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Fortune Brainstorm Green Michael Dell offers a glimpse of an unannounced product	David Roberts	22 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Michael Dell is on stage now, going over the importance of IT for sustainability and the many worth initiatives Dell has undertaken -- all of which you can read about on Dell's site. The one newsworthy bit was the presentation of what he calls, with a distinct lack of poetry, "the unannounced product." It is a tiny small-form-factor computer in a bamboo case -- it looks about the size and shape of an external hard drive. Pretty sweet. Wish I had a picture ...
Topics: business, green products, shopping, tech (all these topics)

Remake a Living: Environmental management careers College grads hit the green job market -- here's what they'll find	Kevin Doyle	22 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Photo: fluffbreat Another Earth Day has come around, and that means college graduations are just a few weeks away. Soon-to-be alumni throughout the nation are dusting off résumés, poring over job listings, and then moving back into their old bedrooms at home "for a little while." I predict a progression of messages from dear old Dad. (Welcome back. Clean the garage. Don't get too comfortable. Get a job already.) With so many aspiring eco-job-seekers ente ...
Topics: business, economy, education, green jobs (all these topics)

Start Your Engines Feds set fuel-economy benchmarks for automakers		22 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 11:14 AM on 22 Apr 2008 Federal regulators will propose benchmarks Tuesday for automakers to hit on their way to reaching a fuel-economy requirement of 35 miles per gallon by 2020. Auto fleets will have to average 27.8 mpg by 2011 and 31.6 mpg by 2015 -- a more aggressive timetable than was required by Congress. That's 35.7 mpg for passenger cars in 2015 (new cars averaged 31.3 mpg last year) and 28.6 mpg for light truc ...
Topics: business, cars, climate, fuel efficiency, news, politics, regulation (all these topics)

Think Again All-electric car coming to the U.S. next year		22 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 7:57 AM on 22 Apr 2008 Reasonably priced, all-electric cars are coming soon to a California near you. (And then to the rest of the U.S. before too long.) Think Global, which was sold by Ford Motor Co. to Norwegian investors in 2003, will partner with two venture capital firms to mass-produce the battery-powered Think City in the U.S., starting next year. About the size of a Mini Cooper, the Think City is a two-seater but has ro ...
Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, news, United States (all these topics)

Google: energy glutton? New server farm projected to use 103 MW of power	Erik Hoffner	22 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Interesting feature in the March issue of Harper's if you missed it: Google's server farms use a heckuva lot of energy. A planned server farm in The Dalles, Ore. will probably use 103 megawatts of mega-hydro electrons, enough to power 82,000 homes, according to the author, Ginger Strand. Server farms used more power than TVs in the U.S. in 2006, and this may increase as other search firms gear up to battle Google. Of course, the proliferation of flat-screen energy hogs ...
Topics: Oregon, websites, business, energy (all these topics)

Betting on the future Private equity firm buys rights to rainforest reserve's environmental services	biodiversivist	21 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Photo: Smccann via Flickr This picture of what appears to be an insect with rainbows flying out its butt was taken in Guyana. There are untold, untapped, unknown chemistries created by millions of years of evolution harbored in what remains of the planet's biodiversity. This is a vast storehouse of information, which would provide humanity with centuries of medicines and other benefits if we can just find ways to preserve it. We can't let our biodiversity ...
Topics: biodiversity, biofuels, business, Guyana, investing, rainforests (all these topics)

Fortune Brainstorm Green A discussion of climate policy downplays cap-and-trade	David Roberts	21 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Now we're getting into the nuts and bolts climate policy, with the following folks: The Hon. Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr. Attorney General State of California John E. Bryson Chairman and CEO Edison International Alexander "Andy" Karsner Assistant Secretary, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy U.S. Department of Energy Jonathan Lash President World Resource ...
Topics: business, climate, legislation, politics, carbon trading (all these topics)

Fortune Brainstorm Green: breaking news Think all-electric vehicles coming to the U.S.	David Roberts	21 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Ray Lane, the managing partner of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, is about to announce some news. (He's up on stage with Jan-Olaf Willums, CEO of Think Global AS, and Wilber James, managing general partner of RockPort Capital Partners.) Ah. He's launching Think North America -- bringing Think vehicles to the U.S. Hundreds of the cars will reach the states this year, mainly for use in fleets. After that they'll be offered to consumers, first in Californ ...
Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, innovation, placemaking (all these topics)

Fortune Brainstorm Green Shai Agassi talks electric cars in Israel	David Roberts	21 Apr 2008	Gristmill
I'm watching Shai Agassi, founder and CEO of Project Better Place, talk about the scheme he put together to fill Israel with electrical cars and recharging stations, with the ultimate goal of eliminating oil as a transportation fuel in the country. (He's going to do it in Denmark as well.) (A side note: this meeting room is filled with Herman Miller Aeron chairs. Sweet!) I'm a little behind on the details (dude talks fast), but it's a torrent of goodness. We're t ...
Topics: business, climate, electric vehicles, energy, innovation, Israel, oil (all these topics)

By Our Power Combined California utilities scuffle over cap-and-trade		21 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 8:42 AM on 21 Apr 2008 California is well aware that reducing greenhouse-gas emissions is easier said than done. The state's attempts to craft an effective cap-and-trade system are causing infighting among public utilities and their privately owned counterparts. Public utilities, which source more of their power from coal, protest that they're going to end up paying out the nose to the state and seeing the money red ...
Topics: business, California, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, politics, regulation, state politics (all these topics)

Fortune Brainstorm Green	David Roberts	21 Apr 2008	Gristmill
I flew down to Pasadena today for the Fortune Brainstorm: Green conference. There's tons of interesting stuff on the agenda -- a mix of corporate types and NGO types, technology and policy topics. I'm moderating a panel on Monday night called "Meet the Rabble Rousers," an informal discussion wherein activists answer questions about the rabble they've roused. It stars Mike Brune of the Rainforest Action Network, Sister Patricia A. Daly of the ...
Topics: environmental movement, business, climate, greenish companies, Greenpeace (all these topics)

Down to the Last Drop Nalgene, Wal-Mart back away from BPA		18 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 4:08 PM on 18 Apr 2008 Bottle manufacturer Nalgene will stop using plastic containing bisphenol A in response to concerns from the National Toxicology Program and the Canadian health department that the chemical probably shouldn't be sucked on by kids. Nalgene says it still believes its clear, hard plastic bottles "are safe for their intended use" but says it's responding to customers who "indicated they preferr ...
Topics: business, food, green living, green products, health, news, shopping, toxics (all these topics)

We'll Always Have Paris Meeting of major economies ends with little progress		18 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 2:42 PM on 18 Apr 2008 A U.S.-led gathering of major economies in Paris this week concluded, as previous meetings have done, with little progress. The 17 countries bashed President Bush's climate speech for a while, then argued about whether to set a goal of halving global greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050. (Guess who's against it?) French president Nicolas Sarkozy made himself quoteworthy, saying that climate ...
Topics: business, climate, international politics, news, politics (all these topics)

Who's cashing in on the high price of food? With food riots raging, let's open the books on the finances of Big Ag	Anna Lappe	18 Apr 2008	Gristmill
When we talk about the crisis in food prices, we should scrape below the surface to explore who's actually benefiting from the crisis. Unless you've had your head stuck in the freezer at Dean & Deluca, you've heard about the food crisis across the planet. A recent Financial Times displayed this staggering map of the globe: Black dots marked each of the countries were food riots have been sparked in outrage against the rising prices of food. Thirty dots in all. ...
Topics: agriculture, Big Ag, biofuels, business, food, World Bank (all these topics)

Google checks out Earth Day Google Checkout maps the spread of donations and Earth Day lovin'	Ashley Braun	17 Apr 2008	Gristmill
I think Google has a crush on the planet. First, they announced a goal of achieving carbon neutrality for 2007 and beyond. Then, they unleashed their RE<C campaign (Renewable Energy Cheaper Than Coal), aimed at producing one gigawatt of clean electricity more cheaply than coal. Next, you may have noticed their blacked-out search page on March 29, in support of Earth Hour, the global awareness movement to turn out the lights and turn up action on climate change. ...
Topics: business, carbon neutral, climate, green living, greenish companies, shopping, tech (all these topics)

ABEC is dead, but long live coal Americans for Balanced Energy Choices gets new name, t-shirts	Sean Casten	17 Apr 2008	Gristmill
ABEC has re-branded themselves the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity. See here for an interview with President Stephen Miller, who does an admirably media-savvy job of laying out their talking points and PR strategy. His key points: 'If we push too hard, too fast, we will force fuel switching away from coal.' 'The president and the congress have a role to play to make sure the public sector invests in coal-fired power.' We've spent a lot of money ...
Topics: advertising, business, coal, energy, messaging (all these topics)

Coke: 'it' with the foodies? Yes, according to a new 'artisanal' restaurant in Atlanta	Tom Philpott	16 Apr 2008	Gristmill
A press release heralding a new restaurant in Atlanta crossed my email inbox recently. Everything seemed pretty standard at first: Holeman and Finch Public House, opening April 14, intends to serve 'food and drink ... with unrivaled quality and care.' The chef evidently revels in 'whole-animal preparations' and plans to make his own 'charcuterie such as coppa, bresaola, and tom thumbs.' Photo: Samuel Wong Sounds good to me. I applaud nose-to-tail cookery, ...
Topics: advertising, business, food, Georgia, health, insanity, messaging (all these topics)

Poll: Rising food prices Are you spending more money on food?	Grist	16 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Food prices are soaring around the globe. Have you felt the pinch? Take our poll and tell us. You can vote below the fold. And read recent Grist content on the topic: Why Michael Pollan and Alice Waters should quit celebrating food-price hikes How expensive is food, really? Higher food prices mean crappier cafeteria fare for kids
Topics: agriculture, business, economy, food, green living, shopping (all these topics)

Coal victory in West Virginia	David Roberts	15 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Virginia's State Corporation Commission today rejected American Electric Power's request to build a massive ($2.23b) new dirty coal plant in West Virginia. Why, you ask? The commission said the plant's estimated price, which dates back to November 2006, isn't credible. It also said AEP has no plans to provide a detailed, updated estimate until it gets full regulatory approval. So picky!
Topics: business, coal, energy, West Virginia (all these topics)

The education of Warren Buffett Why did the guru cancel six coal plants?	Ted Nace	15 Apr 2008	Gristmill
One of the biggest climate stories of 2007 never made it to the business pages. It's about how Warren Buffett, with no fanfare, quietly walked away from coal, cancelling six proposed plants. Warren Buffet. Buffett used to love coal. His involvement with it began when Berkshire Hathaway bought MidAmerican Energy Holdings in 1999. MidAmerican was a big operator of coal plants, and with natural gas prices edging toward a huge leap upwards -- bringing coal back in ...
Topics: business, coal, energy, fossil fuels, renewable energy (all these topics)

Taking care of rural coal workers	David Roberts	14 Apr 2008	Gristmill
This WSJ piece on the battle over coal in rural (and important electoral swing) states is frustrating. On one hand, you have enviros, characterized as urbanites concerned exclusively with global warming. On the other hand, you have rural residents, characterized as concerned exclusively with keeping their mining jobs. Why is there no mention of the ways Dem candidates and enviros are attempting to address those concerns? No mention of the ways Obama and Clinton propos ...
Topics: business, coal, energy, green jobs, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Ausra	David Roberts	14 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Via Deathridesahorse, here's a video of Ausra ('utility-scale solar power') CEO David Mills explaining Ausra's solar thermal technology:
Topics: business, energy, energy at home, renewable energy, solar thermal power (all these topics)

Markets, not technologies A long-term extension of the solar investment tax credit is vital	Adam Browning	14 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Joe is correct to point out that solar energy is not a monolith -- but he's got the categories wrong. The relevant division is not between technologies but markets. Market No. 1 is distributed generation solar -- that is, solar sited on the customer side of the meter, serving on-site load. Think rooftops. This market will be served almost exclusively by photovoltaics (for electricity -- hot water is another case) -- and the relevant cost comparison is the retail pr ...
Topics: business, energy, renewable energy, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Coke: Still 'it' with the kids Coca-Cola and McD's top brands among teens, study says	Tom Philpott	14 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Photo: Taneli Mielikäinen There has been a lot of great work in the last decade to wake kids up to alternatives to industrial food. Here and there, farm-to-school programs have been launched, soft drinks banished from cafeterias, books like Eric Schlosser's Chew on This have emerged. Yet clearly, much more work needs to be done. Seems that teens are still gulping down Coke and flocking to McDonald's (when they're not heading for Burger King, evidently seen ...
Topics: advertising, agriculture, business, food, health, industrial ag, messaging (all these topics)

Succeeding in the free market	David Roberts	13 Apr 2008	Gristmill
One of my favorite writers, Jonathan Chait, has an article in The New Republic on 'the latest in global warming denialism' (the latest being acknowledging it exists but refusing to do anything about it). It mostly goes over familiar ground, but I wanted to call out one part where Chait makes an unwarranted concession. Discussing recent efforts to repeal some oil industry tax breaks in order to fund tax credits for renewable energy, Chait writes: Objection number one ...
Topics: business, climate change skepticism, energy, fossil fuels, renewable energy (all these topics)

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