Sustainability In Business

“A single wind turbine will generate enough energy to power up to 732 homes per year which is the equivalent of taking around 1,170 cars off the road annually.”

New South Wales, Australia Premier Nathan Rees after announcing the launch of Australia’s largest wind farm.

Clean Technology Investment Rebounds – WSJ.com – 7/1/09

Investment In Cleantech Picks Up – Forbes.com – 7/1/09

Power Alberta Company Actively Looking at Growing its Presence in Atlantic Canada and Plans to Expand Kent Hills Project by Bidding on NB Power’s Latest Request for Proposals – Telegraph Journal  - 7/2/09
 
Energy Independence in Our Backyard? – The Waukon Standard – 7/2/09
 
Venture Funding for Clean-Tech Rebounds – San Jose Mercury News – 7/1/09

Transportation Takes the Day in Cleantech Funding – BNET – 7/2/09

Cleantech Group: Green Investing Sees Uptick – CNET – 7/2/09

Cleantech Venture Funding Brightens for All But Solar – Xconomy – 7/1/09

Cleantech Investment Picks Up Again – The Business Insider – 7/1/09

Fearful Stocks for Greedy Investors – The Motley Fool – 7/1/09

Seagrass meadows, an important habitat for shrimps, crabs and juvenile fish, are disappearing fast

The mysterious size reduction of Scottish sheep over the last 20 years can be explained by shorter winters, researchers say

Investment in green transport rose in the second quarter of 2009 – bucking a six-month-long downward trend

We owe our very existence to plants, which – thanks to their relationship with CO₂ – have prevented the Earth from freezing over

A new robot with artificial whiskers could one day be used to locate survivors of natural disasters, or people trapped in burning buildings

(Photo: Antrim Caskey)

    Mountaintop removal coal mining is the worst environmental tragedy in American
history. When will the Obama administration finally stop this Appalachian apocalypse?

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(Photo: Antrim Caskey)

    Mountaintop removal coal mining is the worst environmental tragedy in American
history. When will the Obama administration finally stop this Appalachian apocalypse?

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    Polar bear encounters on the North Slope oil fields have risen to record levels
the last two years, a sign that increasing numbers of the white giants may be
prowling on land because the sea ice they prefer is shrinking, scientists said.

    Oil field sightings along the southern Beaufort Sea coast jumped to 321 in
2007 and 313 in 2008, said Craig Perham, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist
in Anchorage.

    That’s more than double the 15-year average of 138. It’s also a sharp rise
from 232, the previous high in 2005.

    Oil companies are legally required to report a polar bear encounter to Fish
and Wildlife that involves any change in the animal’s behavior, even if the
bear simply lifts its head to sniff the air, Perham said.

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