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Planes, trains & automobiles & climate change
in Sox First, on June 8, 2009
...ests that not be the case. According to scientists, there are hidden emissions from the oil, gas or coal used to power the public transport. If they use dirty fossil fuels, it's not that effective...
Wind in Virginia Gains Support
in IfEnergy, on June 7, 2009
...ction of 400-foot high wind turbines has become a contentious issue. Supporters of the region's coal industry see wind as a competitive threat. Local residents (environmentalists or otherwise) fea...
How to introduce a carbon tax
in Sox First, on May 20, 2009
...es, on the other hand, can allow governments to pay off politically powerful polluters, such as the coal industry, by getting them onside by giving them permits to pollute. Cap-and-trade schemes can a...
Coal and the New EPA
in IfEnergy, on February 28, 2009
...was interesting earlier this month on how the Obama Administration's EPA is likely to deal with coal. Following the EPA's stance on coal-fired power plants during the final months of the Bush ...
Is California the canary in the coal mine?
in Sox First, on February 17, 2009
...cked into their refusal to raise taxes. The question is whether is California is the canary in the coal mine with Kansas l ooking to raise $225 million in certificates of indebtedness to pay state w...
Is the Canary Dead for Venture Capital?
in China Venture News, on November 13, 2008
...of his Harvard presentation puts it more bluntly: the canary is dead. Since I live in an area where coal mining takes place, I understand that figure of speech .
Ressi's 18-slide presentation is...
Poverty and Education: the Circular Problem...
in The Universities Weblog, on October 15, 2008
There's no denying the correlation. People are who poor are also less likely to have a college degree. People who are poor are less likely to have parents who have a college degree. There is a negative correlation between poverty and education.
Without an education it's hard to break out ...
Lehman Brothers: the canary in the coal mine
in Sox First, on September 10, 2008
...ith US banks will continue long after the bailout, and Lehmann Brothers is just the canary in the coal mine. Lehman won't got the way of Bear Stearns, says the Financial Times' Lex colum...
Wal-Mart CEO says US contagion spreading
in Sox First, on August 15, 2008
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Is this the canary in the coal mine? In another sign that the effects of the US subprime crisis have spread globally, Bloomberg reports that global business air traffic fell 0.4 percent in June...
Outsourcing as Merger Preparation
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on July 30, 2008
...what near the merger announcement. If so, it may be possible that we have a new "canary in the coal mine" viz a vie mergers and acquisitions.
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Something of value
in BootStrapMe, on July 16, 2008
How do you know your business model is sound?
During a visit to the City of Pottsville in the Pennsylvania anthracite region this weekend, my wife and I came upon the above vintage vase and talked with the owner.
My wife has been trying to restart a musical career recently with her ...
Why Squidoo?
in BootStrapMe, on May 13, 2008
...ie is talking about not just one site but three soon to be followed by others including:
• The Coal Country Chronicle , soon to be an information hub for news and views from the Pennsylvania Anthr...
Build your bootstrapped business today
in BootStrapMe, on May 5, 2008
...doo ) with established revenue potential to launch a couple of simple sites
• One site, The Coal Country Chronicle , takes advantage of my knowledge of the Pennsylvania Anthracite region afte...
Outside Magazine Names Best New Eco-Getaways
in The Outdoor Weblog, on March 31, 2008
...rchard Garden Hotel, San Francisco, which was built from concrete made from fly ash, a byproduct of coal power plants, with key cards that turn off the heat when you leave the room; doubles from $190,...
Carbon principles
in Sox First, on March 26, 2008
... industries, like power plants. Significantly, it seems to make no distinction between natural gas, coal or nuclear plants. The principles don't preclude financing of projects producing greenhous...
Carbon world of 2028
in Sox First, on March 19, 2008
... trillions of dollars. In one sense, it will be very much like other commodity markets like oil and coal. But the big difference will be that it will cover all businesses and every part of the economy...
Baring Moves Into China's Clean Energy Sector
in China Venture News, on March 15, 2008
...ave invested $88 million in China CBM Investment Holdings Ltd (CCBM). CCBM is a Chinese producer of coal bed methane.
CCBM used to go by the name Asian American Gas, Inc. (AAGI). The name was ...
Climate change and banks
in Sox First, on March 13, 2008
...e encouraging signs but they have a long way to go, according to a report from the Ceres investor coalition , Corporate governance and climate change: the banks . On the plus side, the report fou...
China Delaying IPOs Over Green Regs
in China Venture News, on February 26, 2008
... Journal and other news sources.
According to the WSJ: Ten domestic IPOs - including one by China Coal Energy Co., China's second-largest coal producer by output - were held back in the second h...
Currency Strengths and the Demand for Raw Materials
in China Venture News, on February 23, 2008
The relationship between China's currency, the yuan renminbi, and the US dollar has been a focus of attention for months now. The yuan is stronger than its ever been and is continuing to climb against the dollar. But politicians in the US don't seem happy with and China bashing continues...
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BP's double standard
in Sox First, on February 8, 2008
...ed up global warming. But surely it is possible to figure out how to take the carbon out of gas and coal at a plant in Scotland, for example, and still have the resources to shut down a deteriorated w...
Tax or trade: every carbon scheme has a cost sting
in Sox First, on February 5, 2008
...es, on the other hand, can allow governments to pay off politically powerful polluters, such as the coal industry, by giving them permits. I believe that cap-and-trade creates opportunities for cheat...
International coal supply disruptions create earnings for the U.S. coal industry
in Supplychainer, on January 31, 2008
... Citigroup forecast that the pattern of strong coal prices and weak corporate earnings will continue across the sector.
In an analysis published Tuesday, Citigroup mining analysts John H. Hill an...
Cooling Off the Market?
in China Venture News, on January 31, 2008
...d value that could approach US $20 billion and be the biggest such offering ever in China.
China Coal Energy Co. , China's second-biggest producer of coal, announced plans for an IPO on the Sha...
Local Financial Aid
in The Universities Weblog, on January 25, 2008
...l, WV. Bluefield State is in the heart of Appalachia , and a number of the region's major coal-related companies have scholarship funds available; some stipulate that a recipient must be int...
Is Biogas the Next Green Energy Boom for China?
in China Venture News, on January 24, 2008
Tam, an English teacher in China, published an interesting blog post yesterday on what might be a new frontier in green energy for China: biogas.
In Guangxi, according to her blog (which references a BBC feature) villages are turning human and animal waste into a usable gas with some fairly simp...
Gifts For The Holidays - Football Edition
in End Zone Buzz, on December 21, 2007
...s it.
- Arthur Blank: His ability to trust what people tell him.
- Bill Belichick: A lump of coal.
- Lloyd Carr's assistant football coaches at Michigan: A job somewhere.
- St. Loui...
China Trade 101: Where Toys Come From (and Barack Obama)
in China Venture News, on December 20, 2007
...orted toys. And some 87% of toys sold in America are imported. That means giving your kid a lump of coal for Christmas, if Chinese toys are just banned completely. The idea makes Obama sound " na...
One World Trust's Grudge Against Google: Consumer Cautions
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on December 16, 2007
Google didn't cooperate with OWT - and so they struck back in their 2007 accountability report . They even managed to give a completely false assessment on Google [pdf] "based on publicly available information." I am not going to consider OWT a good resource after this, and y...
The State Light Bulb of Texas
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on December 3, 2007
...r from an environmental standpoint because they use less energy, as in less electricity, as in less coal being burned. (This despite the presence of mercury inside them , which understandably gives s...
Changes in China for Foreign Investment: Energy Consumption and Pollution
in China Venture News, on December 3, 2007
...uraged' sectors that will enjoy faster approval and, in many cases, preferential tax treatment. Coal chemical manufacturing too is on the list of approved industries. A huge number of policy direc...
Dreckige Kohle für eine saubere Zukunft
in Das Börsen Weblog, on November 21, 2007
Graham french ist der erfolgreichste Aktienfondsmanager der vergangenen fünf Jahre. Wenn der Manager des M&G Global Basics etwas entdeckt, könnte es in einigen Jahren zu Gold werden. So war es jedenfalls bisher. Derzeit investiert er in Kohlegesellschaften, wie er in einem Intervie...
Is the Constant Connected Society a Liability to Career Advancement?
in Businesspundit, on November 7, 2007
...'t understand why he wants to be a rocket scientist. They want him to stay home and work in the coal mines like everyone else. Does that same mindset translate into our connected online lives to s...
The bravery of the bootstrapper
in BootStrapMe, on October 23, 2007
... Godin says about marketing to the edge .
I've been working in this northeastern Pennsylvania coal region town (my day job) for almost ten years and in all that time the place hasn't changed...
Solar Power for Domestic Homes
in The Wired Home Weblog, on August 28, 2007
...Due to the need to be less dependent on coal fired energy, the Australian Federal Government is offering a cash rebate for solar power installations . There are three configurations of installation w...
Roughing it the green way
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on August 18, 2007
...Leave No Trace website and the Boy Scouts website also gives some great tips too.
However, since coal can be very heavy, and you shouldn't use wood, a good highly portable stove can be hard to ...
A new biofuel for developing countries
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on August 13, 2007
... an MIT team has come up with one answer. The team, calling themselves Bagazo, endeavor to produce coal briquettes out of organic waste and provide it to severely deforested and developing nations s...
Webkinz with included items, food, release date and status
in WebKinzBlog, on August 12, 2007
...Coffee Cake
TBA
No
Penguin*
Icemagic Igloo
Tuxedo Pie
Mar-08
No
Charcoal Cat*
Lullaby Bed
Coal Colored Cocktail
TBA 2008
No
Yellow Lab*
The Table ...
Beating smelly hair - neutralizing hair odors
in Are you a beauty?, on August 6, 2007
...s the smell my hair gets after barbecues, it seems my tresses sink in all the smoke of the wood and coal used, not to mention baking meat odor. The only way to get rid of the smell is to wash my hair....
Absentee Presentations
in Bizinformer, on August 3, 2007
... a speech. My most memorable moment was in a small house where the dominating decor item was a HUGE coal furnace in the middle of the living that provided the heat for the whole house. Now, let me ask...
West Virginia's Whitewater Industry Attempts to Expand
in The Outdoor Weblog, on July 16, 2007
... When I think of West Virginia, I think of coal mines, the cozy town of Wheeling, and not much else. Not because I don't like the state, because I really don't know much about it, especially...
China pollution risks
in Sox First, on June 12, 2007
...ted a pipeline around biodiversity hotspots and GE working with Chinese scientists to develop clean coal technologies. You can read the entire HBR piece here . Still, the question is whether these ...
Die Zauberformel oder meine ersten zehn magischen Aktien aus Amerika
in Das Börsen Weblog, on June 10, 2007
Das Buch von Joel Greenblatt hat mir gefallen. Ich habe mir daher vorgenommen, die Zauberformel ein wenig auszuprobieren und mich bei ihm eingeloggt. Leider geht es auf diese Weise nur für den amerikanischen Markt. Auch schaue ich zunächst nur auf große Aktien, über die wir auch hier ein paar ...
WAshington University Invests $55M on International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (I-CARES)
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 7, 2007
...h in the areas of renewable energy and sustainability including biofuels, CO2 mitigation and coal-related issues.
A key goal of I-CARES is to foster institutional, regional and international r...
Alternative Fuel Coal
in IfEnergy, on May 30, 2007
...p ten most ridiculous things that happened in 2007 list. Look at the heading from this site : Coal Is Pitched As 'Alternative Fuel' . Run that by me again?
Coal is a fossil fuel that...
China's Export Food Industry Grapples with Melamine
in China Venture News, on May 9, 2007
...n more developed countries.
AsiaBizBlog recently published a story on the use of melamine , a coal-based derivative, in pet food. It is not clear at the moment whether the melamine in pet food w...
Fueling Your Car: Ethanol or Coal
in IfEnergy, on May 5, 2007
... There is an on-going coal Versus ethanol issue now in the US senate. It looks like the US Senate may legislate the replacement of one fourth of the US national gasoline with bioethanol and t...
Wind Farms and Air Pollution
in IfEnergy, on May 5, 2007
...sions to the atmosphere). I at first found the idea incredible because the mere fact of supplanting coal-based energy with wind energy (completely renewable and clean) means that the supposed pollutio...
The Economic Cost of Global Climate Mitigating Action
in IfEnergy, on May 5, 2007
...mean a total contribution of only 2% of the world's electricity requirement by 2030.
■ coal may still have a huge contribution by 2030 if Clean coal technologies are used and proliferated....
A Different Energy Ball Game
in IfEnergy, on April 28, 2007
...upreme court , in a 9-0 ruling earlier this month ruled that existing energy facilities such as coal plants, to meet Clean Air standards even after upgrading these facilities. Many energy experts...
Thirty Years Ago in Global Warming...
in Philoneist, on March 21, 2007
....S. Representatives on the basics of the climate system, and a week after MIT issued its Future of Coal" report , I thought I would post this little bit of history.
General Electric is and has ...
Corn Can Track Pollution
in IfEnergy, on March 20, 2007
...by University of California- Irvine researchers to measure carbon dioxide produced by burning coal, oil and natural gas and then locate and track how it moves and mixes with the air. How is that...
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty Bets on Renewables
in IfEnergy, on February 27, 2007
... If you are governor of a state where more than 50% of your power comes from coal, would you say that in less than 20 years you would develop as much as 25% of your total power from renewables consi...
Ironies Around Coal
in IfEnergy, on February 27, 2007
...h office at the Citigroup Center, NY, for what appears as contrasting positions of Merrill Lynch on coal. Could this little band of scrappy advocates be right? Is big business such as Merrill Lynch, a...
Ted Turner of CNN Says: Switch to Renewables
in IfEnergy, on February 25, 2007
...month, Ted Turner, the billionaire founder of CNN said that there should be a moratorium on all new coal plants, on all new carbon producing energy power technologies, and work on replacing all of the...
Eating Seafood When Pregnant
in Well Woman Blog, on February 21, 2007
...a Fisher tells us:
It -would- be all kinds of great if it wasn't for the fact that thanks to coal burning power plants and pollution from heavy industry, our oceans and waterways are all contam...
Solar To Outshine All Other Energy Resources
in IfEnergy, on February 21, 2007
... a few years, solar energy could become the cheapest energy source around, cheaper than oil, coal, or other renewables, due to the expanding and increasingly effective solar energy conversion t...
U.S. railroad: still going down!
in Supplychainer, on February 19, 2007
...agement , the AAR also reported that of the 19 carload commodity groups it tracks, only one of them-coal at 0.8 percent-percent, was up year-over-year. And the continued decline in the automotive and ...
Wireless Coverage...Without Wires!
in The Smart PDA, on February 12, 2007
...he area coverage.
A great idea. Biodiesel pollutes less than your normal sources of electricity (coal, gas, oil, etc.). And without wires that can be cut by really strong winds , people will have ...
The greening of Exxon Mobil?
in Sox First, on January 29, 2007
...2030, that 80 percent of world energy consumption will come from fossil fuels, such as oil, gas and coal and that Exxon Mobil was ready to provide it. You can read the report in Forbes. So what sor...
The 2007 State of the Union Address
in IfEnergy, on January 25, 2007
...y. We must continue changing the way America generates electric power, by even greater use of clean coal technology, solar and wind energy, and clean, safe nuclear power. (Applause.) We need to press ...
Nokia Patents Diamond-Coated Gadgets
in The Gadgets Weblog, on January 23, 2007
...; according to NewScientistTech , Finnish cell-phone maker Nokia just filed a patent for a tough coal-based coating that not keeps plastic from getting scratched, but also repels dust and adds a me...
Additional Info on Coal to Liquid Fuel Proposal
in IfEnergy, on January 17, 2007
... I would like to thank Valdez for pointing out that the co-sponsor of the Coal to Liquid-Fuel Bill is Senator barack obama of Illinois. And yes, the technology is not absolutely "clean&q...
The Economics of Coal to Liquid Fuel
in IfEnergy, on January 14, 2007
... Because I started writing about coal to liquid fuel for cars and possibly jet airplanes, I really began to ponder about the economics of doing such. Would a concept as daring as that work?
Accordi...
Coal to Liquid Fuel Proposals in US Congress
in IfEnergy, on January 14, 2007
... That is just it! This morning, I was reading this article about legislation that aims to make coal usable as liquid fuel for cars in the US. You know about coal , of course. But not a lot of peopl...
Hedge Fund buys stake in A1 Grand Prix
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on January 14, 2007
...ot; Richards said.
"We've made a fortune selling natural resources , copper, zinc, coal and so on, to the Chinese. This is the same: we're selling motor racing to Asians, and with ...
Second Life Meets Third World
in Philoneist, on January 4, 2007
...nergy than he indicates, since their electricity is probably generated from natural-gas, not oil or coal. Generic electricity-to-emissions calculations usually assume a fuel mix reflective of the nat...
E.on Gets $125M Tax Credit
in IfEnergy, on December 30, 2006
...will cost $1.2 Billion but its most distinct feature would be its claim to be the cleanest possible coal plant in the US. We will have to see that happen, wont we?
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Is Australia Going Nuclear?
in IfEnergy, on December 30, 2006
...xploration of uranium ores are allowable, since the end result would be the eventual replacement of coal plants in his country, which could reduce their global emissions by as much as 17%.
Is this g...
