders hope will it be voted...

Tags: Civil War, Geothermal Energy, Energy Efficiency, Bill, Rep., Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-31

Will greentech attract lots of green in the new year?

There's some indication that greentech firms are continuing to attract VC dollars. That means folks with money expect the new regime in Washington to encourage, perhaps even subsidize greentech in the U.S. SolFocus is one such company. The Mountain View company has concentrator photovoltaic CPV technology...

Tags: Job, Dollar, Money, Recruitment & Selection, Telecom & Utilities, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-12-24

Change of political climate re: climate change

There'll be a change in climate change politics in the U.S. effective January 21, 2009. Environmental advocates are pointing to a line-up of strong scientifically-trained appointees, in contrast to the current administration where politics consistently trumped science. Some of the promises made during the campaign by the Obama...

Tags: Climate, Environmental Advocate, Social Security, Recruitment & Selection, Government, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-12-22

The next environmental admin team in Washington D.C.

Today President-elect Obama made it official: a Nobel laueate physicist will head the Energy Department. A chemical engineer will head the Environmental Protection Agency. Looks like science may be in for a bit of a renaissance in the federal goverment. Last week I blogged about...

Tags: Team, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chu, Browner, Obama Team, Team Management, Transportation, Telecom & Utilities, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-12-15

Energy and the Earth's Future

President-elect Obama may intend to keep the same Secretary of Defense, but he sure is changing things at the Department of Energy. Dick Cheney must be rolling over in his political grave. Apparently Obama's pick to be the next Energy Secretary could be a bona fide scientist, Dr....

Tags: Leader, Greenhouse Gas, Conference, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-12-10

Obama: good news for Sun

Obama: good news for SunThey'll switch to laptopsMy feeling is, given the mentality in most IT environments, customers will merely swap out desktop PCs for low-power-consumption laptops rather than use Sun Rays. I know from a security perspective this doesn't make sense, but when have "security measures" made sense in...

Tags: RSS, Desktops, Sun Microsystems Inc., Obama

Discussion threads 2008-11-12