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Cost of $10 Billion Stimulus Easier to Tally Than New Jobs

By mfgormaly On February 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Ianthe Jeanne Dugan and Justin Scheck, Wall Street Journal, February 24, 2012

Alfredo Garcia was among the residents of Webb County, Texas, banking on a windfall from federal stimulus money.

Mr. Garcia expanded his Mexican restaurant from 80 to 120 seats, anticipating a rush of new patrons springing from the nearby Cedro Hill wind farm, a project [...]

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Where’s the Beach? Under the Seaweed.

By mfgormaly On October 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Michelle Higgins, New York Times, October 11, 2011

An invasion of seaweed that is extraordinary in volume and geographic scope has been besieging the eastern Caribbean since June, sending resorts and government agencies from Anguilla in the north to Tobago in the south scrambling to rid beaches of the smelly, brown, bug-attracting algae before the impending high season.

In Antigua, the $600-a-night St. James’s Club & [...]

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2012 Clean50 Announced

By drichardson On September 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Toronto, ON – The 2012 Clean50 honourees were announced today by Delta Management and Corporate Knights Magazine.  The Clean50 is a list of fifty people in Canada whose career achievements focused on sustainability.  The honourees are divided into 16 categories ranging from advocacy to R&D and consulting services.  For a complete list of the 2012 honorees, [...]

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Sustainability reporting: most complete guidance ever

By drichardson On March 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The most comprehensive and complete sustainability reporting guidance is now available, as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) launches its G3.1 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines today (23 March 2011).

GRI is a network-based non-governmental organization that aims to make sustainability reporting common practice. GRI produces the world’s most widely used Sustainability Reporting Guidelines to enable the [...]

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Red flags on green energy

By drichardson On February 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment

February 17, 2011- Toronto, ON.  This is an interesting article on the environmental effects of green energy by Dr. Jatin Nathwani from the University of Waterloo. 

At this point, there should be no debate that a transition to a sustainable electricity system is a necessary development for Ontario.  However, this is likely where any [...]

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Nick Parker speaking at CTN2010: Taking Cleantech Global, November 3, 2010.

Canada and the Cleantech 100

By drichardson On October 26, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Toronto, October 26, 2010 –  Two weeks ago the Cleantech Group, an American research and investment company focused on clean technology, released its list of the 100 most promising clean technology companies in the world (cleantech.com/GlobalCleantech100.cfm). North America placed a whopping 57 countries on the list; however, only two of those 57 companies [...]

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