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US Socially Responsible Investing Thrives In RecessionDespite the recent economic downturn, sustainable and socially responsible investing (SRI) in the United States is continuing to grow at a faster pace than the total universe of investment assets under professional management, according to the new 2010 edition of the Social Investment Forum Foundation's Report on Socially Responsible Investing Trends in the United States. |
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Spain Looks to Green Jobs to Remedy Soaring UnemploymentSpain has become the latest country to identify green jobs as the answer to its economic woes, today detailing how it plans to create around a million jobs over the next decade in low carbon industries. |
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Ambitious plans for 5 gigawatt solar plant in South Africa
via GizMag |
Sun November 07, 2010 |
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US flags additional 2.4 billion dlrs for high-speed railThe US government on Thursday pumped in an additional 2.4 billion dollars to develop high-speed rail projects as it moves toward building the nation's first nationwide next-generation program. |
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World Bank to lead economic push on nature protectionThe World Bank has launched a global partnership aimed at helping countries include the costs of destroying nature into their national accounts. |
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Organic wines are taking offFRANCE - Supermarket and cave shelves can contain a baffling array of wines from around France and it is understandable if you just head for the bottle with the gold medal sticker from the Salon de Paris. However... |
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Runway opens at world’s first spaceport
via BBC |
Sat October 23, 2010 |
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Wal-Mart to boost buying from small and local farmsWal-Mart Stores Inc is planning to double the sales of fresh produce from local farms in its U.S. stores by the end of 2015, part of a strategy to revamp its global produce supply chain. |
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Virgin spaceship’s first solo flight
via The Sun |
Mon October 11, 2010 |
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BrightSource Wins Final OK For Major Solar PlantBrightSource Energy Inc said Thursday it won final approval for a $1.7 billion-plus, 370-megawatt solar energy plant in Southern California, the latest in a string of large-scale projects greenlit for the most populous state. |
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Russian Firm Unveils Plan for First Space Hotel
via ABC News |
Sun October 03, 2010 |
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Banks Seek Distance from Mountaintop Removal Mining PracticesBlasting off mountaintops to reach coal in Appalachia or churning out millions of tons of carbon dioxide to extract oil from sand in Alberta are among environmentalists’ biggest industrial irritants. But they are also legal and lucrative. For a growing number of banks, however, that does not seem to matter. |
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Greece Unblocks $2.7 Billion Renewable Energy ProjectsGreece unblocked renewable energy projects worth 2.1 billion euros ($2.7 billion) as the cash-strapped country struggles to attract new investments to boost its ailing economy, the energy regulator said on Monday. |
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Whole Foods to label seafood’s sustainabilityThe grocery chain on Monday launched a new color-coded rating program — with the help of Monterey Bay Aquarium and Blue Ocean Institute — that measures the environmental impact of its wild-caught seafood. |
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Corporate social responsibility
- Microsoft Commits to Carbon Neutrality
- Momentum builds: Burger King Switches to Cage Free Pork and Eggs
- Bar Codes Apps Allow Consumers To Make Socially Conscious Choices
- Ford Cuts Global Waste by 100 Million Pounds and Counting
- Whole Foods to Stop Selling Overfished Species
- Victory! Facebook ‘friends’ renewable energy
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