Thirteen New Alternative Energy Stocks Added to Ardour Global Index in Quarterly Rebalancing
Two new stocks in AGI Extra Liquid.
Alternative Energy?-Oil Was Alternative Energy
Once upon a land, in a time not so long ago, the people of the world were desperately searching for alternatives to the power of choice that fueled their society. You see they were using a renewable fuel; the problem was that they were depleting it faster than it could be reproduced. Their reserves were in low supply, and the future was looking bleak. The people had hunted their fuel almost to extinction, and something had to be done.
Haynes and Boone to Advise U.S. Energy Department on Alternative Energy Finance Transactions
Haynes and Boone, LLP joins a select number of law firms that will represent the U.S. Department of Energy in project finance and other transactions that support the development of alternative sources of energy.
Eleven New Alternative Energy Stocks Added to Ardour Global Index in Quarterly Rebalancing
Four new stocks in AGI Extra Liquid.
Energy Product Company Announces Promotion to Fight Global Warming
A San Francisco area based online retailer has announced a "Fight Global Warming Promotion" by lowering the price of the Watt-Minder, Appliance Cost and Current Meter by 40% in an effort to increase consumers awareness of their energy usage and help reduce their own carbon emissions.
Seventeen New Alternative Energy Stocks Added to Ardour Global Index in Quarterly Rebalancing
One New Stock In AGI Extra Liquid(SM)
New Business Venture Inspired by Corporate Greed And Global Warming
Being disillusioned and fed up hearing about corporate greed, and overall business ineptness, Mr. Cassius Lobo and Mr. Graeme Macrae simply asked; Can a company in today's business climate succeed based on good corporate ethics and values? Well, according to the now owners of Ideal North, a new Montreal apparel company, the answer was not only yes, but the basis of their business plan: "Offer products and service that exceed customer expectations, be environmentally conscientious, and to keep integrity at the forefront in all aspects of the operation."
Village Green Energy Supports Green Building Development with Renewable Energy
Village Green Energy launched a streamlined process today, enabling green buildings to earn credit towards the U.S Green Building Council's LEED certification by purchasing off-site renewable energy.
Village Green Energy, Inc. Enables San Francisco Residents and Businesses to Go Green with Locally Generated Renewable Energy
Environmentally conscious Bay Area residents and businesses now have a green choice for their electricity consumption. Village Green Energy, Inc., a new San Francisco-based company, is helping California electricity consumers transition to renewable energy sources within Pacific Gas and Electric's (PG&E) service territory.
Global Warming Creates Business Opportunities
What do global warming, estuaries, hurricanes; boat wakes, coral reefs, juvenile fish, and artificial reefs have in common? The answer is...
Climate change and global warming - indeed, how to control them - are becoming more central to politics with every new development. Sustainable energy is the method of our times, and government's across the globe are under pressure - from each other, from environmental groups, and from individuals - to implement genuine and successful 'green' policy.
The E.U is one of the biggest political organisations in the world. It comprises 27 member states and under its banner are close to 500 million people. The GDP that the E.U generates accounts for roughly 30% of the world.
In terms of the world's environment, then, it is a chief player. What is the European Union doing to combat global warming and climate change? And are they committed to the cause?
The official E.U website has this to say on the matter:
"Sustainable Development stands for meeting the needs of present generations without jeopardizing the ability of futures generations to meet their own needs ? in other words, a better quality of life for everyone, now and for generations to come. It offers a vision of progress that integrates immediate and longer-term objectives, local and global action, and regards social, economic and environmental issues as inseparable and interdependent components of human progress.
Sustainable development will not be brought about by policies only: it must be taken up by society at large as a principle guiding the many choices each citizen makes every day, as well as the big political and economic decisions that have. This requires profound changes in thinking, in economic and social structures and in consumption and production patterns."
What is clear, then, is that the E.U see promotion of the message as central; a sustainable future is only possible with a growing conciousness and willingness on the part of the public to accept and encourage environmental policy and legislation.
If the E.U can get its citizens to accept the challenge, though, what policy can be expected from the organizations governments?
The 'E.U Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS)' was established to answer exactly that question. In its own words, the SDS will "gradually change our current unsustainable consumption and production patterns and move towards a better integrated approach to policy-making...[it will] reaffirm the need for global solidarity and recognizes the importance of strengthening our work with partners outside the EU, including those rapidly developing countries which will have a significant impact on global sustainable development."
So the E.U - acknowledging its role within the world's sphere - champions the importance of climate change as a global issue, and believes that it should be treated as such. Its method for achieving that aim is to work closely and extensively with the world's other governmental bodies.
The SDS has 7 key areas of interest:
Climate change and clean energy
Sustainable transport
Sustainable consumption & production
Conservation and management of natural resources
Public Health
Social inclusion, demography and migration
Global poverty and sustainable development challenges
Central, then, is the simultaneous need for a maintenance of current ecosystems - to conserve and manage the continent's current resources - combined with a development of a sustainable infrastructure for the future; investment in clean fuels, plus solar energy, wind energy and biogas.
Indeed, the E.U - through its 7 SDS points - recognises that environmental issues affect everything in our lives, because we are part of the environment, and so everything we do is affecting it also. As such, the E.U beleives that 'Changing Behaviour' is imperative in the fight against climate change:
"A host of cultural, economic, social and psychological factors affect the way we behave, often locking us into unsustainable consumption habits. Even those who say they will buy organic food for environmental reasons and the good of their own health may change their minds if products outstrip their budget."
The overall challenge, then, for the European Union - along with the rest of the world's nations - is to educate the next generation on the pitfalls of our own.
That way, the E.U can guarantee that it does not return in the future to the issues that have caused the problem in the first instance.
Chris Woolfrey is the Global Warming expert at EcoSwitch The environmental social network.