Martin LaMonica
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tweets Economist Charles Morris predicts strong US economy based on energy and manufacturing pbs.org/newshour/busin…
Comeback: Why the US Sits at the Brink of a New Boom
pbs.org — Comeback: Why the US Sits at the Brink of a New BoomRT @levie: 3D printers are the new Tumblr.
AT&T to Introduce Solar-Powered Charging Stations nyti.ms/127IaZc Clever way to get keep people texting, provide off grid power
AT&T to Introduce Solar-Powered Charging Stations
nytimes.com — As keeping the mobile life going becomes ever more important - both to wireless customers and the providers who serve them - AT&T says it has a new way to keep New Yorkers connected.Age and shaky economics leading to earlier-than-expect nuclear plant closings in US nyti.ms/13MFcMp
Nuclear Plants, Old and Uncompetitive, Are Closing Earlier Than Expected
nytimes.com — WASHINGTON - When does a nuclear plant become too old? The nuclear industry is wrestling with that question as it tries to determine whether problems at reactors, all designed in the 1960s and 1970s, are middle-aged aches and pains or end-of-life crises.Bloomberg Plan Aims to Require Food Composting nyti.ms/11FgFq0 Would reduce waste, produce electricity. Can't wait for WSJ response
Bloomberg’s ‘Final Recycling Frontier’
nytimes.com — Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who has tried to curb soda consumption, ban smoking in parks and encourage breast-feeding, is taking on a new cause: requiring New Yorkers to separate their food scraps for composting.RT @Francis_Lam: Nice essay on the eternal question (for climate scientists): "Are we screwed?" And the answer is... stanford.edu/group/anthropo…
[ESSAY] How am I supposed to answer “Are we screwed?”
stanford.edu — This essay was written by Mike Osborne. If you wish to hear Mike read it, click play below. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.Decent explanation of Minecraft for the uninitiated - if you're a parent, you've most likely been exposed technologyreview.com/review/516051/…
MIT Technology Review
technologyreview.com — All video-game makers are minor gods. They are, after all, in the business of world creation. The game creator sets down the mountains and arranges the valleys in his or her world. The creator decides upon the sky's hue, the water's viscosity, the pitch of birdsong, and the force of gravity's pull.FEMA Report: Climate Change Could Increase Areas at Risk of Flood by 45 Percent motherjones.com/environment/20… To tax federal insurance program
FEMA Report: Climate Change Could Increase Areas At Risk of Flood by 45%
motherjones.com — Rising seas and increasingly severe weather are expected to increase the areas of the US at risk of floods by up to 45 percent by 2100, according to a first-of-its-kind report released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday.Good framing of what sustainability in business means from @marcgunther at new gig gu.com/p/3ghv8/tw via @guardian
Sustainable business has never been more important for corporate America
guardian.co.uk — 400. 1,127. 354. Those three numbers made news this spring. They point to the frustrations - and failures - of those of us inside and outside of corporate America who would like business to become more sustainable. 400: Atmospheric concentrations of CO2 passed the symbolic threshold of 400 parts per million.The Coming US Distributed Solar Boom - or not? greentechmedia.com/articles/read/… Great read on current dynamics, impact on electricity bizness
The Coming US Distributed Solar Boom
greentechmedia.com — Opportunities and risks in a cost-competitive market Shayle Kann: June 12, 2013 In the first quarter of this year there were 71.3 megawatts of residential solar installed in California's three investor-owned utility territories, according to our just-released U.S. Solar Market Insight report.Have a Story?
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