http://www.greenfiles.org/ Environmentalism, Climate Protection and Pollution Control en 2010-03-11T15:05:42+00:00 http://www.greenfiles.org/for_full_disclosure_of_climatechange_risks_investorscom-archive.html [Investors.com] The recent Securities and Exchange Commission "interpretive guidance" on climate change says companies should disclose not only potential risks from climate change, but also risks from climate-related legislation, regulation, international accords and effects on business trends.

]]> Climate admin 2010-03-11T15:05:42+00:00 http://www.greenfiles.org/_california_regulators_climate_change_a_bigger_threat_than_-archive.html [Big Government] The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is known for its relentless pursuit of initiatives to combat pollution and emissions it deems harmful, including carbon dioxide. However, one of its efforts designed to counter climate change has the agency attracting incoming fire, with critics charging that CARB is more concerned about the prospect of global warming than protecting the public from felons.

]]> Climate admin 2010-03-11T15:04:30+00:00 http://www.greenfiles.org/greenpeace_making_waves_march_10_opposition_in_eu_to_gepotato_-archive.html [Humanitarian News blogs] Greenpeace - Making Waves: March 10: Opposition in EU to GE-potato; China, India ratify Copenhagen Accord. March 10, 2010 - 13:36. Swiss-anti-GE.jpg. Greenpeace has called for a renewed moratorium ("GE-Free!") in Switzerland on GE crops ...

]]> Greenpeace admin 2010-03-10T14:35:15+00:00 http://www.greenfiles.org/greenpeace_loses_round_two_in_tiff_with_facebook_green_living_-archive.html [Green Living Tips and Ideas] That’s the sort of lesson coming out from the latest round in the Greenpeace vs. Facebook skirmish currently afoot on the internet.

]]> Greenpeace admin 2010-03-10T14:34:34+00:00 http://www.greenfiles.org/energy_secretary_chu_fields_questions_at_economics_triple_pundit-archive.html [Triple Pundit: People, Planet, Profit] US Energy Secretary Steven Chu, fresh from the inaugural ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit, was the final and perhaps most anticipated speaker at last week's ECO:nomics conference. Throughout the conference, regulatory uncertainty had .

]]> Entry admin 2010-03-09T14:37:14+00:00 http://www.greenfiles.org/econews_roundup_tuesday_march_9_mother_jones-archive.html [Blue Marble Feed | Mother Jones] Eco-News Roundup: Tuesday March 9. ”” By Jen Phillips. | Tue Mar. 9, 2010 4:41 AM PST. Crass Pass: A sometimes vulgar plea to just pass a healthcare bill already. Turning Blue: Unwittingly, Anthem may have helped bring healthcare back to ...

]]> Entry admin 2010-03-09T14:36:12+00:00 http://www.greenfiles.org/ihub_a_place_for_knowledge_ecosystems_launched-archive.html [All about Africa and specifically Kenya] Kenya in particular has living proves that technology developed out of necessity can turn out to be a great tool which can be deployed to help people all over the World. Ushaidi created in the in the wake of Post election violence in Kenya in 2008 has been used in many other places such as South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti and now Chile.

]]> Entry admin 2010-03-08T12:35:27+00:00 http://www.greenfiles.org/business_ecosystems_blog_archive_iskin_when_humanity_mirrors_-archive.html [Business Ecosystems] Now imagine you can use your hand - or your forearm if you need more space - as a touchscreen for making phone calls, surfing the Internet, sharing on Facebook, up-dating a blog, controlling your iPod, and so on. This is the new frontier opened by Skinput, a skin-based interface that, through a microchip-sized projector and an acoustic detector embedded in an armband, turns your body into an iBody.

]]> Entry admin 2010-03-08T12:33:48+00:00 http://www.greenfiles.org/for_immediate_release_save_greenpeace_website_launched_in_-archive.html [Mobilization for Climate Justice] Tzeporah Berman has been a pioneer of the collaborative approach. As founder of ForestEthics, she drew the ire of BC environmentalists and natives for eliminating public oversight from negotiations around the Great Bear Rainforest, giving the go-ahead to a plan to log 70% of the pristine forest.

]]> Greenpeace admin 2010-03-06T15:05:41+00:00 http://www.greenfiles.org/a_push_to_save_greenpeace_mostly_water-archive.html [Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news] "Greenpeace's original approach was confronting corporations and governments at the scenes of their crimes," said savegreenpeace.org co-creator Macdonald Stainsby. "That approach has softened lately, but if they hire Tzeporah Berman, they'll be on the fast track to corporate collaboration, beyond the point of no return," he said.

]]> Greenpeace admin 2010-03-06T15:04:49+00:00 http://www.greenfiles.org/ed_driscoll_are_economics_and_environmentalism_secular_religions-archive.html [Ed Driscoll] I can’t comment on the details of Nelson’s thesis until I read the whole book, but I think he’s on to something. I would put the point this way: The perennial problem for both economic and environmental arguments is that they’re often framed, officially, in scientific terms, but almost all of their interest is moral.

]]> Entry admin 2010-03-05T15:05:31+00:00 http://www.greenfiles.org/the_pathetic_god_of_environmentalism_the_black_kettle-archive.html [THE BLACK KETTLE] The theological conclusion that follows from worshiping Mother Earth is that she is no god at all. She doesn’t even have the power to defend herself from the CO2 that is emitted when we exhale.

]]> Entry admin 2010-03-05T15:03:52+00:00 http://www.greenfiles.org/northwest_business_environment_awards_2010_entries_sought_by_may_-archive.html [Cheshire & Warrington Economic Alliance - Economic Alliance] Hosted by award-winning environmental business support programme, ENWORKS, the region’s most prestigious green award scheme is backed by the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA), Northwest Business Insider, Environment Agency, Envirolink Northwest, Groundwork Northwest, Institute of Directors and Foundation, the climate fund for the North West.

]]> Environment admin 2010-03-04T15:04:09+00:00 http://www.greenfiles.org/php_development_environment_comparison_pcmech-archive.html [PCMech » Daily Tips] There is no doubt that PHP is among the top web development languages used. I have used it for smaller projects and always used a plain text editor (Notepad++)

]]> Environment admin 2010-03-04T15:03:35+00:00 http://www.greenfiles.org/al_gore_attacks_climate_change_skeptics_political_inaction_-archive.html [INHABITAT] Needless to say, those two inaccuracies sent climate change skeptics into a frenzy, causing a reaction from Gore.  Gore admits that science is seldom totally free from mistakes, but that the overall consensus in the scientific community remains the same: Climate change is occurring, and most of it is the result of human activities. Climate change skeptics are nit-picking  these two inaccuracies and ignoring the larger picture –

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