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Cleantech Open has $100,000 for a green startup idea 0
Posted 1 month ago By Jonathan Hiskes The Cleantech Open has helped more than 100 startup companies find their footing since it launched in California three years ago. Now it's expanding in some interesting ways. Competitors in Cleantech's new "ideas competition" stand to win $100,000 in support and advice from business experts.
firing chamber

Corporations call off the old green battle, but Chamber of Commerce soldiers on [UPDATED] 4
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago By Jonathan Hiskes Still more trouble for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the 97-year-old business advocacy group that has been courting controversy by questioning climate change and fighting a clean energy bill. Here are the companies that have quit the Chamber.
Still fallacious

The perfect market fallacy 9
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago By Sean Casten A "market" is nothing more than a description of our collective allocation of resources. Economists refer to markets as being efficient only when they meet a specific set of conditions, at which point the benefits that accrue from Adam Smith's invisible hand are realized through the independent actions of profit-seeking actors. But most markets are inefficient--often woefully so.
The clean-energy investment agenda 6
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago By John Podesta The United States is having the wrong public debate about global warming.
VW L1 hybrid: “most efficient car in the world” 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Volkswagen has traditionally been known more for its quirky branding than its bold claims. That didn't stop the German automaker from recently declaring that it had built "the most fuel-efficient car in the world."
What you can do

A message from Van Jones 16
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago By Van Jones
My family and I want to thank everyone for the outpouring of love and support that we have received over the past week or so.
Meat wagon

If JBS-Pilgrim’s deal goes through, four mega-firms will dominate the meat landscape 1
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago By Tom Philpott
What the meat industry would look like if beef behemoth JBS bought chicken giant Pilgrim's Pride.
Pulling out the Jay Game

Celebs to race Ford’s electric cars on Jay Leno’s new show 1
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago By Ashley Braun
On his new show Jay Leno will flaunt to the world something he knew ages ago: how much Jay Leno is crushin' on electric cars. To prove this point, he'll have his guests race electric autos for the best times, as well as what we imagine will be the title of "Celeb Most Likely to Crash a Really Expensive Electric Vehicle."
Sports section

Jackson goes for gold 0
Posted 2 months ago By Mark McIntosh
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson will be in Chicago Friday to talk about greening the business of sports ... oh, and maybe boost the Windy City's bid for the 2016 summer Olympics.
POLLUTER FRAUD DU JOUR

Big Oil creates phony climate denial site, lies about it 5
Posted 2 months ago By Miles Grant
A friend just alerted me to the website PlantsNeedCO2.org, which is running ads on NYTimes.com.