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Sunday, May 31, 2009

Tweets - May 2009

Tweets for May 2009:

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  • Business101, huh! Cleantech firms: Ideas at demo phase is 1st challenge. Need to commercialize products & find clients next http://u.nu/2br7 from web






  • SunPower: planet's most powerful #Solar panel http://u.nu/6iq7 (Also: SunPower releases 1st solar monitoring iPhone app http://u.nu/7iq7) from web






  • Reading: Decoding the ‘buzz’ around #Greenjobs http://u.nu/9hq7 + Green Technology Job Hunt: Succeed With Clear Goals http://u.nu/5iq7 from web






  • Reading: The rise and rise of #Greenjobs http://u.nu/7hq7 and How to break in to cleantech http://u.nu/6hq7 from web






  • Shrinking DC-to-AC inverters to extract more juice from solar panels. http://u.nu/72a6 #Solar from web






  • Czech Republic may turn into one of the strongest performers in 2009 in terms of growth rates of #solar installations http://bit.ly/7IeqP from web






  • RT @ericrumsey RT @SherryBoschert RT @knwachter - @NSF releases report on global impacts of #ClimateChange http://bit.ly/1a8fXv from web






  • Also: Making Your Impact at Work: Practical Guide to Changing the World from inside a company http://u.nu/68q5 #Sustainability #GreenJobs from web






  • Corporate social responsibility - Net Impact Releases Guide to make any job a "Green" job http://u.nu/97q5 #Sustainability #GreenJobs from web






  • RT @cleantechies Looking for a Clean Tech job? Get a resume that works. http://u.nu/27q5 #GreenJobs from web






  • Landmark Report Redefines “Green” Jobs Through Social Intrapreneurship http://u.nu/96q5 #GreenJobs from web






  • RT @cleantechies Selected Clean Technology & Renewable Energy Events Coming Up http://u.nu/66q5 from web






  • @ChaffinOrchards Yeah. Great find. Interesting to read about his position on lawns (I agree! In fact, forwarded it to friends/family!) from web






  • 'Rebound effects' of #EnergyEfficiency could halve carbon savings, says study http://u.nu/62n5 #EnergyPolicy from web






  • RT @EcoFan World’s largest solar-powered stadium constructed for World Games 2009 http://snipr.com/i0c4i #Greenbuilding #Solar from web






  • Ocean Floor Carbon Trapping http://u.nu/42n5 Trapped how long? $s to move CO2 2 miles below ocean floor? Prevention better than cure, no? from web






  • National Geographic: US consumers rock bottom in overall Greendex scores (43.7). Indians top the list (59.5) http://u.nu/9xi5 #GreenLiving from web






  • New Blog Post: "Food-like substances" http://u.nu/8xi5 #GreenLiving Seems Michael Pollan is on Colbert Nation tonight, btw. from web






  • RT @ShiftSolutions Pesticides, Teflon, and What's Wrong with Our Chemical Policies http://u.nu/4vi5 #GreenLiving from web






  • RT @ericrumsey RT@The_Wedge RT @ChaffinOrchards Why Mow? 1989 NYTarticle by Michael Pollon http://bit.ly/q6afw #GreenLiving from web






  • "What we do? We try to change everything." Listening to: Seth Godin's old TED talk http://u.nu/7ri5 from web






  • WTG @gavinNewsom :) RT @ProjectGreenBag San Francisco now recycles an astonishing 72% of all trash. http://tinyurl.com/q2t37d #GreenLiving from web






  • QD Vision is using its quantum dots in #LED lighting to produce more pleasing white light.http://u.nu/3ah5 from web






  • RT @greenskeptic RT @EnergyCollectiv #ClimateChange threatens Ganges, Niger & other mighty rivers http://u.nu/7qg5 http://u.nu/2rg5 #India from web






  • Also: RT @enviroknow http://ow.ly/6D7E links to NYT blog post - Debating a car-free America http://u.nu/2qg5 #GreenLiving from web






  • In German suburb, life sans cars http://u.nu/9pg5 (Tweeted yday: Europe imagines suburbs without cars http://u.nu/9585) #GreenLiving from web






  • RT @greeninc Canadian natural gas co. Enbridge JV with Bullfrog Power & City of Toronto to promote #solar thermal systems http://u.nu/9ng5 from web






  • RT @Michael_GR Check it out: Al Gore Gives a Climate Science Update at TED Conference http://bit.ly/o2q6Q #ClimateChange from web






  • RT @Treehugger GE Shows Off Cool OLED Concepts (Video) http://u.nu/2gg5 Also: The Puzzle of Superconducting #LED Explained http://u.nu/8fg5 from web






  • RT @chrisbrown GE Aims to Provide #EnergyStorage for Trains, Power Grid http://seekingalpha.com/a/2xvc #SmartGrid from web






  • Shai Agassi's Better Place demonstrates a system for swapping out depleted batteries for charged ones. http://u.nu/7fg5 #EV #EnergyStorage from web






  • "I've been accused of being the green jobs czar — I consider myself to be the #greenjobs handyman." - Van Jones on NPR http://u.nu/6ta5 from web






  • Cap-and-Trade? It might as well be about beer collections. http://u.nu/4ta5 #EnergyPolicy from web






  • RT @greenbubble Duke Power Investing In Distributed Solar Generation Scheme (via @Treehugger) http://tinyurl.com/q3dpmn #Solar from web






  • China's Suntech to manufacture #solar products in US http://u.nu/2ta5 + Schott Solar opened plant in Albuquerque yesterday http://u.nu/3ta5 from web






  • Google: Making One Cheeseburger Uses As Much Energy As 15,000 Web Searches http://u.nu/6sa5 has other such comparisons! from web






  • Europe imagines suburbs without cars http://u.nu/9585 (Unrelated: Use chars to link to "Story of Stuff' video http://u.nu/5685) #GreenLiving from web






  • @gavinnewsom #EV race can go on. Meanwhile, promote this in SFO :) PDX - easy to see by bik - hotel room may include one! http://u.nu/4fx4 from web






  • And the mercury levels in seals & beluga whales eaten by Inuit have reached levels that would be considered unsafe in fish. http://u.nu/9sw4 from web






  • Speaking of Canadian seal slaughter (http://u.nu/5sw4), Mercury levels In Arctic seals may be linked to global warming! http://u.nu/7sw4 from web






  • Phew..no rest for the weary as the wicket don't rest, huh! RT @followgreen Australia to shoot 6,000 kangaroos http://xi.gs/034X from web






  • PETA's campaign to end seal slaughter in Canada gets a shot-in-the-arm (bad phrase to use!) with EU limit on seal furs http://u.nu/9rw4 from web






  • "Quiet is almost too faint for human ears, but not quite, if you learn to listen carefully." http://u.nu/8rw4 Reminds me of http://u.nu/7bi3 from web






  • Also read about Ecuador & its oil mess? http://u.nu/3rw4 http://u.nu/4rw4 Read http://u.nu/5rw4 to not get depressed after last few tweets! from web






  • Brazil's other big forest in dire straits too! http://u.nu/4qw4 #climatechange from web






  • 40% of Amazon will disappear despite efforts to fight http://u.nu/8qw4 Thanks, loggers, ranchers, soya growers & #climatechange? from web






  • I regularly read Harpers Week in Review http://u.nu/6pw4 Here's Seed's magazine's interesting take on the Week in Review http://u.nu/5pw4 from web






  • ...polar bear habitat http://u.nu/7nw4 But maybe they have other plans in mind? http://u.nu/8nw4 which links to http://u.nu/2pw4 from web






  • Sigh! Obama govt agrees with Bush govt that Endangered Species Act cannot be invoked to fight emissions blamed for loss of ...(contd) from web






  • Kevin Bullis on Death of the Hydrogen Economy: Obama's budget puts hydrogen fuel-cell research out of its misery - almost! http://u.nu/7dw4 from web






  • Cheaper ink-jet printing to make electrical connections within a #solar cell, replacing existing screen-printing process http://u.nu/5dw4 from web






  • Seems turning biomass into electricity is more beneficial than turning it into transportation #biofuels http://u.nu/4dw4 from web






  • Report: 4 out of 5 big cities put high value on #Sustainability goals http://u.nu/2dw4 Cities & Green Economy http://u.nu/3dw4 #GreenLiving from web






  • What does "green" mean to you? Builders & buyers differ on importance of eco-friendly living http://u.nu/9cw4 #GreenBuilding #Greenliving from web






  • RT @followgreen Cap-and-Trade Won't Cause Mass Manufacturing Migration http://xi.gs/034f #EnergyPolicy from web






  • RT @greenprofs New blog post: #GreenBuilding and Home Improvement http://bit.ly/CwvZw from web






  • RT@greenprofs New blog post: Directbuy Provides One-stop Shopping Solution for #GreenBuilding Materials and Appliances http://bit.ly/Gps5i from web






  • RT @followgreen The Competitiveness Impacts of #ClimateChange Mitigation Policies http://xi.gs/034E from web






  • DOT dedicates $865M next year to improve plane routing for fuel savings & reduced GHG emissions http://u.nu/6cw4 from web






  • More details on EPA's fiscal year 2010 budget blueprint http://u.nu/8hu4 http://u.nu/9hu4 http://u.nu/4iu4 #EnergyPolicy from web






  • Cheers and Jeers: Renewable industry cheers Obama budget while coal and nuclear jeer ! http://u.nu/3iu4 #EnergyPolicy (Only Cheers from me!) from web






  • #Solar and Utility partnerships on the horizon for Coulomb Technologies (manuf. of charging stations for #EVs) http://u.nu/3hu4 from web






  • 1st phase of interim #smartgrid road map is due next month. With stimulus money about to roll in, time is short http://u.nu/2hu4 from web






  • More good news for Solyndra - Announces $189 million deal with solar integrator SunConnex through 2013 http://u.nu/9gu4 #Solar from web






  • California (or for that matter the world) could save millions with more energy-efficient PCs #EnergyEfficiency #GreenLiving http://u.nu/8gu4 from web






  • Survey: #EnergyEfficiency important but hard to invest in (today!)! http://u.nu/7fu4 http://u.nu/6gu4 http://u.nu/7gu4 #GreenBuildings from web






  • Hermann Scheer, German politicial & global advocate for #solar energy: "World is at a turning point" http://u.nu/2fu4 http://u.nu/3fu4 from web






  • Integrated solar panels get a boost http://u.nu/9eu4 The future of #solar, IMO, is in integrated solar (whether BIPV or otherwise) from web






  • Elsewhere in the nation, Duke Energy proceeds with $50M rooftop #solar program http://u.nu/7eu4 from web






  • Hurrah, @gavinnewsom! Way to go! :) SFO Board of Supervisors approves plan for largest municipal #solar project in US http://u.nu/3eu4 from web






  • @GreenTeaMag @RedTreeStudio Thanks for earlier RT's. See today's follow-up tweet: http://u.nu/86k4 from web






  • The net's hunger for power: Google responds http://u.nu/65k4 (Earlier: http://tinyurl.com/c7pep2 and http://is.gd/wnyK) from web






  • This week on SierraClub Radio: Nick Ellis of Bright Green Talent (@brightgreen) speaks about the emerging #greenjobs market http://u.nu/5rf4 from web






  • RT @lsmarshall New reference design for LED bulbs said to speed & simplify replacement of conventional bulbs http://tinyurl.com/c5972s from web






  • Speaking of failing car companies, time for infotainment! RT @chrisrbrown The Colbert Report: Prescott Bailout Analysis http://bit.ly/f09EG from web






  • The same is true of shoring up failing car companies & using "stimulus" money to jumpstart a new transportation & energy infrastructure from web






  • Time to mandate bold systemic experimentation is now - Why shoring up outmoded education & health-care systems is a waste http://u.nu/82f4 from web






  • "If you don't have water, you don't have life." RT @kottkedotorg To the South Pole on foot http://bit.ly/kbkE9 #Water from web






  • RT @treehugger Build a #solar cooker from old CDs http://u.nu/5r94 from web






  • DOE allocates $786 Million for #Biofuels Research http://u.nu/9q94 ($480M of which is for for Integrated Pilot/Demo facilities) from web






  • Chocolate-fueled race car unveiled http://u.nu/6q94 Leave my chocolate alone! Actually, a home for post Easter/Halloween candy! ;) #Biofuels from web






  • Paul Krugman OpEd last week talks of junk science & junk economics re: a cap-and-trade for emissions http://u.nu/7k94 #EnergyPolicy from web






  • Skyline Solar's new high-gain #solar (HGS) arrays http://u.nu/5j94 Integrated lightweight, single-axis tracked architecture http://u.nu/7j94 from web






  • "Its you who controls the raw materials for the 21st/22nd centuries. You’re like Saudi Arabia." Video: Bolivia &Lithium http://u.nu/3c94 #EV from web






  • @followgreen China triples wind power capacity goal: report http://xi.gs/030g #WindEnergy from web






  • RT @greeninc Lifestyle and the Carbon Cap http://tinyurl.com/co9psd #Greenliving #Carbon from web






  • mart wind turbines pivot blades on the fly http://u.nu/5pz3 #WindEnergy from web






  • An algae #biofuels company that combines ultrasound and an electromagnetic pulse to break algal cell walls http://u.nu/8su3 from web






  • Gov Palin: No to $29M of Stimulus Bill for Energy http://u.nu/5su3 Coz. it obligates them to "more stringent building codes" #EnergyPolicy from web






  • China Mulls Carbon Tax. http://u.nu/4su3 #EnergyPolicy from web






  • #Solar Thermal: Which Technology Is Best? http://u.nu/2su3 from web






  • The Beijing Watercube: Better Than Solar Panels #EnergyEfficiency http://u.nu/8ru3 from web






  • NYT article today: Here Comes the Sun. Right? #Solar http://u.nu/7ru3 from web






  • Fifty Cars = One Bus - "a gorgeous conceptual art piece to illustrate the benefits of taking the bus over driving a car" http://u.nu/6ep3 from web






  • Also RT @followgreen Americans Support Greenhouse Gas Regulation Even If It Could “Substantially” Raise Energy Prices http://xi.gs/02yw from web






  • And on that note... RT @followgreen U.S. coal power plants scuttled, Sierra Club cheers! http://xi.gs/02yv from web






  • With focus of Obama govt on renewable energy, hopefully Bush/Cheney focus on nuclear as a solution is now dissipated! http://is.gd/vZst from web






  • Pipe leak at nuclear plant raises concerns http://u.nu/5ep3 (Any process that generates toxic wastes cant be a sustainable energy solution!) from web


  • Reading: Oped: Energy: What Shall We Believe? http://u.nu/8kk3 from web


  • Not carbon-free but important from energy security standpoint - U.S. Gas Fields Go From Bust to Boom http://u.nu/7kk3 from web


  • Wind farm's high-tech help for migrating birds http://bit.ly/vw2A0 #WindEnergy from web


  • US stimulus bill includes $$$s to support E.T. (Friedman!) & I.T. So why are economists & innovation experts so skeptical? http://u.nu/29k3 from web

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