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I clearly remember the moment I knew I would never buy another physical CD and would buy all my music online. Since then, I’ve been waiting for the moment when I would know that I could buy all my movies online. In November, Apple announced that […] Read more »

In early 2007, the Council of Public Relations Firms (CPRF) and APCO Worldwide partnered to learn more about interactions and relationships between public relations (PR) professionals and bloggers. Findings showed that PR professionals who understood blogger “culture” were having more success in communicating in this online […] Read more »

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Toyota Takes Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Toyota’s president presented steps today meant to restore trust in the automaker, “including installing new brake-override systems in all future models and quicker disclosure of defects in its cars.” But now there’s worry of a new defect: possible […] Read more »

How to Beat China on Clean Energy: IHS CERA Chairman Daniel Yergin says China’s advantages over the U.S. on green energy have been overplayed. “They’re going to have the same advantage they have on everything else. And that is that low-cost manufacturing. To compete with the […] Read more »

Climate Change Skeptics Seize on the Snowpocalypse: Skeptics of climate change are using record-setting snows along the East Coast to “mock those who warn of dangerous human-driven climate change.” However, “Most climate scientists respond that the ferocious storms are consistent with forecasts that a heating planet will produce […] Read more »

Toyota Troubles Made Simple: Here’s an interactive graphic showing where problems have come up in the Prius braking sequence, why the accelerators are getting jammed in some Toyota vehicles, and how it can be fixed. — Guardian Climate on K Street: “More than 1,700 groups and […] Read more »

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Opera’s browser is already on many devices — phones, computers, and even Nintendo’s Wii. But there’s one key device missing: Apple’s iPhone. At Mobile World Congress, Opera will preview a version of Mini for the iPhone. But why? Read more »

Buggy Hybrids: Toyota and Ford’s problems with the electronic interface between the antilock braking system and regenerative braking system in their hybrids highlights how “bugs that nag us while in front of the computer have migrated to our cars. Rather than just a reboot, the fix […] Read more »

Cash Money, Oil Money: The founders of Cash Money Records — Birdman and Ronald “Slim” Williams — have started an oil exploration company called Bronald Oil & Gas. — Business Insider Siemens Targets Fifth of Smart Grid Biz: “Germany’s Siemens sees the world market for intelligent electricity networks […] Read more »

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Phishin’ for Emissions: “Online fraudsters have targeted international carbon markets to steal emissions permits from companies and sell them illegally.” An estimated 250,000 permits worth about $4.2 million at current market prices have been stolen. — Reuters Green Plug Raises More Cash for Smart Charging: San […] Read more »

Red Planet to Green Building: “Aspen Aerogels, which makes insulating material for industrial applications, has started selling its air-filled aerogel blankets to make existing buildings more energy efficient.” Previously, aerogel manufacturers have focused on higher-end industrial applications, such as insulating oil and gas pipelines and the […] Read more »

Climate Spies (or Lobbyists): “Britain’s former chief science adviser says the theft of climate e-mails from the University of East Anglia in southern England may have been the work of spies,” or possibly U.S.-based lobbyists. – Associated Press via Washington Post Incentives Proposed for Small-Scale Solar, Wind: […] Read more »

Billions Awarded for High-Speed Rail: The White House has “finally announced the full list of where that $8 billion in stimulus money for high-speed rail is going.” The two largest awards will support projects in Florida and California, while a smorgasbord of smaller projects will also receive […] Read more »

Climate, Energy Likely to Escape Axe in Budget Freeze: Climate change and green energy programs are expected to receive ample funding in the president’s fiscal 2011 budget request despite a plan announced yesterday to freeze non-military discretionary spending for the next three years. — Greenwire via […] Read more »

Turner Returns to Solar: Back in late 2007, billionaire Ted Turner sold his solar developer, Turner Renewable Energy, to First Solar for $34.4 million. Now he’s getting back into solar, joining forces with Atlanta utility Southern Company to seek out large-scale solar projects in the southwest. — […] Read more »

Duke Energy Jumps for Juwi’s 14MW Solar Project: “Power company Duke Energy said its commercial business unit, Duke Energy Generation Services (DEGS), agreed to buy a 14 megawatt Blue Wing Solar Project from Juwi Solar.” — Reuters UN’s Rajendra Pachauri Staying Put: “The chairman of the […] Read more »

DOE Finalizes Tesla Loan: Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced today that the Department of Energy has completed negotiations with Tesla Motors and closed its $465 million loan for the startup’s long planned Model S sedan factory and power-train plant. — DOE Press Release Can We […] Read more »

Wind Expansion Feasible, Costly: “Wind could replace coal and natural gas for 20 or 30 percent of electricity supplied in the eastern two-thirds of the United States by 2024…but doing so would require a reorganization of the power grid and a significant increase in costs. And it […] Read more »

Time for our Wednesday feature that highlights some of the latest iPhone news. The most recent iPhone buzz actually revolves around Microsoft. Business Week today reports that Apple might replace Google’s search with Bing for default searches on the mobile handset. While this alleged alliance sounds […] Read more »

Last week, I talked about three ingredients for business success, one being the need for systematic and consistent promotion and marketing. A reader asked for a more detailed list of specific things small businesses could do to have a continuous marketing/promotional program. Read more »

Abu Dhabi Eyes Carbon Trading: Plans for the United Arab Emirates’ “eco-city,” slated for completion over the next decade, now include a scheme to buy and sell carbon dioxide emissions globally through a new joint venture between German utility E.ON AG and the state-owned Masdar. — […] Read more »

Small Firms Take Issue With EPA Proposal: Small business owners are claiming that the revised greenhouse gas regulations proposed recently by the Environmental Protection Agency, which would require least 1,200 small entities to acquire Clean Air Act operating permits for the first time, would be financially burdensome for them. […] Read more »

Google China and Climate Change: “Google’s potential pullout from China over cyberattacks has climate change activists watching the scandal’s effect on U.S.-China relations that are crucial to progress on global warming….For now, environmentalists and other experts say they don’t see a threat to bilateral work on climate change […] Read more »

Solar Chargers Gettin’ Pretty: A new generation of slick solar-powered charging systems may allure more people to juice up gadgets from the sun. But if you’re thinking about buying one to be green, it’s best to find out about your recycling options down the road. — […] Read more »

Premium Movie Channel Epix Coming To Cox; the cable provider confirms it has reached a deal to carry Epix, the premium movie channel started by Viacom, Lionsgate and MGM last year. (The Business Insider) Net Neutrality Hearing Totally Comcastic; During a hearing last Friday, a three-judge […] Read more »

Meet the Climate Killers: Tim Dickinson argues 17 “polluters and deniers” are derailing efforts to curb climate change. Investor Warren Buffett tops the list for bad-mouthing climate legislation and pouring billions of dollars into the country’s biggest climate polluter and top coal hauler. – Rolling Stone via Mother […] Read more »

NEA Closes Biggest Fund Since 2007: New Enterprise Associates said today it has closed a fund with nearly $2.5 billion in committed capital — the largest single fund raised since 2007. The VC firm began making investments from the fund in May and has already made […] Read more »

Reva’s Low-Volume EV Scheme: Reva Electric Car Co., the Indian automaker developing an electric vehicle with General Motors, plans to set up four overseas automaking ventures that may be profitable building as few as 5,000-10,000 cars a year. — Edmunds Green Car Advisor So Long Copenhagen, […] Read more »

Meet Qinetiq: A British defense technology company, Qinetiq, is testing a new type of lithium-ion battery based on lithium-ion iron-sulfide chemistry for hybrids and electric vehicles that could be substantially cheaper and more powerful than existing batteries. — Technology Review Tioga, SunDurance Bag NJ Solar Schools […] Read more »

Silver Lining of COP15: The merely “politically binding” accord that resulted from the UN talks in Copenhagen this month “is not the disaster that it at first appears.” It marks “some progress towards closing” the split between developed and developing countries in the UN’s climate negotiation […] Read more »

Munich Re Calls for Climate Action: German reinsurer Munich Re warned today that a lack of big earthquakes and hurricanes this year should not lead to complacency about climate change. — Financial Times Concerns About Hong Kong Water Security: A series of droughts in China has […] Read more »

Earth, Wind & Fire: A Phoenix, Ariz.-based company called Solar Southwest Technology aims to power compressed air energy storage with surplus wind energy generated at night, rather than coal. To heat the air so it expands and drives turbine blades better, Solar Southwest is using solar […] Read more »

In planning to work from home, we consider in detail the technicalities, the home office setup, and all the fun, exciting things we’ll do to fill in all that extra time we’ll have. This is, after all, a lifestyle change, and there’s a lot to think […] Read more »

Top Green Stories of the Decade: Take a stroll through 10 years of green headline grabbers, including these stories: climate took over the environmental movement, local got vocal, we got a raft of new body-invaders to fret about (like BPA and PVC), and green went pop. […] Read more »

A Year Later, Coal-Ash Spill Still on EPA’s Long To-Do List: One year after the failure of an earth-and-ash dam holding back 1 billion gallons of waterlogged ash from a Tennessee power plant, most of the ash that flooded out and covered 85 acres of land, […] Read more »

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I’ll say this for being a Time Warner Cable subscriber — for the second year in a row, it’s brought a little extra drama to the holiday season. Last New Year’s Eve, I was prepared to cut the cord on my cable because Time Warner nearly […] Read more »

Wildlife vs. Energy in the Mojave: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) says she plans to introduce legislation today to establish two national monuments on roughly 1 million acres of Mojave Desert outback…Its centerpiece, Mojave Trails National Monument, would prohibit development on 941,000 acres of federal land and […] Read more »

Greenwash or Real Deal?: “Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tells Copenhagen that Iran, a fossil fuel giant, wants to dive into renewable energy and stitch cooperative links with other developing nations to develop non-fossil fuel energy,” including solar and wind. — WSJ’s Environmental Capital Road Ahead for […] Read more »

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