Organic food sales now represent 4.2 percent of all U.S. food sales, up from 4 percent in 2010. Consumers have driven the U.S. organic industry to grow by 9.5 percent last year, to reach $31.5 billion in sales. > more
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City of Melbourne and C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group announced recently that Melbourne will lead a new global network on Sustainable Urban Development. Other global cities, including New York, Johannesburg, London, San Francisco and Sao Paulo are members. > more 
A report by the World Wildlife Fund and the multinational research firm Cleantech Group rates 38 countries by their abilities to commercialize start-up green-tech firms. The study has tried to measure nations where innovative companies are most likely to emerge. > more 
The Taylor Family Digital Library is the newest addition to the University of Calgary campus. The library houses over 9 million assets including 32,000 print monographs, over 1 million maps and aerial photographs, and 847,461 architectural drawings. It’s fully digital, with a lot of new features, and in a LEED-Certified green building. > more 
Mayor Thomas M. Menino today encouraged Boston businesses and residents to sign up for the City’s 10th Annual Boston Shines: Citywide Neighborhood Clean Up and Community Service Volunteer Program, to be held on the weekend of April 27-28. > more 
Cincinnati Reds players joining forces again with Global Environmental Services and many of Cincinnati’s leading corporations for the Third Annual Players for the Planet E-Waste Recycling Events on April 27, 28 and 29, 2012. > more 
Small quiet wind turbines for residential homes. > more 
DC Water begins work on two massive environmental projects at for wastewater processing using brand new techniques. > more 
With today’s worldwide energy-saving regulations demanding the more efficient use of available energy, STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), Chip maker STMicroelectronics announces new controller chip. Incrementally improves light quality & energy efficiency of fluorescent options. > more
A new study evaluates the viability of the wood-based transportation fuel sector in the United States. Wood bio-fuel projects attract strong private and public investment, and can potentially advance federal energy policy objectives. > more 
In a precursor to Copenhagen, U.S. thought-leaders got together to examine the global energy outlook, climate change and U.S. policy on sustainable energy supplies. Makes interesting reading… > more
The Copenhagen show is about to start, and for some uplifting specifics on what may be possible, as well as the broader challenges, take a look at some of the European Union leadership regarding climate change responses. > more
The European Commission underlines the crucial importance of reaching a global, ambitious and comprehensive climate agreement at the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen on 7-18 December. > more
According to Companiesandmarkets.com, the 2008 value of the carbon market is USD $126 billion, an increase of over 1000% in 3 years. Whilst all estimates can be debated and there’s too many nuances for a pithy response, the bottom line is: there’s money in that carbon! > more |
      
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New Orleans: Levee Lessons from Katrina
The lessons New Orleans learnt, and must learn, from Hurricane Katrina are important to all low-lying coastal cities in the time of climate change. This is a book review by local Sandy Rosenthal, Executive Director of New Orleans non-profit Levees.org, of Craig E. Colton’s book,”Perilous Place, Power Storms: Hurricane Protection in Coastal Louisiana” – a comparative study of the cities responses. > more