Much of the southwest portion of the United States is in the midst of a near-crippling drought. On top of the National Weather Service predicting the worst seasonal drought in over 50 years, the region’s main water source is in danger of running low. The Lake Mead Basin is close to falling into the “shortage” [...]
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Santa Fe, N.M. Cleverly Acting Against Drought
October 20th, 2010 
Justin Manger 
Posted in Behavior, Business, Conservation, Green Building, Green Products, Justin Manger, Policy, Sustainable Development 
Tags: Water, Water Conservation 
No Comments »I Left My Heart in San… Luis Obispo?
October 13th, 2010 Justin Manger It may not be San Francisco, but residents of San Luis Obispo, CA are quite taken by the lifestyle in this town of 44,000 people located about halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. A Gallup-Healthways poll from 2008 found it ranked number one in overall emotional health in the U.S. What makes San Luis [...]
Posted in Behavior, Business, Green Building, Justin Manger, Policy, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Tags: California No Comments »$5 billion for Atlantic Coast Off-Shore Wind Transmission Backbone
October 12th, 2010 Justin Manger There is some very exciting news this morning regarding wind power. The New York Times reports there is funding for a “proposed $5 billion transmission backbone for future offshore wind farms along the Atlantic Seaboard that could ultimately transform the region’s electrical map.” Google, sticking to its pattern of investing in renewable power, has come on [...]
Weekly Presidential Address Discusses Clean Energy
October 6th, 2010 Eric Wilson This past Saturday during his weekly address (which can be seen below), President Obama stated that there is “perhaps no industry with more potential to create jobs now – and growth in the coming years – than clean energy.” In particular he cited a recently approved solar energy installation in California as an example of [...]
Posted in China, Eric Wilson, Policy, President Obama Tags: Battery, Clean Energy, Green Jobs, Hybrids, Jobs, Solar Energy, Wind Power No Comments »Five Friday Facts: Oil Dependence…Will Anything Change?
October 1st, 2010 Justin Manger From a well done Special Feature: Energy Urgent in the Washington Post, here are today’s facts about our overwhelming reliance on oil. More than half of U.S. oil use — and about one in eight crude oil barrels worldwide — goes to fuel our cars and trucks. #1- The U.S. is still the world’s largest consumer [...]
Posted in China, Five Friday Facts, Japan, Justin Manger, Policy Tags: Cars, Energy, Natural Gas, Oil Consumption, Peak Oil No Comments »Climate Week NYC: Parametric Insurance for Climate Change Related Losses
September 24th, 2010 Matt de la Houssaye As a part of Climate Week in New York City, Swiss Re and The Climate Group hosted the panel Risk and Resiliency: Risk Transfer & Adaptation in Emerging Economies. Swiss Re is one of the world’s largest and most diversified reinsurers. According to Swiss Re, the economic effects of current climate impacts can amount to [...]
Posted in Behavior, Business, Conferences, Economics, Policy, Sustainable Development Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Environment, Matt de la Houssaye No Comments »Climate Week NYC Kicks Off
September 20th, 2010 Justin Manger The Climate Week NYC convention will be taking place this Monday through Friday in the Big Apple. We’ll be bringing you updates and summaries as the week progresses. The full press release for the event is at the bottom of this post but the event can be summed up in this sentence: “The goal of [...]
Live Blog on Energy and Sustainability
September 11th, 2010 Justin Manger Panel #3 for the day at Georgetown Energy and Cleantech Conference coming up…click through to next page for live stream. “Panelists will discuss what obstacles face sustainability solutions today, and how their organizations are working to integrate sustainability into their operations while also taking into account the bottom line. They will also reflect on the [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Behavior, Business, Clean Technology, Conferences, Economics, Green Economy, Justin Manger, Live Blogging, Policy, Sustainability Tags: Washington DC No Comments »FERC Commissioner Phillip Moeller: “The Future of Energy is About Markets”
September 11th, 2010 Justin Manger Phillip Moeller, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Keynote Address at Georgetown Energy and Cleantech Conference Summarized Highlights of notes taken during talk:
Live Blog on Clean Energy, Green Tech, Sustainability Consulting
September 11th, 2010 Justin Manger Panel number 2 for the day at Georgetown Energy and Cleantech conference coming up…click through to next page for live stream. “The speakers on this panel will discuss how they are helping their clients define marketable strategies for sustainability in the clean energy economy.” Moderator: • Reid Heffner - MBA ’97 - Lead Associate, Alternative [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Clean Technology, Justin Manger, Live Blogging, Policy Tags: Denver, Washington DC No Comments »
