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Harry Fuller is a media veteran, having spent decades in TV news in the San Francisco Bay Area. As GeneralManager of KPIX-TV CBS he founded one of the nation's first TV station websites in early 1995. He was News Direcor at TechTV when it was founded in 1998. ...- more about Harry Fuller »
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- Weed killer in American drinking water, Part II
- Atrazine is a weed killer widely used in agricultural areas of the U.S. It has been banned in the European Union because of health hazards. by Harry Fuller
- Tags: Health Care, Atrazine, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-24
- Medical insurance is not a greentech issue, or...
- Muir's Law: When we try to pick out anything by itself we find it attached to everything else in the universe. John Muir was right. I have tried to stay away from the nasty squabbles over the gigantic American medical industry. There's an over-supply of hot rhetoric and...
- Tags: Industry, Health Care, Insurance, Conservation, Muir, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-22
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Banned in Chicago!
- Chicago became the first major American city to ban baby bottles made of BPA, a potentially toxic chemical that leaches into milk, water or soft drinks. It is the 7 inside the triangle on the bottom of the bottle that should alert you to BPA. For years even...
- Tags: Bottle, Chicago, Food & Beverage, Blogging, Vertical Industries, Manufacturing, Internet, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- 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
- 500 billion tons, and counting
- The British science journal, Nature, asks if there's political will to do anything about carbon-loading the atmosphere. Their current editorial says there's time to do something...right now. But is there any political leadership to make anything happen? [poll id="125"] DON'T BREATHE THE AIR Apart from...
- Tags: Air, Leadership, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Management, Human Resources, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-04-30
- 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
- Britain tries to electricify its auto industry
- In moves that mirror new American laws, the British government is going to be providing hefty rewards to British car-buyers...if they buy electric vehicles. The pay-outs could be as much as five thousand pounds. Currently that's well over $7,000 U.S. About 13% of Britain's total...
- Tags: Britain, Engineering, Enterprise Software, Government, Harry Fuller, Software, Vertical Industries
- Blog posts 2009-04-17
- The new railroad era?
- Will Americans become train trained? Europe and Japan have long had high-speed rail systems linking major metro areas. Can America rediscover rails or are we too much in love with the shoeless security probes and two-hour waits at the local airport? President Obama wants to...
- Tags: Barack Obama, Mph, Health Care, Speed, Rail, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-04-16
- Hellacious wallboard--take 2
- The nasty wallboard emitting H2S (hydrogen sulphide, a gas) is apparently spread around North America. The Canadians are now complaining about it. I blogged about this latest Chinese import to raise health questions. The stuff was apparently imported from 2001 to 2007. One estimate:...
- Tags: Health Care, Florida, Canadians, Gypsum, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-03-22
- Economy killing off some polluters
- Here's a piece looking at how many old and pollution-prone factories are being killed off, from Mexico to Russia and China. It's so bad n Russia right now that even many oligrachs are threatened with financial ruin. That woill put the ownership of the country rich oil fields and...
- Tags: China, Russia, Government, Sales Strategy, Vertical Industries, Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-03-08
- Rail--even more controversial than nuclear?
- Wow, my posting on high speed sure needled the paranoia among some readers. Says one talkback: "The automobile is one of the great protectors of freedom. The government hates that you can move without supervision and constant tracking or monitoring." Is this the same goverment that has coddled...
- Tags: Speed, Government, Transportation, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-02-25
- Young generation greening the nitty-gritty of government
- What do you call it when a younger generation refuses to accept the false assumptions of the "wise" elders? Today's there the story of a young worker at the rejuvenated EPA. She was taught the old wheeze in university: the one that says you can have a healthy...
- Tags: Generation, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-02-23
- Carbon trading in the real world
- There has been some talk of beginning a national carbon trading, "cap=-and'trade" system in the U.S. Are we sure we want efforts to stop air pollution to be tied to the same uncontrolled market forces that created our current financial mess? That give the U.S.the most expensive health...
- Tags: Gasoline, Health Care, Bottom Line, Carbon, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-02-08
- "Science:" a fighting word in 2009
- Science has suddenly come out of the political closet where it weas confined during much of the Bush Admninistration and battles over its role and worth are becoming at least visible. There's been a push in the U.S. Senate to stop more money going to the American National Science...
- Tags: Science, France, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-02-07
- Green auto racing? Are they kidding?
- The EPA and Department of Energy are actually proud to be aligned with an auto racing circuit. That's the news from the Washington D.C. auto show. The EPA and DOE folks were at a press confefrence with the American Le Mans Series managers. And they were talking...
- Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, WQhat, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-02-05
- 2008 lousy year for VC investments. 2009 may not improve.
- Nationally the VC funding was off 8% from 2007, reversing a four-year trend of growth. That's the conclusion of one national investment survey. One analyst of VC funding said he expects 2009 to see continued support of existing ventures, but a very tough atmosphere for any new ventures...
- Tags: Financial, VC, Government, Investment, Vertical Industries, Financial Accounting, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-02-01
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