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Calling for a US Energy Strategy

Daniel M. Kammen writes in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientist about the need for a US Energy Strategy. 

Over the next 50 years, progress to meaningfully address the risk of significant climate change will require an estimated 80-percent or more reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions. Global emissions now include more than 7 billion tons of carbon being pumped into the atmosphere annually, three-quarters of which come from fossil fuel combustion (with the remainder largely from land conversion and forest burning), and their rate of accumulation is increasing.

  Read the entire piece here.

Fortune Mag: Grean Energy Makes Money

"Venture investment in energy technology firms reached new highs this year, more than tripling the investment recorded for 2005, according to data released Wednesday by Thomson Financial and the National Venture Capital Association." states an article in Fortune Small Business.

Clean Energy Gold Rush North of the Border

Straight.com has an article about investment in clean energy companies north of the border in British Columbia. Read the article here.

Wind Energy Reseach Plan Meeting at UC Davis

The California Wind Energy Collaborative is hosting a "workshop on 11 December 2007 to gather input toward development of a Wind Energy Research Plan for California. The research plan will identify and prioritize wind energy research, development, and deployment efforts that will facilitate California's renewable energy policy goals."

Tech Companies that Could Change The World

From the Red Herring comes a story about the World Economic Forum naming "startup technology companies that the international organization said have demonstrated visionary leadership and proven technology that could change business and society." See the World Economic Forum list here.