Europe Planning 100 million New Smart Meters by 2016

January 6, 2012 | Posted by

As the backlash against smart meters in California continues, Europe is plowing ahead with large new installations of smart meters.

Recently the California Public Utilities Commission gave consumers the chance to “opt-out” of getting a smart meter from their energy utility. Some consumers have concerns that smart meters will allow utilities to improperly manipulate billings, other consumers are concerned about the electro-magnetic releases of the new meters.  Read more...

Adam’s Twitter Facts: December, 2011

January 6, 2012 | Posted by

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Luxury retailers proving recession-proof. Hmm. http://on.ft.com/yinj7d
Many US millionaires paying lower tax rate than middle class. http://cnnmon.ie/wEKgyH
Call Samuel Jackson. Snakes in a tax office. http://onforb.es/z1o19o
Branson predicts aviation could be among “cleanest industries” in ten years. http://bit.ly/wVlg7d
Voyager 1 has reached the outer limits of our solar system. http://bit.ly/xRiIWP
Geoengineering entering mainstream climate discourse. http://bit.ly/zXlYBN
2010 emissions increase is the biggest yet recorded. http://bit.ly/Ac2aCY

Adam’s Tweets: November 16-30, 2011

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30 year batteries. http://cnet.co/scLAA3
The raw milk revolution. http://bit.ly/w1G0x2
Scotland prepping for climate adaptation. http://bit.ly/roSD74
Tech-equipped insects as first responders to toxic sites. http://bit.ly/sOGqdc
Wangari Maathai’s legacy. http://bit.ly/ubzZe5
To boldly go where no Octopus has gone before. http://bit.ly/rNNAd1
Court rules in favor of Yellowstone grizzlies. http://bit.ly/sm4R71
Did an Illinois Water Utility Come Under a Cyberattack? Via @slate http://slate.me/vAvxlV

Adam’s Tweets: November 1-15, 2011

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Of bees and business… http://bit.ly/tidkMS
A picture is worth US$4,338,500.00 http://bit.ly/s77Sks
Morocco pushing hard for hydro-wind. http://bit.ly/sPScZY
Alaskan Airlines using waste biofuel on 75 flights. http://bit.ly/tZF2Xa
Repair or replace an appliance? Infographic. http://bit.ly/u7N1O1
Microsoft advertises their vision for 2020. http://bit.ly/vyZPmr
Beautiful — video essay  - a murmuration of starlings. http://bit.ly/uNbqfV
The climate clock is ticking down… http://bit.ly/s6MWjT

Adam’s Tweets: October 16-31, 2011

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Undead zombie stars. http://t.co/0UAbmXNr
Exodus, peak floods, and crocodiles. Tragic floods in Bangkok. http://t.co/TgYt65QM
Wintertime droughts increasingly common in the Mediterranean region http://t.co/haQ5CmSE
An extinction worth celebrating. http://t.co/RA7rWCN9
Apple plans solar array for its North Carolina iCloud data center http://t.co/QVBBNjwN
Americans value Hawaii’s coral reefs at nearly $40B per year. http://t.co/bdy3iI07
Skeptical research confirms global warming, again. http://t.co/8DdAKl9H

The False Gospel of Green Marketing

October 25, 2011 | Posted by | 2 Comments

Adam’s latest from the Guardian. Join the conversation.

The companies that are the heaviest resource depleters are often the first to declare how ‘sustainable’ their practices are.  Read more...

Adam’s Tweets: October 1-15, 2011

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Pirates never learn. Still foiled by message in a bottle. http://t.co/LXurde5L
NYC, smell-mapped.  http://t.co/OnLyFLSc
Anyone read The Information, by James Gleick? http://t.co/N1qElXSY
Getting arrested at a protest? There’s an app for that. http://t.co/ar8tl31V
The social media brandsphere. Infographic. http://t.co/JKGQmVfE
That was fast. BP allowed back into bidding for gulf oil permits. http://t.co/YLnlW0a6
Lemony Snicket responds to Occupy Wall Street #ows  http://t.co/nyBsb54o

Adam’s Tweets: September 16-30, 2011

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Smaller tanks make fish mean. http://t.co/CEyRIaEV
Wildlife poachers sinking to new lows. http://t.co/1YLC7ljz
Maldives targeting 60% solar by 2020. http://t.co/2Exuo0iI
Spanish researchers have designed an anti-magnet. http://t.co/vxoC098h
One million more US children living in poverty since 2009. http://t.co/q2WyfK3p
How upright windfarms make wind energy more viable. http://t.co/VHgKZ1an
Companies still fear long paybacks on efficiency. http://t.co/As4VLVIm
Young innovators being silenced by student debt. http://t.co/JjGtKdA5

New Strategy for Sustainability Newsletter Coming Shortly

October 2, 2011 | Posted by | 3 Comments

After a hiatus this summer, I’m getting together a new issue of the monthly Strategy for Sustainability newsletter. Sign up on the site and you’ll receive a newsletter monthly, highlighting trends and signposts in our collective quest to help companies become a driving force for sustainability.

I hope you enjoy it. Let me know if there’s anything in particular you’d like to see.

Adam

Check out the Eden Project

October 2, 2011 | Posted by | 4 Comments

Has anyone visiting the Eden Project in Cornwall? Built out of an abandoned mine, it claims to be the world’s largest greenhouse.

http://www.edenproject.com/

The Eden Project in Cornwall