The Sustainability Journal Vikram R Chari Volume 2011 Issue 74

DatacenterDynamics | Australia introduces carbon tax bit.ly/oEsNDl

Humans will need three planets by 2050 green bit.ly/pJldsF

Oil Spills and Meltdowns Highlight the Need for Energy Resilience grn.bz/p7JoRo

EnergyHub raises $14.5M to market energy management tools to consumers dlvr.it/hmGZj

WOW: U.S. Slashes Marcellus Shale Gas Estimate By 80% green read.bi/oYlJsy

UCSC greener than most: Sierra Magazine ranks school in Top 10 for sustainability - San Jose Mercury News mercurynews.com/breaking-news/…

Renewables Leaders Asked: "What's The Best We Can Hope for in 12 Months?" ow.ly/1eoPdx

Solar Farms Abandoning Concentrating #\Solar Power for Photovoltaics (PV) Due to Falling Costs of PV bit.ly/p5ldPn

Koch-Fueled Offshore Wind Study Still Still Doesn’t Fly bit.ly/pqpTJ5

For Dunkin’ Donuts, better sustainability is about the cup smrt.io/r6XC5W

5 Cities, 5 Congestion Solutions goo.gl/fb/eGdd5

IBM: Consumers in desperate need of energy education smrt.io/qfESuH

New blog post - Try It, You’ll Like It: Quick Relief for Energy Management Ills: worldenergy.com/blog/try-it-yo…

Brazil Builds $127 Billion "Offshore City" to Harvest Oil in the Deep Sea bit.ly/o5lRsa

New Website Offers Cell-Phone Recycling Options bit.ly/o1uGIY

Cars could run on recycled newspaper, scientists saytw.physorg.com/233487194

To process a single barrel of beer (32 gallons), ~1,500 gallons of water are used. http://ow.ly/5ffVp

Mann bites dog! Another blow to the climate skeptics bit.ly/n3Uct8

More power plant woes likely if Texas drought drags into winter green bit.ly/nljv3p Texas power plant troubles go beyond heat and drought | bit.ly/nqOsUn

 Top Universities are Going Green in an Effort to Allow Students to Learn in a Sustainable Community bit.ly/riXeF7

CARB Reaffirms Cap-and-Trade Plan; Coloradans Are Fed Up With Big Oil, Want More Renewables  bit.ly/mVwZU3

How Shutting Down Nuclear Power Is Different Than Wind Power Intermittency  bit.ly/omUNy2

People are asking: How much does it cost to build different types of U.S. power plants?  go.usa.gov/kp1

Satellite measurements show we're heading for another year of below-average ice cover in  Arctic bit.ly/ogtdVL

GT Advanced Technologies Acquires Confluence Solar And Its Ingot-Growth Tech: GT Advanced Technologies Inc. has ... bit.ly/pEhKQf

New Rays Of Hope Emerge For PV Inverter Suppliers, But Price Pain Continues: PV inverter suppliers continued to ... bit.ly/ouNiDs

Interesting Technology: Increasing fuel efficiency with a smartphone bit.ly/rpafeK

Quality vs Fluff: Building Blocks for GRI Report Assessments ow.ly/1eoXIR

Shower in cold water for your health and that of the Planet ~ bit.ly/qzZto1

Enabling Technologies for the SmartGrid: Bharatbook added a new report bit.ly/o7Vn2M

Study: Climate Shifts Cause War green bit.ly/rjYBgZ

Dramatic Mint Hotel Amsterdam Captures the Spirit of the City in an Energy Efficient Way bit.ly/q7bL8e

Integrating ethics into tourism: beyond codes of conduct: How in practice can the global hospitality industry ad... bit.ly/oYPwV8

Steve Jobs understood something about emotions that the #green movement too often ignores bit.ly/mPoLXO

"A Cooperative Economy: The Time is Now" by GFA Fellow Carmen Llanes - bit.ly/nuPDVg

Dot Earth Blog: What if Republicans Closed the E.P.A.? bit.ly/pHhCPr 

Is Capitalism doomed? - An excellent albeit dark look at the world economic crisis.

Once again I have come across an excellent piece by Nouriel Roubini who is Chairman of Roubini Global Economics, Professor of Economics at the Stern School of Business, New York University, and co-author of the book Crisis Economics. I felt it very important to pass this along to all followers of my blog. My tow cents - it is indeed poignant reminder that unless the powers that be take pragmatic steps to right the post de-leveraging era with appropriately progressive policies we might very well be staring at a 1930s style Depression. I however do not agree that Capitalism is doomed, only it is going through a serious test of its power to bring sustainable prosperity to the majority.





The massive volatility and sharp equity-price correction now hitting global financial markets signal that most advanced economies are on the brink of a double-dip recession. A financial and economic crisis caused by too much private-sector debt and leverage led to a massive re-leveraging of the public sector in order to prevent Great Depression 2.0. But the subsequent recovery has been anaemic and sub-par in most advanced economies given painful deleveraging.
Now a combination of high oil and commodity prices, turmoil in the Middle East, Japan's earthquake and tsunami, eurozone debt crises, and America's fiscal problems (and now its rating downgrade) have led to a massive increase in risk aversion. Economically, the United States, the eurozone, the United Kingdom, and Japan are all idling. Even fast-growing emerging markets (China, emerging Asia, and Latin America), and export-oriented economies that rely on these markets (Germany and resource-rich Australia), are experiencing sharp slowdowns.


Until last year, policymakers could always produce a new rabbit from their hat to reflate asset prices and trigger economic recovery. Fiscal stimulus, near-zero interest rates, two rounds of "quantitative easing", ring-fencing of bad debt, and trillions of dollars in bailouts and liquidity provision for banks and financial institutions: officials tried them all. Now they have run out of rabbits.


Fiscal policy currently is a drag on economic growth in both the eurozone and the UK. Even in the US, state and local governments, and now the federal government, are cutting expenditure and reducing transfer payments. Soon enough, they will be raising taxes.


Another round of bank bailouts is politically unacceptable and economically unfeasible: most governments, especially in Europe, are so distressed that bailouts are unaffordable; indeed, their sovereign risk is actually fuelling concern about the health of Europe's banks, which hold most of the increasingly shaky government paper.


Nor could monetary policy help very much. Quantitative easing is constrained by above-target inflation in the eurozone and UK. The US Federal Reserve will likely start a third round of quantitative easing (QE3), but it will be too little too late. Last year's $600bn QE2 and $1tn in tax cuts and transfers delivered growth of barely three per cent for one quarter. Then growth slumped to below one per cent in the first half of 2011. QE3 will be much smaller, and will do much less to reflate asset prices and restore growth.


Currency depreciation is not a feasible option for all advanced economies: they all need a weaker currency and better trade balance to restore growth, but they all cannot have it at the same time. So relying on exchange rates to influence trade balances is a zero-sum game. Currency wars are thus on the horizon, with Japan and Switzerland engaging in early battles to weaken their exchange rates. Others will soon follow.


Meanwhile, in the eurozone, Italy and Spain are now at risk of losing market access, with financial pressures now mounting on France, too. But Italy and Spain are both too big to fail and too big to be bailed out. For now, the European Central Bank will purchase some of their bonds as a bridge to the eurozone's new European Financial Stabilisation Facility. But, if Italy and Spain lose market access, the EFSF's €440 bn ($627bn) war chest could be depleted by the end of this year or early 2012.


Then, unless the EFSF pot were tripled - a move that Germany would resist - the only option left would become an orderly but coercive restructuring of Italian and Spanish debt, as has happened in Greece. Coercive restructuring of insolvent banks' unsecured debt would be next. So, although the process of deleveraging has barely started, debt reductions will become necessary if countries cannot grow or save or inflate themselves out of their debt problems.


So Karl Marx, it seems, was partly right in arguing that globalisation, financial intermediation run amok, and redistribution of income and wealth from labour to capital could lead capitalism to self-destruct (though his view that socialism would be better has proven wrong). Firms are cutting jobs because there is not enough final demand. But cutting jobs reduces labour income, increases inequality and reduces final demand.


Recent popular demonstrations, from the Middle East to Israel to the UK, and rising popular anger in China - and soon enough in other advanced economies and emerging markets - are all driven by the same issues and tensions: growing inequality, poverty, unemployment, and hopelessness. Even the world's middle classes are feeling the squeeze of falling incomes and opportunities.


To enable market-oriented economies to operate as they should and can, we need to return to the right balance between markets and provision of public goods. That means moving away from both the Anglo-Saxon model oflaissez-faire and voodoo economics and the continental European model of deficit-driven welfare states. Both are broken.


The right balance today requires creating jobs partly through additional fiscal stimulus aimed at productive infrastructure investment. It also requires more progressive taxation; more short-term fiscal stimulus with medium- and long-term fiscal discipline; lender-of-last-resort support by monetary authorities to prevent ruinous runs on banks; reduction of the debt burden for insolvent households and other distressed economic agents; and stricter supervision and regulation of a financial system run amok; breaking up too-big-to-fail banks and oligopolistic trusts.


Over time, advanced economies will need to invest in human capital, skills and social safety nets to increase productivity and enable workers to compete, be flexible and thrive in a globalised economy. The alternative is - like in the 1930s - unending stagnation, depression, currency and trade wars, capital controls, financial crisis, sovereign insolvencies, and massive social and political instability.

The Sustainability Journal Vikram R Chari Volume 2011 Issue 49

EarthRisk Can Predict Extreme Heat Waves Up To 40 Days In Advance http://bit.ly/qJkDsA

Public Forum Highlights Shared Responsibility in Protecting Chesapeake Bay Watershed: /PRNewswire... http://bit.ly/nnkIkT

Bill Clinton says "Paint your roofs white!" - Photo: Flickr, CC Bill Clinton wrote a short piece about what he thin...http://ow.ly/1dUy7s

SunMaxx Solars ThermoPower VHP 30 Evacuated Tubes at the Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center: Cornell Plantations con...http://bit.ly/nUI0rm

Materials Matter: A Complimentary Webinar on the Efficiency, Reliability and Cost of PV Systems GTMWebinar http://conta.cc/mXwoLU

Photos: Cutting-Edge Solar Tech From Intersolar http://ow.ly/5HCzV solarpower

Alberta responds to crude oil spill green http://bit.ly/nlFzVu

First Takes: Europe's Toxic Toy Crackdown, Breaking Cleantech's Glass Ceiling, and More...  http://grn.bz/rbEAfp

Why Electronics Manufacturers Should Help Their Customers Recycle http://bit.ly/p8QR10

Mayor Bloomberg Donates $50 Million To Sierra Club for Anti-Coal Campaign  http://ow.ly/1dUk59

Would you like to make your home more green? Our publication can explain how. http://t.co/mqBKEZe

50MW Solar Farm Plan Grows to 400MW Due to Low Costs - Earlier this week I posted about how the solar industry can c...http://ow.ly/1dUhqP

Report Signals Weakening European Solar Market: Rapidly falling prices in the first half of 2011 have been unab...http://bit.ly/oj3Bkw

It's Time to Redefine Canada's Energy Future: Energy has been a dynamic topic for many years and will continue ...http://bit.ly/oWJbNO

The Great American Suburban Ponzi Scheme http://bit.ly/pqnRjT

The big green surge to fend off critics of Ontario's renewable energy strategy http://bit.ly/neNkod

Twelve Great Ways to Green your Windows: http://t.co/IKnrDgq

Life After Land - NYTimes.com green http://nyti.ms/qQvG9j

Electricity Demand Soars in Mid-Atlantic States http://bit.ly/mWjp3T NYTimes

Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida Lead List of “Toxic 20” States with Most Toxic Air Pollution from Power Plants from www.nrdc.org

Cutting-Edge Animation & Video, Made in Off-Grid Treehouses http://ow.ly/1dTGau

East African drought a sign of things to come green http://bit.ly/nCIp0M

Farrukh Khan’s Solar Powered Reverse Trike Turns the Sun’s Rays into Fuel http://bit.ly/ofYMt4 ~Inhabitat

Denver Green Streets is Metro Denver and Colorado's green, eco-friendly and sustainable online magazine http://ow.ly/5JtwE

AT&T and DoSomething.org Recognize Local, Young Activist for Outstanding Community Service: /PRNewswire... http://bit.ly/pyaJ3D

Seeing Trends, Coalition Works to Help a River Adapt environment http://t.co/QAOHT5d

CompoClay – an innovative green building material http://ow.ly/5HCwv

Agfa Materials and Nano-C Inc. share insights into Material Innovations in Organic Photovoltaics: Leading up to... http://bit.ly/qFTfxl

Carbon Trust to build sustainability strategy with Taylor Wimpey http://bit.ly/qPLi6T

Wrappers delight for Nestlé as sweet factory achieves zero waste http://bit.ly/n2Vzi4

Captain Planet - recycled http://bit.ly/nJykVr

Judge denies BP request for White House oil emails green http://apne.ws/r8GU5O

Exclusive: Flurry of solar farms rush to meet looming FiT deadline http://bit.ly/r6Objr

Making the green business case – how to build employee support for the green agenda http://bit.ly/qn2kMI

Chris Huhne's Art and Science of Climate Change Speech - in full http://bit.ly/oaWyqD

The Sustainability Journal Vikram R Chari Volume 2011 Issue 43

Global Warming: Scientists vs. Climate Skeptics (Infographic) http://ow.ly/1dLMzX

Climate Change and Sustainability: http://fb.me/Z7aaGwCR

The current drought in the South rivals a record-setting one in the 1950s. Except, now we have double the population: http://ow.ly/5CNfN

Cities versus Suburbs - It's the Economy , Stupid … http://su.pr/3VkCBB

GOP claim to be fighting for 'freedom' in fight against light bulbs: http://bit.ly/oWfRXZ

Green groups fear electricity reforms will spark "dash for gas" http://bit.ly/n11YrR

Canada earns equivalency with E.U. organic standards (EcoSeed): http://bit.ly/oSAPdW

Top 10 Tips for Greening your Air Conditioner : http://bit.ly/qMdDRC

Sustainable Companies Redefining the Term ‘Business Flexibility’ - http://t.co/wgnC39K

Sustainability Reporting Methods ‘Outdated’ · Environmental Management & Energy News : http://t.co/IJ58XTz

High street clothing brands told to 'detox' supply chain http://bit.ly/q6esT1

Greener-than-green factory uses wind-power to make solar cells http://bit.ly/okxJ6F

BusinessGreen Leaders Awards 2011 http://bit.ly/oUXlW1

Electricity Market Reforms: All the latest news and analysishttp://bit.ly/nsovFZ Electricity market reform white paper published http://bit.ly/o25Euh

UK dodges air-quality fine with EU PM10 time extension http://bit.ly/qtPsyj

The Brookings Institution is releasing a report this morning, "Sizing the Clea... http://bit.ly/qkxW6E

Go 60mph – Show Why You Want Freedom From Oilhttp://goo.gl/fb/6TZTI

CO2 to Hold Steady This Year, But Rise Coming in 2012 · Environmental Management & Energy News: http://t.co/7oAmLuF

House GOP fails to turn off light bulb standards green http://apne.ws/pDnG7M

Empire State Building's Sustainability Retrofit Program Achieves 2010... via PRNewswire  http://pop.to/5bvh

Video: Researchers print out paper solar panels http://smrt.io/pMbl9g

Bank of America surpasses halfway mark in $20B pledge to finance sustainability projects | SmartPlan  http://fb.me/ZKiwdDJU

Highlights from World Biofuels Markets 2011: Take a look at highlights from this year's World Biofuels Markets.... http://bit.ly/nVuCV7

World’s Greatest Ongoing Humanitarian Disaster Reaches a Crisis Point - http://ti.me/rirD6j Has the World Grown Immune to Mass Starvation in the Horn of Africa? green  http://bit.ly/pESKkd

By 2015, improving sustainability a Top 5 priority for 60% of W. European CEOs.  GartnerSupplyChain Summit, London. http://gtnr.it/qUHkT9

Copenhagen’s Hedonistic Sustainability http://t.co/wEo7YPG

Rating the sustainability raters http://t.co/hJUpFrh

MillerCoors Issues Sustainability Blueprint to Ensure Secure Future: MillerCoors today released i... http://bit.ly/qCCoeS

Today EC outlines reforms to its common fisheries policy to limit catches to sustainable levels by 2015 #Fishfight http://bit.ly/nLKLEa

Moving? Box Rental Company Good Boxes Delivers and Eliminates the Cardboard Waste http://ow.ly/1dMLIW

The trouble with green product ratings #green http://bit.ly/rmr6Yx

Fourteen states in the southern U.S. are suffering through the nation's worst drought in 60 years: http://facebook.com/EarthToTommy

Solar Frontier’s Progress with Large Scale CIS Solar: San Francisco, California http://bit.ly/n6ly9n

Ideal Power Converters: A Disruption in the Inverter Market?: It's still very early for inverter innovator Ide... http://bit.ly/opjRpp

Going Dutch: How the Netherlands created a sustainable fishing industry http://su.pr/1Nv0cX

Germany's creative class turns sustainability's limits into innovation engine: http://t.co/Gy732PH

Engineering Oceans To Suck Up Carbon Has Eco Consequences http://bit.ly/ptXLmg

World Cup scores green winner http://t.co/xpdycgd

Green jobs pay better as clean-tech sector booms green http://usat.ly/oo9DKB

City unveils first solar power 'Groupon' model solar green http://bit.ly/oKFRyg

Suntech Introduces Pair Of New Solar Modules Rated At 245 W, 290 W: Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. has released... http://bit.ly/oMCsMa

SMA Bringing Integrated Utility-Scale Solar PV Solutions To The Market: SMA says it has expanded its lineup of u... http://bit.ly/pSfV2Q

The great carbon tax secret: who are the Misfortune 500? green http://bit.ly/r67MX6

Zero-energy lighting for poor communities requires only water and bleach http://bit.ly/oDmXkF

In 2010, China spent $54.4B on clean energy; US spent $34.0B. Figure on pg. 13 of this PDF - http://t.co/fVTMo9N.

Schneider, Cisco Launch Joint Building-IT Energy Platform; Canon Saves 2.7m kWh · Environmental Leader: http://t.co/SzI64Qw

Check out the folks grist has dared to go greener. http://ow.ly/5CH1S

North Carolina Board of Science and Technology’s Green Business Fund through a unique partnership with the... http://fb.me/xpYkH4JM

Coal industry lawyers claim Appalachian birth defects are caused by inbreeding, not mountaintop removal green http://bit.ly/qGGcsq

Recycling, Digital Media Use Slash Paper Waste http://goo.gl/fb/FxT0P

Bold Financial Incentives Are Needed To Support City Economies http://goo.gl/fb/8UhDj

Why Is food reform so hard? http://ow.ly/5DNhJ

US wind farm H&S: The launch of OSHA's 'National Emphasis Program': The 'falls from height' risk exists in almo... http://bit.ly/oRsWpD

Wind turbine manufacturing industry building on a 'global localised' market: While some leading OEM's are openi... http://bit.ly/n6HQrC

Cargill Sets Sights on Worldwide Sustainable Palm Oil by 2020 http://grn.bz/pBiE5A

Tips to help you Green your Air Conditioner : http://t.co/xkCttND

DOE bets on lightweight steel for fuel efficient cars http://dlvr.it/b3fVt

Estimates of climate's impact on extinctions err on conservative side: http://t.co/lVjAiH1 

Italy now the latest in the European crisis.

(Thanks to Business Insider.com)

As terror over the Greek debt crisis cools momentarily, everyone's suddenly paying attention to Italy.

Its market is diving, people are dumping Italian banks, and yields are shooting up.

Italy's economy is the fourth-largest in the European Union, and its debt burden -- wavering at about $171 billion -- shows no signs of subsiding, regardless of harsh austerity cuts.

Italy's economy has deep-seated structural problems that are not going to go away by taking away the pocket book. Indeed, they may even get worse.

FTSE MIB (the main index in Italy) is off over 4.2% today. We're now looking at a fall of about 10% in 5 days.





Speaks for itself.






Six Reasons Italy has come under attack


1) Italy Growth has stalled - Over the past six months, there's been no growth at all. And actually, GDP per capita is lower than it was in the year 2000.





2) Italy has the second-highest Debt-to-GDP ratio - At 120%, only Greece is worse - Source: SocGen






3) The country's austerity market is backend loaded - Newly announced budget cutting doesn't start the fiscal adjustment until 2013.  Source:  Socgen Plus, there are elections in 2013, which could throw the whole thing into disarray. A lot could change by then. 




4) The political system is fragile.




5) There are no plans for structural adjustments - Unfortunately, nobody has any idea what to do. Ultimately, it's not just about budget cutting, but about fixing the economy. Check out the failure of Italian labour productivity to rebound.






6) Recent downgrades from Moody's and S&P -These downgrades have served to remind everyone what a mess the country is in. 




The Sad Story Of How Italy Got To Be Such A Wreck

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/how-italy-got-to-be-such-a-wreck-2011-7#too-much-emphasis-on-family-means-lots-of-small-privately-owned-businesses-and-few-large-publicly-owned-companies-1#ixzz1Rtu6Ikxz

The Sustainability Journal Vikram R Chari Volume 2011 Issue 32

What works to get people on their bikes? 5 cool ideas...http://fb.me/XYZ5z51v

Can we affect our communities by changing the way we map it?...http://fb.me/xOwzw3sH

What is the "Walkability" paradox, and how can we avoid it? This post explains... http://fb.me/16iWUAlvx

Stimulus Dollars at Work for the Residential Building Industry http://ow.ly/5odW8

Will the EPA help farmers fight pesticide poisoning? http://ow.ly/5odaf

DOE backs largest rooftop solar project in U.S. http://dlvr.it/XQ3Qj

"Sustainability concerns are important to students in selecting their university" Improve your Univ's green agenda http://bit.ly/lmptJe

Cartoon dinosaur used to sell shale gas to kids http://bit.ly/lkXofQ

David Cameron poised to step into MEP climate target row http://bit.ly/mIN6XJ

Climate Corps 2011: Three Handy Tools from One Week at PNC http://grn.bz/m9KHv6

Are you in Ireland? > Convergence Festival (until June 27th) - Sustainability Community Resilience  http://bit.ly/iwzzbE

Many power plants already have equipment to slash mercury http://ow.ly/5ofVk

80% of young Germans say they 'don't need a car' in town > Time for a car-sharing model  http://bit.ly/ikUfAQ

Radical Confidence: Pushing Greener Buildings with VERGE http://grn.bz/k2zhu0

Who Wins an Energy Deathmatch Between Renewables & Efficiency? http://grn.bz/k1RaGB

5 Tips for Protecting the Last Frontier of Building Systems http://grn.bz/luJmQU

Partnership Aims to Make Emissions Tracking Easy as (Scopes) 1, 2, 3 http://grn.bz/l9Oy9Z

Transphorm which makes chips for efficient power conversion raises $25M from Kleiner, Soros, Google.. background http://cnet.co/mEsXkU

Creating a successful Sustainability Plan - What is it? How do I get one?: In recent years we ha... http://bit.ly/mMYfmL

GE and VC friends dole out $63M in "consumer clean tech' home energy plays, $100K for 5 less developed startups http://bit.ly/mkdxL0 GE, Kleiner Perkins And Others To Put $63 Million In 10 Home Energy Tech Companies http://bit.ly/lG5L7G Most interesting thing of GE eco-challenge is commitment to bring start-up products to market. ie Best Buy deal http://cnet.co/kr1HQf

Fukushima sends ripples around the world http://bit.ly/keqGoI

IBM Reduces $50 Million in Electricity Expenses, Boosts Conservation Efforts: /PRNewswire/ - http://bit.ly/jzxnuU 

Life at the Speed of Rail http://goo.gl/fb/OU1v5 

Urban Design Competition: My Sustrans Dream Street http://goo.gl/fb/WucRz

Join us in civil disobedience to stop the Keystone XL tar-sands pipeline http://ow.ly/5oF46

TV Maker Vizio To Get into LED Lighting: New York--Five years ago, Vizio was one of a number of unknown companies... http://bit.ly/iqnqNU

Feds Grant $1.4 Billion Guarantee For World's Largest Rooftop Solar Project, forbesgreen:  http://onforb.es/mt5KNr

Geothermal Feed-in Tariffs Worldwide: Countries worldwide are increasingly turning to feed-in tariffs as a mechanism... http://bit.ly/ji6F4D

In panel discussions next week POET to discuss cellulosic ethanol, NASCAR at Fuel Ethanol Workshop: http://bit.ly/j6UB9R

GE’s smart grid challenge unveils home energy winnershttp://dlvr.it/XWYbt

SMEs to benefit from waste responsibility deal http://bit.ly/lb12Rp

Eight new nuclear sites approved in final National Policy Statements http://bit.ly/ikkFv3

GOP’s tiny spending cuts wound small farmers http://ow.ly/5oGCo

Coca-Cola Implementing Green Power Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology: http://t.co/uiNyp5g

Siemens CFO says willing/able to finance $2B+ Cape Wind project whose DOE loan guarantee is on hold  http://bloom.bg/iO32n2

Fleet Briefing: Ford, CNG Taxis, Coke, Renault-Nissan: Rather than fight for a share of a possibly. http://bit.ly/mEmwSW 

Make this a more Vegan friendly place for you, the planet, and animals. Check out our food truck project http://t.co/61mXVPm

Do sustainability professionals environmentalists need shrinks? How to combat despair.  http://t.co/ZCmNIi1

AAA to have an electric-vehicle charger truck http://smrt.io/lCLg9T

Industrial buildings across U.S. to go solar http://cnet.co/iyac6k

United States invests $27 million on streamlining projects for solar: http://t.co/6fG03ow

New Post: Solar Furnace http://dlvr.it/XXgLt

Deregulation Doesn’t Mean Healthy Competition: Deregulation in the electricity markets is often talked about i... http://bit.ly/jbluor

Is Climate Change a Disaster for the Insurance Industry?: People judge risk poorly. We worry too much... http://bit.ly/ltuR57

The HAVE IT YOUR WAY(R) Foundation Adds Four Major Awards to the $1.4 Million Given in Scholarship. http://bit.ly/kCRZmZ

How Sustainability is Changing Design http://bit.ly/jwT6Ba

An 11-year-old Cambreshire girl just piloted an incredible concept car that gets 1,325 miles per gallon! http://t.co/cPOueZ4

Green business saves $1.60 for every $1 spent, IBM finds | Energyhttp://ow.ly/1dpAmB

LEED Credits for Demand Response | Green-Buildings.com  http://ow.ly/1dpAmD

Green buildings earn extra credit for demand response | Energy http://ow.ly/1dpAmE

Who Wins an Energy Deathmatch Between Renewables & Efficiency? GreenBiz.com  http://ow.ly/1dpAmF

Gillian Anderson is back to fight bad guys – but not aliens. She’s an official ambassador for Survival International. http://dld.bz/aeu27

Track the U.S. Utility PV Market! A new service from gtmresearch http://conta.cc/l9J35G

New solar cells can be printed right onto buildings http://ow.ly/5oShp

An all-electric Land Rover is making a big difference in South African safari parks for both animals and tourists. http://dld.bz/aeu4Q

Did you miss GreenChamber event last week in Silicon Valley? No worries! Watch the video!!  http://ow.ly/5p1U6

Electric car maker Think files for bankruptcy http://dlvr.it/XYBj4