The Littlest Eco-Warriors

By ELLEN GAMERMAN

September 29, 2007

There's a new authority cracking down on environmental missteps -- the kids. Below, a sampling of resources that deliver environmental messages to the elementary school set.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119090528485241374.html?mod=moj_latest_news

This is a great article about opportunities for kids to learn about Global Warming and the environment. Anyways i thought maybe ETG could work on developing an outreach program for the youth in the community.

A different way to think of clean energy

There is a certain energy technology out there that provides energy for 2 billion people worldwide. It gives them warmth, light and the means to prepare food. Although this technology is renewable to a certain extent, by no means is it clean. It's also slowly killing those who rely on it. The technology is fire, and for more then a third of humanity it's the only real option. It's use comes at a price, however, and a recent article in the Lancet medical journal says that the health of 2 billion people is threatened because they rely on wood fires for their energy needs. For these people, even electricity from a dirty old coal-fired generator would mean a vastly improved life. [click here for link]

Clean Energy Investment Tops $18.1 Billion in 2006

New Energy Finance Ltd., a London-based research firm that specializes in alternative-energy investments, released a report today stating that private-equity funds and venture capitalists invested $18.1 billion in the clean energy sector last year. Two billion dollars still reside in such funds and have yet to be invested. Still, the $18.1 billion figure represents a 67% increase over 2005, when venture capital and private equity investment totaled $10.8 billion. NEF estimates that private equity and venture capital invested in clean energy will grow at a compound annual rate of approximately 17% through to 2013.

Source: Energy Roundup blog, WSJ.com

Investors, big businesses see green in being green

http://www.cnn.com/
LONDON, England (AP) -- Big business fears that the fight against climate change will cost billions are now giving way to a different view: green can be the color of money.

More companies are involved in the creation of alternative sources of energy like electricity from wind farms.

The United States, Europe and Japan are locked in a frantic race to cash in on the exploding business of saving the planet. London has become the center for the multibillion dollar market in carbon emissions, attracting investors who trade CO2 allowances.

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