The WRI Weekly Roundup
August 28, 2007
Earth Trends: Environmental Information
- Beijing Temporarily Bans Cars in Bid to Reduce Air Pollution. August 24, 2007.
- Scientists Struggle to Estimate Number of Species Threatened by Climate Change. August 21, 2007.
New Ventures
- Rising Ventures: Pramod Shedde. A key figure in the Indian VC sector discusses prospects for sustainable investment. August 20, 2007.
- New Ventures Mexico Country Director Awarded as an Ashoka Fellow. August 22, 2007.
- LiveMint.com interviews NV India's Suneel Parasnis. August 22, 2007.
NextBillion.net: Development Through Enterprise
- BOP Innovation Helps Kids Breathe. August 24, 2007.
- GlobalGiving Decision Markets: Looking for Speculators. August 23, 2007.
- A New Ashoka Fellow Seeks to Foster Green Markets in Mexico. August 22, 2007.
- "The Faces of Exclusion" Competition Winner Announced. August 22, 2007.
Environmental News
- Washington Post. August 27, 2007. Of Note: WRI Receives "Gold" Rating for Office Expansion.
- Pollution Online. August 21, 2007. World Resources Institute Continues On 'Cutting Edge' Of Green Building Design.
- Medio Ambiente Online. August 22, 2007. World Resources Institute Continúa en la Avanzada del Diseño de "Construcción Verde".
- San Jose Mercury News. August 26, 2007. Carbon "Offset'' Market Lacks Standards, Oversight.
- San Jose Mercury News. August 27, 2007. Knowing Your Carbon Impact Increasingly Important.
- The Wall Street Journal's LiveMint.com. August 21, 2007. There Are No VCs Yet Dedicated to Clean Tech, Renewable Energy.
- Forbes. August 22, 2007. Cartridge World Estimates Its U.S. Customers Help Reduce Carbon Emissions by 1 Million Pounds in 2007.
- The Futurist. September 1, 2007. Restoring Mother Nature's Capital.
- Clean Air Report. August 23, 2007. August 23, 2007. Group's CO2 Sequestration Guide Could Be Model for Future EPA Rules.
- The Australian. August 24, 2007. Moose Emissions Put Wind Up Norwegians.
- CreativeLoafing.com. August 22, 2007. Georgia Power Takes a Fresh Look at Nuclear Power.
- Solar Buzz. August 23, 2007. Alcoa's PV System at Kawneer Facility Starts Operation.
- Global Policy Forum. August 15, 2007. China's Eco-Entrepreneurs.
- Earth Times. August 27, 2007. Cogeneration at SC Johnson Prevents Greenhouse Gas Emissions Equivalent to Driving Around the Earth 7,630 Times.
