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Tiger Woods may be a great golfer. But I wouldn't buy a mortgage from him. Here's why.
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Economics II: Macroeconomics and Political Economy
The way for the government to stimulate the economy and to avoid or climb out of a Depression, as John Maynard Keynes wrote, and as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt proved with [...]
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In his State of the Union Address <video, transcript Englsh, en español>, President Obama said “The best anti-poverty program is a world classeducation.” He described a positive, or reinforcing, feedback loop. Education enables people to accomplish more, earn more, and better educate their children, who also accomplish more and earn more. It is one of [...]
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NY. Jan. 25. Mark Fulton, "Climate Change Strategist" Deutsche BankAsset Management, spoke at Cary Krosinsky's class in Sustainable Investing at the CERC, the Center for Environmental Research and Conservation, Earth Institute, Columbia University.
Krosinsky, Vice President of Trucost, recently co-edited and wrote the book Sustainable Investing: The Art of Long Term Performance with Nick Robins of [...]
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Architecting a Clean, Secure, Sustainable, Non-Carbon and Non-Nuclear Energy Future
100 Gigawatts offshore wind. $300 Billion.
100 GW land based wind. $200 Billion.
50 GW solar. $325 Billion.
250 GW Clean, renewable, sustainable Energy. $825 Billion.
Save the World: Priceless
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Back in February, 2009, Business Week published my article, Green Energy: Our Future Depends on It. They even asked for a picture - which I was happy to provide. I just learned that it was picked up by other web-sites:As a News Pick by Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen's Energy Task Force,By Physics Today,By Solar Feeds [...]
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Toyota solves the micro-greenhouse effect of the sun heating a parked car, in the Prius III. The car features optional solar modules that keep the car cool when parked.
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Burning fossil fuels and using nuclear power create tremendous waste problems. Harnessing the sun, the wind, and the heat of the earth use energy with no fuel - therefore no pollution. The question is Eco-Watts v Killer-Watts. The choice is ours!
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Obama in Strasbourg, "pollution from cars in Boston or from factories in Beijing are melting the ice caps in the Arctic ... what I want to do is not only fix the immediate crisis, but, working in partnership with other countries, create a path for sustainable, responsible growth."
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We agree with President Obama on wind and solar, however, his goals for wind power are not ambitious enough.
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"Because their fuel is free, wind turbines undercut traditional generators that burn coal, natural gas, and oil." And there are no radioactive fuels to mine, mill, ship, and manage.
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A billion gallons of sludge covered 300 acres, and spilled into the Clinch River and the Tennessee River beginning Monday Dec. 22, 2008. Coal plants in the US produce 129 million tons of fly ash per year. Solar and wind farms produce zero grams of solid waste per year. Offshore wind farms produce artificial reefs, which are good for the environment.
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All Politics IS Local. People in The Bahamas, New Jersey, Europe and California have more or less the same solution - re-usable shopping bags - to the same problem - plastic bags in landfills. Another common problem is converting our electric grid to run on electricity generated from clean, sustainable systems. And again, the solutions are the same: Solar, Wind, Geothermal, Marine Current.
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I ran for school board earlier this year on a solar energy platform. I'd like to thank the Manalapan Republicans and the Marlboro Republicans for holding this event.
I'd like to talk about Nuclear Power and Coal and then Solar and Wind.
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In April of 2007, the Supreme Court ruled the federal Environmental Protection Agency must regulate carbon emissions unless it presents scientific proof that greenhouse gases do not contribute to global climate change. On Nov. 13, the EPA's Environmental Appeals Board ruled it would do so. We need alternatives to fossil fuels and nuclear power, if [...]
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Corporate Responsbility / Environmental Sustainability Panel Discussion & Networking in Hoboken, NJ, on Wednesday. At Carpe Diem, 1405 Grand Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030 (under the Viaduct). A short walk from the Hoboken PATH train. Wednesday, December 10th @ 6:30pm - Panel Discussion Event begins at 7pm.
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From the Pump Handle
Stimulating Broadband