]> http://www.greenedia.com/latest Green Business Sector - Latest Blog Articles at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/the-green-skeptic/140913?rsstype=latest&cid=62 Image by Getty Images via DaylifeFor Canadian Thanksgiving (and because I'm busy with consulting work today and it's a holiday here in the States), I'm going to reblog one of my favorites Canadians Tyler Hamilton's assessment of the Canadian politica... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:33:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/the-green-skeptic/140913?rsstype=latest&cid=62 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/140804?rsstype=latest&cid=62 Happy Thanksgiving, Canada! The world can be a crazy place, but we do in the big picture have much to be thankful for. Enjoy the time with family and friends, and a week of turkey dinner leftovers.Today I'll just post a link to my Clean Break... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:10:17 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/140804?rsstype=latest&cid=62 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/140702?rsstype=latest&cid=62 By John Addison (10/11/08). A record number of Americans are saving thousands per year by using public transportation from one day per week to living car free. In 2007, a 50-year record of 10.3 billion trips per year, savin... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:22:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/140702?rsstype=latest&cid=62 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/140594?rsstype=latest&cid=62 Venture capitalist and cleantech evangelist Vinod Khosla is placing his bets on alternative technologies that could potentially make at least 80 percent of global energy consumption cleaner in the next few ...... Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:28:43 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/140594?rsstype=latest&cid=62 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/140507?rsstype=latest&cid=62 by Cristina FoungMy favorite green product of the week: the Brondell Swash Ecoseat Bidet SeatWhat is it?The Swash Ecoseat is a bidet seat. It gets installed in place of your traditional toilet seat and has a control panel to help you select the water... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:44:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/140507?rsstype=latest&cid=62 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/140331?rsstype=latest&cid=62 Once again, energy rides to the rescue at General Electric.The conglomerates overall profit fell 22% in the third quarter because of to declining profits at its financial arm. One bright spot, as in quarters past, was the energy-infrastructure unit, ... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:30:46 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/140331?rsstype=latest&cid=62 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/140149?rsstype=latest&cid=62 by Marguerite Manteau-RaoSmart industry leaders better listen to McKinsey's just released study on the likely impact of climate change mitigation scenarios on corporate valuations.Depending on the type of industry, and the preparation level of busine... Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:23:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/140149?rsstype=latest&cid=62 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/139729?rsstype=latest&cid=62 by Heather RaeHere in Maine, politicos making hay of rising (and now dipping fuel) costs are calling for troops of weatherization crews to be unleashed into the homes of the state's neediest residents. This initiative is not low-income weatherizati... Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:43:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/139729?rsstype=latest&cid=62 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139656?rsstype=latest&cid=62 By Sarah van Schagen When a director yells cut! on the set of a TV show, commercial, or feature-length film, the cameras may stop rolling but production is far from over. While editors are looking at raw footage, producers are eyeing premiere nu... Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:35:35 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139656?rsstype=latest&cid=62 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/139570?rsstype=latest&cid=62 Our allies at SPUR recently released a report, Growing green: How San Francisco can become a leader in the cleantech boom, which while focused on San Francisco (as you might have gleaned from the title) makes some points worth considering by anyone l... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:46:02 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/139570?rsstype=latest&cid=62 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/139295?rsstype=latest&cid=62 Lots of news to report from the Great White North, where we've got a great stable of cleantech companies even if they are generally underappreciated and underfunded. Speaking of underfunded, I'd just like to highlight that Canadian cleantech comp... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:21:29 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/139295?rsstype=latest&cid=62 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139248?rsstype=latest&cid=62 By Joseph RommThe New York Times Magazine has a long article on how uber-VC Kleiner Perkins is helping to jumpstart the clean-tech revolution. It is a must-read because what Kleiner and other VCs are doing -- pushing a broad spectrum of carbon-mitig... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:53:50 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/139248?rsstype=latest&cid=62 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/138959?rsstype=latest&cid=62 by Richard T. StuebiBetcha didn't know that there was an Energy Policy Act of 2008, did you? Well, you won't find any bill of that name. But, the passage of last week's appropriately titled Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 is almost t... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:37:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/138959?rsstype=latest&cid=62 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/138840?rsstype=latest&cid=62 Leading cleantech venture capital firm VantagePoint Venture Partners this week lured away New Zealand power sector veteran Helen Priest to join its Silicon Valley office in cleantech. Helen had been heading corporate ventures for Meridian Energy, New... Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:00:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/138840?rsstype=latest&cid=62 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/138892?rsstype=latest&cid=62 By Joseph RommAnd what are the three hottest technologies? Smart grid, algae (advanced biofuels), and, surprise surprise, thin-film solar. Venture capital investment in clean tech has been soaring in recent years because of high energy prices alo... Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:36:29 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/138892?rsstype=latest&cid=62 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/138769?rsstype=latest&cid=62 The City of Fresno in California think's not very green' at all and is proposing to buy back' lawns from home owners in an effort to stop people pouring the States' precious water resources all over them. This is part of an Urban Water Managem... Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:07:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/138769?rsstype=latest&cid=62 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/138619?rsstype=latest&cid=62 By John Addison (10/3/08) Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed into law SB 375 stating, This landmark bill takes California's fight against global warming to a whole new level and it creates a model that the rest ... Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:24:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/138619?rsstype=latest&cid=62 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/138620?rsstype=latest&cid=62 by Cristina FoungMy favorite green product of the week: Zimride's Carpool CommunityWhat is it?Zimride is a carpooling community. It lets you find and share rides, figure out whose route is on your way, and intelligently pick who you get in a car wit... Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/138620?rsstype=latest&cid=62 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/138337?rsstype=latest&cid=62 By Sarah van Schagen We're in Chicago touring green roofs and green biz ventures, but tonight we want to share all our adventures with you -- live and in person -- at a Chicago pub near our hotel. Meet us at O'Callaghan's -- 29 W. Hubbard St.... Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:47:13 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/138337?rsstype=latest&cid=62 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/138251?rsstype=latest&cid=62 I had the opportunity recently to chat with Stephen Brand, the chief technology officer for ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), one of the largest major oil companies in the world. I have a long personal history with the ConocoPhillips organization. One of th... Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:30:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/138251?rsstype=latest&cid=62