July 2012
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U.S. Companies Aren't Taking Climate Seriously
“less than a fifth of the Russell 1000 index, which represents more than 90% of the US equities market, have an “established set of risk management procedures designed to mitigate the impact of business operations on climate change” – significantly below the 39% in the global survey.”
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I'll Second That
Nice to see someone outside climate and energy, with the reach of @bittman, tweeting about our rolling ecopocalypse. twitter.com/#!/bittman/sta…
— Christopher Mims (@mims) July 26, 2012
About Those Sport Drinks
“dehydration has been overblown into the “dreaded disease of exercise,” in yet another example of fear mongering for the sake of corporate interest.”
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“Austin added 30,221 people between April 2010 and June 2011, a rate of more than...”
– Impressive growth numbers. We’re close to downtown and there’s very little housing inventory available. The houses don’t even hit the market. All we see are “contract pending.”
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“I suggested to Pepsico that a good way to confirm their commitment to ASA would...”
– Doubtful.
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“The views of the affluent make a big difference, while support among the middle...”
– Boston Review — Martin Gilens: Under the Influence
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“Fifty metropolitan areas are expected to have growth rates of 3 percent or more,...”
– US mayors group says cities’ economies are growing, but it wants more infrastructure funding - The Washington Post
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“Along with the heat and the drought and the super derecho, the country this...”
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“You want missionaries, not mercenaries –passionate, maniacally-focused founders...”
– Good quote from Vinod Khosla.
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“The National Geographic / GlobeScan data suggest that the matter is more...”
– The Greendex: Green, grow or guilt? | The Economist
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“Over the next 12 months, 52 percent of Americans intend to reward or punish...”
– Americans’ Climate and Energy Behaviors
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“The Great Depression was painful in ways we can scarcely imagine now because we...”
– Did The Great Recession Bring Back The 1930s? : NPR
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Peak AC
“The United States has long consumed more energy each year for air conditioning than the rest of the world combined. In fact, we use more electricity for cooling than the entire continent of Africa, home to a billion people, consumes for all purposes. Between 1993 and 2005, with summers growing hotter and homes larger, energy consumed by residential air conditioning in the U.S. doubled, and...
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Interesting Snippet From Some Spotify Analysis
“The first company that will be able to offer an entertainment flat-rate – including music, books and games – will have a huge chance of success.”
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Old Media Needs Some New Media Juice
Sunday’s MondayNote column dissected the way information is published by HuffPo alongside other, more traditional publishers. Big differences. The “who’s right” question is something all organizations are cycling through. There’s a balance in the near-term, something I’m not sure I can describe yet.
“Original stories are getting very little traffic due...
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“A new report from the McKinsey Global Institute, Urban world: Cities and the...”
“Supermarkets in Wales have reported reductions of up to 96% in the use of...”
– It doesn’t take much sometimes to change habits.
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“One of the major trends I’ve outlined is this movement of entrepreneurs (and as...”
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“Thanks to Oregon’s new ‘electric highway’, it’s now...”
– Oregon’s on the right track..
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3 Good Pieces In This Report > "The New Global...
The New Global Energy Economy
