The WRI Weekly Roundup
September 4, 2007
Earth Trends: Environmental Information
- Asian Countries Cooperate to Reduce Environmental Health Threats. September 3, 2007.
- Sea Level Rise Threatens Nile Delta Ecosystems and Livelihoods. August 27, 2007.
New Ventures
- Solar IPOs and Sustainable Enterprise in China. The China Environment Fund’s Steven Guo explains what two recent exits mean for green business growth. August 27, 2007.
NextBillion.net: Development Through Enterprise
- GrameenPhone Obsolete? Fast Company Says Yes. September 1, 2007.
- New Paper: "Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid - An Alternate Perspective". August 31, 2007.
- Mobile Plus and FE-Mobile enter the M-Banking and Remittances Phenomenon. August 30, 2007.
- Hans Rosling: "Debunking Third World Myths Through Data". August 29, 2007.
Environmental News
- World Changing. September 4, 2007. Moving Ecosystems Services from Theory to Reality.
- GreenBiz.com. September 4, 2007. Making the Business Case for Ecosystems.
- Environment Times. September 4, 2007. Tropical Forest Enterprises Stifled as Rules Favor Large Producers.
- Power Online. September 4, 2007. Photovoltaic Solar Power System at Alcoa's Kawneer Facility in California Begins Operation.
- Digital50.com. September 4, 2007. Jets.com Goes Green.
- Greenwire. September 4, 2007. Negotiators Start Search for Post-Kyoto Accord.
- Sydney Morning Herald. September 1, 2007. Stuck in Guzzlers on Road to Nowhere.
- TMCNet. August 30, 2007. ClimateCHECK and Saskatchewan Research Council Establish Cooperative Agreement on Carbon Forestry Services.
- The Australian. August 31, 2007. Business Has Key Climate Policy Role.
- Business Week. August 31, 2007. A Formula One Designer Shifts Gears.
- ClimateChangeCorp.com. August 29, 2007. Latin America Special Report: Mexico’s Flimsy Raft of Climate Change Measures.
- Denver Post. August 29, 2007. Awarding Newmont's CEO Inappropriate.
- CNNMoney.com. August 27, 2007. GE Unveils New "Green" Card.
- The Futurist Magazine. September/October 2007. Restoring Mother Nature's Capital: Great Plains Grasslands At Risk.