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A perfect storm consisting of the EPA, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and investors is pressuring companies to come clean on their environmental risks and performance.
I wrote a post a couple of weeks ago about FaceBook’s decision to use a primarily coal-burning utility to power its new data center where I [...]
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Should FaceBook’s investors be worries that the site is sourcing energy for its new data center from primarily coal-fired power?
FaceBook is fourth largest web property (by unique visitor count) and well on its way to becoming third. It is valued in excess of $10 billion and its investors include Russian [...]
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Here is this Friday’s Green Numbers round-up:
World’s top firms cause $2.2tn of environmental damage, report estimates | Environment | The Guardian
Report for the UN into the activities of the world’s 3,000 biggest companies estimates one-third of profits would be lost if firms were forced to pay for use, loss and [...]
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We had a great show today – almost all positive stories and lots of interaction – see below for the transcript:
Tom Raftery :
Hey all – Monday Jan 25th, show kicking off in 10 mins
Alice :
yes
Fabian :
yes
Tom Raftery :
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE60I16A20100119
http://en.rian.ru/infographics/20100122/157651199.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100121/wl_africa_afp/kenyaethiopiaenergyelectricitysocietyenvironment
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/01/20/senator-murkowski-aims-to-shut-down-ghg-reg/
http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_14219650
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jan/21/ozone-united-states-asian-pollution
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60O0UC20100125?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/24/beijing-cycling-capital-plans
http://ecogeek.org/computing-and-gadgets/3047-greenpeace-releases-2010-green-electronics-ranking?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EcoGeek+%28EcoGeek%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
monkchips :
hello mate. we really need to establish better reminder mechanisms than twitter.
i missed your [...]
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Watch live streaming video from greenmonktv at livestream.com
We had a rocky start on today’s Energy & Sustainability show when the video didn’t work initially but a quick re-start of Livestream (the video platform I use) for the show got us back on track (if a few minutes late).
Here is the chatstream from today’s show:
Tom Raftery [...]
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Since giving my talk on sustainability in the mobile phone sector at Mobile 2.0 in Barcelona a few weeks back and writing my post about how Augmented Reality on mobiles could be transformative for Green tech I have been thinking a lot about how mobiles could make a significant positive contribution to the planet.
The [...]
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