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Bloomberg New Energy Finance reports that solar power capacity installed around the world this year will beat wind for the first time driven by stronger policy support in key markets "Photovoltaic plants will add about 36.7 gigawatts globally in 2013 and wind farms 35.5 gigawatts, or almost 25 ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Clean Tech, Design, Economics, Solar
As part of Eco Week, the University of Canterbury Sustainability Office is hosting the Christchurch premier of Bidder 70. Bidder70 is a movie about the extraordinary, effective activism by University of Utah economics student Tim DeChristopher, who demanded government and industry accountability on the mining of fossil fuels and climate ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Economics, Education, Finance & Money
There are enough signatures now to force a referendum on the sale of state owned assets That's no small feat ! The Government has one month to announce the date of the referendum. What's the betting ? Slightly after the Meridian float ? keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Economics, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Politics & Government
The following is an extract from an article in the Nation, by Madeleine Ostrander which looks at whether fracking was a necessary evil . She debunks four big myths - as below . Fracking may not decrease our reliance on coal globally. It just sends the coal somewhere else. Guardian editor and energy ... keep reading
Written by The Nation/Madeleine Ostrander in August, about Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Economics, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Health, Industry & Business, Water (1 comment)
Funny how we measure progress. We give lip service to all sorts of things, but what really matters, we’re told, is growth. Politicians – our current Government in particular – live by it. No matter the problem – unemployment, recession, poverty – they will inevitably try to grow their way out of it ... keep reading
Written by Gord Stewart in August, about Economics, Finance & Money, Sustainability (1 comment)
The global impacts of a warming Arctic could carry a price tag comparable to the size of the global economy in 2012, say Gail Whiteman, Chris Hope and Peter Wadhams in a Comment in this week’s Nature. Most discussions about the economic implications of a warming Arctic focus on ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in July, about Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Finance & Money, Polar Sea Ice
The richest 2% have more wealth than half of the rest of the world . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWSxzjyMNpU keep reading
Written by Celsias in July, about Economics, Finance & Money, Lifestyle & Behavior, Population, Poverty
Bill McKibben’s tour of Aotearoa was enormously successful with three huge crowds in Auckland, Dunedin and Wellington, and 12 live links around the country. Bill’s message was clear: It’s time for us to step up and do what it takes to hit the fossil fuel industry where ... keep reading
Written by 350.org Aotearoa in July, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Coal & Oil, Economics, Finance & Money, Politics & Government (1 comment)
Foundations and individuals divesting from fossil fuels because they are damaging the environment is nothing new; just last week,Dutch Bank Rabobank pledged to exit all its positions in shale gas drilling after citing issues with water and soil contamination from fracking that pose unacceptable risks to biodiversity, ecosystems and ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in July, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Economics, Finance & Money (1 comment)
Australian groups have combined to put massive pressure on mining companies and banks as part of their campaign to divest from fossil fuels. You will remember the Bill McKibben tour here a short while ago, and he was in Australia before NZ . As the Guardian has noted " Prominent Australians are ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in July, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Coal & Oil, Economics, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money (1 comment)
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