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- Where politics and greentech money merge: Silicon Valley
- At least one of the Silicon Valley VC firms moving in greentech sector sees a clear connection between politics and greentech start-ups. No surprise the firm is The Westly Group, headed by former gubernatorial candidate, Steve Westly. Here's how they position themselves on the VC firm's...
- Tags: Venture-capital Company, Clean Technology, Venture Capital, Government, Finance, Financing Startups, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-09-17
- Toxic caulk syndrome
- Toxic shock syndrome was a killer in its day. Now the EPA is warning of toxic caulk...in schools plus other buildings that nobody ever inspects. Why bad caulk? The old stuff off-gases PCBs. Chalk another one up for the petro-chemical industry that create poisons faster than...
- Tags: Syndrome, Regulations, Strategy, Government, Management, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-09-08
- Gute Nacht, Herr Edison
- The European Union is phasing out the incandescent bulb. As of today the 100 watter can no longer be imported or made within the members of the E.U. By 2012 all incandescent bulbs will be illegal although those on stores shelves can be sold, and hoarded according to...
- Tags: Energy, European Union, Retail, Engineering, Taxes, Free Trade, Regulations, Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Finance, Government, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-09-01
- Cash for clunkers: what's new?
- IT'S ALL OVER, FOLKS. CASH FOR CLUNKERS ENDS MONDAY, AUGUST 24. Do auto dealers have any cars left to sell on this final CFC weekend? At least six automakers, including the three based in U.S., are increasing production to replace the more fuel efficient cars peddled under...
- Tags: Dealer, Manufacturing, Government, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-20
- The next oil crisis: is your state immune or addicted?
- The NRDC has come out with a provocative ranking of American states. They say it's based on how independent or addicted the state's residents are to petroleum-dependent transportation. And which states are most or least vulnerable to the next oil price shock. The NRDC's ten most oil-vulnerable...
- Tags: Mississippi, NRDC, Transportation, Regulations, Telecom & Utilities, Government, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- Clean Energy Summit
- This conference just concluded in Las Vegas, home of year-round air conditioning, irrigated golf courses and 24/7 elevator banks. Boy, could that city use some clean energy. Renewable energy execs want to see the U.S. move faster into alternative energy. Gee. Example: the CEO of...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, Las Vegas, Conference, Exec, Construction, Government, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- IBM: re-training for our future
- IBM and railroads. This is not a non sequitor. I recently spoke with Keith Dierkx who works for IBM in their expanding business providing services for planning, construction and operation of high-speed rail. Dierkx is in the process of relocating to Beijing where he and IBM will...
- Tags: China, Beijing, Rail, IBM Corp., Dierkx, Government, Investment, Financial Planning, Finance, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-09
- Carbon trading may bite the government that feeds it
- In Britain officials aree warning that their government itself is doing much worse than private industry at cutting emissions. And so the British government may have to start buying up many of the carbon credits it first issued to corporations. by Harry Fuller
- Tags: Carbon, Government, Vertical Industries, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-04
- Cash for clunkers: one man's story
- THIS FROM AN EMAIL I JUST RECEIVED FROM ZDNET READER: I reluctantly traded a 1989 Ford Crown Victoria 24/32 mpg (city/highway)for a VW Jetta TDI which is supposed to get 29/41 mpg but actually delivers 38/50 mpg. I bought the Crown Vic used in 1991 with 10,000 miles and I...
- Tags: Income, Ford Motor Co., Government, Personal Finance, Taxes, E-mail, Insurance, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Vertical Industries, Operational Accounting, Finance, Online Communications, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-04
- How much alcohol is too much? Feds to decide.
- No, the absolute nightmare of beer regulation is not happening. But the EPA is threatening to make a decision about alcohol that goes into American gasoline. To nobody's surprise the ethanol folks want their product to become a mandated 15% of the nation's "gasoline" supply. The last...
- Tags: Gasoline, Alcohol, Corn Price, Current Federal Mandate, Regulations, Government, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-07-18
- Political gaming around the Waxman-Markey bill
- Nearly every energy and greentech and auto and battery and utility company in America has a stake in the proposed Waxman-Markey bill. So does every taxpayer and the future of any potential agreement with China on global warming could hang in the balance, and...the list of possible effects of...
- Tags: Game, Bill, Dems, Regulations, Government, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- Transparency buried beneath ash heap. Wallboard the fix?
- There are apparently 44 coal ash heaps that endanger human lives in the U.S. That's the EPA's conclusion. And those 44 sites will remain secret because you or some other terrorist might unleash a deadly ash flow through the coal-burning communities of the U.S. I blogged...
- Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Coal Ash, Turnabout, Vertical Industries, Homeland Security, Benefits, Healthcare, Government, Human Resources, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-06-14
- The Energy Scene Right Now
- We're using less petroleum than a year ago, but it does not seem to be deliberate conservation. The International Energy agency says we're down about 3% from our 2008 consumption rate, but are slowly creeping upward. Meanwhile, in Washington there's a party divide over oil and nuclear energy....
- Tags: Bottom Line, Government, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- Time for Plan B?
- One planet-watcher thinks we've blown it with Plan A. Out of the Earth Policy Institute comes Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization by Lester R. Brown. Brown believes there is only one globally deadly horseman in the apocalypse: famine. "The biggest threat to...
- Tags: Nation, Lester R. Brown, Government, Vertical Industries, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-05-22
- What solar energy does TO you
- I'm a big fan of solar energy. But...not so pleased with melanoma. I've had my warning from a doctor to keep my sun-caused skin growths to a minimum. It's that time of year. Many of us are outside a lot in hot weather. And it does matter...
- Tags: Solar Energy, Telecom & Utilities, Federal Government, Government, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-05-22
- Chinese drywall: more than you paid for?
- I blogged earlier about problems blamed on impurities in Chinese-made plaster board. Tests by the Environmental Protection Agency test results released today confirm those suspicions. Sulphur compounds are there. Also strontium and other unwanted impurities. The ironies here are immense. In political theory...
- Tags: Sulphur Compound, Corporate Governance, Regulations, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Government, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-05-19
- Teflon: is it safe?
- A comment to one of my recent posts said: "Hey you wanna do a story? Try researching Teflon and what the FDA's special group studying it has been up to and what the manufacturer has been doing. Then think about all the teflon coating in fast food, popcorn and cooking...
- Tags: FDA, DuPont Co., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Teflon, Federal Government, Food & Beverage, Government, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-05-14
- U.S. encouraging use of DDT...in other countries
- Do as I say, not as I do. That's the situation with DDT which the American government is subsidizing for use in countries fighting malaria. The DDT is now beign widely used inside homes and other buildings in nations where malaria is a major health hazard. ...
- Tags: U.S., Malaria, DDT, Government, Vertical Industries, Manufacturing, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-05-04
- Following the money
- There is an on-going debate around the globe on how much government money is needed to support cleaner energy technology, and whether it will matter in the long-run. Here's a brief summary of the arguments for and against renewable energy subsidies. Also, the question of how the research...
- Tags: Human Nature, Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Government, Financial Planning, Finance, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-05-01
- Three groups in Western Hemisphere get MacArthurs
- Two Chicago-based groups and one in the Caribbean have been given MacArthur grants for their work involved sustainable technology and neighborhoods. Each will get $650,000 in the annual MacArthur grants to non-profits. 1) Caribbean Natural Resource Institute â€" Port of Spain, Trinidad. For over...
- Tags: Chicago, Chicago Community Loan Fund, Real Estate, Transportation, Vertical Industries, Government, Benefits, Healthcare, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-04-28
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