The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism presents "Covering the Green Economy - A Western Perspective."
Russ Choma provides helpful tips regarding the funding and future of green initiatives at the Los Angeles Times.
Russ Choma presents "Covering the Green Economy - Follow the Green Money," a Webinar geared toward business journalists.
The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism provides free tools and training for business journalists throughout the year. For more information, please visit businessjournalism.org.
Russ Choma is an investigative reporter who focuses on climate and energy issues, transportation and stimulus spending for the Investigative Reporting Workshop, Nieman Watchdog and Grist.org. He spoke at Covering the Green Economy on the challenges and rewards of reporting the biggest pro-green legislation.
Russ Choma presents at the Reynolds Center's Washington, D.C. workshop, "What's Next for the Economy in Your Town." For more information, please visit http://businessjournalism.org.
A U.S. Chamber of Commerce report, second in a series, that imagines what the economy would look like today if the shale energy revolution had not taken place. It's not a pretty picture.
Chamber of Commerce report that asks and answers the important question: What would happen if the hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas was banned in the U.S.? According to research it would lead to the loss of 15 million jobs and an average increase in the price of electricity and gas doubling.
Russ Choma presents "Covering the Green Economy - Follow the Green Money," a Webinar geared toward business journalists.
The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism provides free tools and training for business journalists throughout the year. For more information, please visit businessjournalism.org.
Russ Choma is an investigative reporter who focuses on climate and energy issues, transportation and stimulus spending for the Investigative Reporting Workshop, Nieman Watchdog and Grist.org. He spoke at Covering the Green Economy on the challenges and rewards of reporting the biggest pro-green legislation.
Russ Choma presents at the Reynolds Center's Washington, D.C. workshop, "What's Next for the Economy in Your Town." For more information, please visit http://businessjournalism.org.
A U.S. Chamber of Commerce report, second in a series, that imagines what the economy would look like today if the shale energy revolution had not taken place. It's not a pretty picture.
Chamber of Commerce report that asks and answers the important question: What would happen if the hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas was banned in the U.S.? According to research it would lead to the loss of 15 million jobs and an average increase in the price of electricity and gas doubling.
El nuevo informe del CDP revela que las empresas líderes en gestión del cambio climático (rendimiento y divulgación) han generado una mayor rentabilidad (ROE) en los últimos tres años.
Huge corporations ranging from Intel to Walmart are all stepping up the game, showing that profitability doesn’t need to be compromised in pursuit of sustainability. https://www.sterlitepower.com/blog/working-towards-world-where-sustainability-and-innovation-walk-hand-hand
Huge corporations ranging from Intel to Walmart are all stepping up the game, showing that profitability doesn’t need to be compromised in pursuit of sustainability. https://www.sterlitepower.com/blog/working-towards-world-where-sustainability-and-innovation-walk-hand-hand
Huge corporations ranging from Intel to Walmart are all stepping up the game, showing that profitability doesn’t need to be compromised in pursuit of sustainability. https://www.sterlitepower.com/blog/working-towards-world-where-sustainability-and-innovation-walk-hand-hand
This presentation describes Judson ISD's Green Computing Initiative and highlights the specific cost savings and energy savings of their deployment of virtual desktops.
Content:
Introduction to green computing
Need for green computing
role of government in green computing
approaches of green computing
To be continued in my next ppt on green computing
El nuevo informe del CDP revela que las empresas líderes en gestión del cambio climático (rendimiento y divulgación) han generado una mayor rentabilidad (ROE) en los últimos tres años.
Huge corporations ranging from Intel to Walmart are all stepping up the game, showing that profitability doesn’t need to be compromised in pursuit of sustainability. https://www.sterlitepower.com/blog/working-towards-world-where-sustainability-and-innovation-walk-hand-hand
Huge corporations ranging from Intel to Walmart are all stepping up the game, showing that profitability doesn’t need to be compromised in pursuit of sustainability. https://www.sterlitepower.com/blog/working-towards-world-where-sustainability-and-innovation-walk-hand-hand
Huge corporations ranging from Intel to Walmart are all stepping up the game, showing that profitability doesn’t need to be compromised in pursuit of sustainability. https://www.sterlitepower.com/blog/working-towards-world-where-sustainability-and-innovation-walk-hand-hand
This presentation describes Judson ISD's Green Computing Initiative and highlights the specific cost savings and energy savings of their deployment of virtual desktops.
Content:
Introduction to green computing
Need for green computing
role of government in green computing
approaches of green computing
To be continued in my next ppt on green computing
The Union Budget for 2017-18 pledged relief for rural India, middle class taxpayers and small and medium-sized companies in the Union Budget 2017-18, saying the government would spend thousands of crores to double farmers' incomes, upgrade infrastructure and provide affordable housing. While unveiling the budget the Hon’ble Finance Minister emphasised that the budget is built on three pillars “Transform, Energise and Clean India”, that is, TEC India. This agenda of TEC India seeks to transform the quality of governance and quality of life of the citizens of India, energise various sections of society, especially the youth and the vulnerable sections of the society and enable them to unleash their true potential. The emphasis of TEC India is also to clean the country from the evils of corruption, black money, and non-transparent political funding. The main focus of the Budget has been to boost government expenditure in order to increase growth, and to muster employment generation.
The Finance Minister said the Indian economy was doing well despite global trends of slowing growth in other emerging economies. He also delivered a big relief to foreign portfolio investors by exempting them from indirect transfer provisions. The centre’s budget size has been pegged at Rs. 21.47 lakh crore, with an increase of 25.47 per cent in capital expenditure. As regards fiscal consolidation, the FM has targeted fiscal deficit of 3.2 per cent for 2017-18 as against earlier target of 3 per cent. For agriculture and rural sector, Mr Jaitley has increased the allocation by 24 per cent to Rs. 1.87 lakh crore for 2017-18. In the case of infrastructure, the planned public investment stood at massive Rs. 3.96 lakh crore.
We have developed an analysis of the budget, which includes opinion pieces from eminent economists and experts.
Jakarta Crown Eco Management: Wind Power Creates Jobs, Saves Money on Chirpstoryqueensmithson
Benefit farmers and the state: Landowners that allow turbines on their land will be paid $3.2 million annually and the state is expected to generate more than $360 million in additional property tax revenues over the next 30 years.
The US–China high-tech competition is modernizing American industries: an int...Keith Krach
Keith Krach, chairman of the Center for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue, was recently spotlighted by Kearney Consulting as a preeminent technology diplomat.
“The idea of competing with China as an alliance of value-driven democracies has gained tremendous momentum over the past four years through the architecting efforts of Keith Krach,” Kearney’s Drew DeLong notes in a new white paper.
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Keith Krach is an global CEO, Silicon Valley innovator, philanthropist and public servant, noted for bringing transformational leadership to multiple sectors, including robotics, engineering, commerce, education, philanthropy, economic statecraft and even the way people sign. Krach most recently served as Under Secretary of State, as the nation’s top economic diplomat leading America’s economic diplomacy portfolio and having the rare distinction of being unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. He is also the former Chairman of the Purdue Board of Trustees and recruited sitting Governor of Indiana, Mitch Daniels, to be the 12th President.
US Chamber Report: What If...Energy Production was Banned on Federal Lands an...Marcellus Drilling News
This report, the first in the Chamber's Energy Accountability series, finds that if the federal government under Obama and Clinton (as they advocate) were to shut down further energy production from public lands, the result would be catastrophic: the U.S. economy would lose 400,000 jobs and $70 billion in annual GDP.
Former Ambassador and head of the US delegation to the Kyoto Protocol negotiations, Stuart Eizentstat, Partner with law firm of Covington & Burling LLP, delivered the keynote address at the GW Solar Institute Symposium on April 19, 2010. View more info at: solar.gwu.edu/Symposium.html
“The prosperity the United States enjoys today is due in no small part to investments the nation has made in research and development at universities, corporations, and national laboratories over the last 50 years.”
With momentum building towards the UN Climate Change Conference in Peru, new figures from IBR reveal that businesses leaders in emerging markets are more focused on the sustainability of their operations compared with peers in developed markets. In this short report Nathan Goode, global leader for energy & cleantech, calls for a change in the narrative around sustainability arguing that we need to start talking in language that resonates with businesses.
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“Developing an Effective Business Journalism Syllabus - Leverage! Using Existing Resources to Create a Killer Course" from Reynolds Business Journalism Week 2016 by Keith Herndon
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5. Green Energy: Where are we at? We’re not #1. Much more serious than ever before. All about the government – very, very dependent industry. Policy and incentives.
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7. Green Energy: Where are we at? Not as bleak as you might imagine. Surprisingly bi-partisan. Big Business. Lobbying – they aren’t defenseless anymore. On the federal level, the biggest news is: Continued stimulus money Renewable Energy Standard 28 states, including California already have some form.
8. Frame #1: Greenwashing “unjustified appropriation of environmental virtue” You have to parse the truth from the hype Just as true in the energy world, particularly anything involving politics, as in the grocery store.
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10. Monica Potts, at American Prospect wrote a really fantastic piece about this a few months ago, and she points out the trouble of “green purpose” versus “green execution”: http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=why_call_them_green
17. Why? Hope Swallowed By Hype The inherent bias is that we all really want to believe in this… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6XF-gc-4VE Sheer size/technical aspects Dealing with the federal bureaucracy can be intimidating or overwhelming. Inclination to accept official or authoritative sounding word. Editors don’t want to deal with it Inaccurate Data
18. Green Energy Story In General Casual use of “green” – there are many who count nuclear as green energy because it has a low carbon footprint… is it? Near automatic acceptance of a narrative of a “green” economic revolution and the miracles it can bring. Not to say it isn’t possible, but we are very far behind and on a very slow pace. Over-promising: “To tell someone who has been making auto transmissions that they can make a gearbox for a wind turbine … is foolish. (The idea that) every automotive stamper can enter the industry – it just isn’t going to happen… it's not for everybody.” – John Colm, president GLWN
19. Confusion = good for reporters On the one hand, it means you really need to consider every statement about “green” with a critical eye. On the other hand, there are some very good stories that need to be explored… Even if Judy Cleaves isn’t representative of a sustainable positive economic trend, it doesn’t mean it isn’t an intriguing story – it just needs to be investigated.
20. Frame #2: Green Jobs & Polar Bears What is it we’re trying to accomplish? Environmental concerns? Economic concerns? Don’t always go well together Politically convenient, but it’s an alliance that is beginning to fray
21. Jerry Brown “Clean Energy Jobs Plan” “As we face the devastation to our job market caused by the mortgage meltdown and the Wall Street debacle, we need to find a way to get California working again. Investing in clean energy and increasing efficiency are central elements of rebuilding our economy. It will create hundreds of thousands of jobs, build the businesses of the 21st century, increase energy independence, and protect public health.”
22. Federal Incentives Stimulus dollars still flowing Section 1603 grants 30 percent of the cost of building After-the-fact, but no strings attached, very quick direct-deposit of cash $5.9 billion ($171 million in the month of January) 1,878 projects 259 projects/$325.8 million in California alone All 1603 grants: http://bit.ly/All1603 California 1603 grants: http://bit.ly/California1603
23. ORNI 18 LLC Geothermal plant in Brawley, Calif. (Imperial Valley) $108 million grant in August 2010 At least a $360 million project Largest geothermal project Built by a Bakersfield, Calif. Company for Ormat: http://www.pclindustrialservices.com/projects/Archived/6210069/index.aspx 50 megawatt capacity, operating far below
24. Section 1603 Fantastic resource for finding stories Bloom Box Trends Big Box Stores: http://bit.ly/bigboxstores Many more trends: http://www.slideshare.net/BizJournalism/russ-choma-stimulus-covering-the-green-economy
25. 48c Tax Credits (in brief) Actual tax credit, announced in January Competitive selection $2.3 billion, at least 38 states, 185 projects Matched by up to $5.4 billion http://bit.ly/48cTaxCreditList Many got some coverage, but not always good.
26. Other Stimulus To Follow DOE’s list of incentive programs: http://www.energy.gov/recovery/renewablefunding.htm Spreadsheet of all: http://bit.ly/AllEnergyStimulus Clean coal? Research? Energy Efficiency Block Grant Program At least a dozen Native American groups
27. Local Incentives Many of these projects hinge on getting more help – beyond the stimulus. Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency: http://www.dsireusa.org/ Pennsylvania model: State focused on supply chain. Feb. 19, 2010, state gave out $22.8 million in federal stimulus dollars to three wind farms … if they bought Gamesa turbines. What’s your state/city doing – is it competitive? Balance benefits to company with benefits to residents? Are there guarantees? Local incentives Attracting business Using government buying power
28. Renewable Portfolio Standard http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/PUC/energy/Renewables/index.htm 20 percent by 2010, and (theoretically) 33 percent by 2020 Mandates a market, huge driver Great source of information: Lots of documentation Status of RPP projects: http://bit.ly/RPS-Status In-state vs. out-of-state
29. Green Small Businesses Local incentives attract local businesses Wind and geothermal are big, solar is small Small is growing 76 percent of Section 1603 has gone to solar 83 percent of the projects in California are less than $1 million (total project cost $3 million)
30. Tip: Don’t Skip the Background Check Lots of money attracts people with checkered pasts and no experience. Atlantic City Press 1/2/2010: “Financial incentives bring renewable energy business- but not experience.” Secretary of State Websites, corporation look-ups Brief history of business, key executives, ownership, subsidiaries, linked companies, etc. Fresh Air Energy 1 LLC, EcoPlexus ProPublica: “How to run a background check on companies awarded stimulus contracts” Criminal/Tax issues Bans on contracting Workplace safety records Environmental record Lobbying records http://www.propublica.org/feature/how-to-run-a-background-check-on-companies-awarded-stimulus-contracts-520
31. Other Resources Energy Information Administration: http://www.eia.gov/electricity/data.cfm Profile of every power plant, fuel, production, energy used/energy produced, etc. http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/eia906_920.html FERC: Every transaction, made by every power plant: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/eqr/data.asp California PUC: http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/puc/ Law firms
32. Stimulus Resources Recovery.gov ProPublica’s “Eye On The Stimulus”: http://www.propublica.org/ion/stimulus USASpending.gov Renewable funding: http://www.energy.gov/recovery/renewablefunding.htm State and local programs: http://www.energy.gov/recovery/statefunding.htm “Show Me The Money; The Law of the Stimulus”: One of many primers to help fill in the background on all the funding opportunities and who can go for them. http://www.stoel.com/ShowMeTheMoney