Photo via the NY Daily News Yesterday, BP CEO Tony Hayward headed to Congress to answer questions about BP’s role in the Gulf oil spill . At least, that was ostensibly the reason he appeare… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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BP CEO’s Infuriating Congressional Testimony in 4 Minutes (Video)
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Image via Yannig Roth Each and every one of the last 8 presidents, at one point during their presidencies, announced to the public that the United States needs to end its dependence on oil. Whether it was Carter, Nixon, or even George W., they all sounded the call for a shift towards cleaner, safer energies. Obama did it again last Tuesday night. Of course, we all know where each of those respective calls for action have landed us … Here, Jon Stewart takes us on a farcical tour of the history of presiden… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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A Brief History of Presidential Promises to End US Oil Addiction, by Jon Stewart (Video)
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BP CEO Testifies Before Congress (Live)
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Image credit: Ecotricity British wind developer Ecotricity, and French nuclear giant EDF, have already clashed over EDF’s co-opting of a green Union Jack flag . The resulting spat even caused Ecotricity CEO Dale Vince to rename the EDF-sponsored “Green Britain Day” as National Greenwash Day . It looks like the row is set to resume as the “holiday” rolls around again. Interestingly (and perhaps smartly, from a purely t… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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"Green Britain Day" May Be Greenwash. But What’s Wrong with Being French?
Image credit: Good Business students spend a lot of time thinking about supply chains, but what happens when you take them out into the desert and ask them to think about the water cycle? It’s a question for which the Stanford Graduate School of Business wanted an answer…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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What Happens When Business Students Think About the Water Cycle?
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Image credit: Methodhome.com The wisdom of crowds is urgently needed in assessing the greenness of products and companies. Today, if you want to validate the social and environmental quality of a product or company, you have a plethora of choices—all with their distinct limitations, and with the result that consumers remain as confused as ever when trying to identify more sustainable products. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Let the Crowds Determine Green Ratings
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Image of oil spill on June 10th via NASA The BP Gulf spill has long been declared the greatest environmental disaster in US history. Millions of lives have been impacted, thousands of livelihoods lost, and unquantifiable damage done to wildlife and ecosystems. And while president Obama took the oval office last night to deliver a speech chock full of soaring rhetoric , many of the hard facts about the spill weren’t covered. So, in the interest of s… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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BP Gulf Oil Spill By the Numbers
Photo via the New York Times Obama just wrapped his first address to the nation from the oval office, discussing the federal response to the BP Gulf spill and how the event relates to energy policy in general. The speech was pretty standard Obama — plenty of powerful rhetoric and sweeping appeals to look forward. What I was listening for, however, weren’t vague reassurances and calls to rally around clean energy. I was looking for any hints of the actual policy ideas the president intends to support to actually set those appeals into action. Here’s what I found: … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Obama’s Gulf Spill Speech: "We Cannot Consign Our Children to this Future"
Images courtesy of Philippe Cousteau There is definitely a trend emerging here: Early mornings seem to be the name of the game. This felt especially brutal since I didn’t arrive in New Orleans until about 1AM and didn’t get to the hotel until about 2AM. Ugh…and I had to get up at 5:30 today to get ready to shoot a standup for American Morning on CNN. The big thing everyone wanted to talk about today was the fact that I attended a congressional briefing on Wednesday where I spoke about my experiences regarding the Gulf Oil Spill…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Dispatch from the Gulf Oil Spill: Navigating the Media Whirlpool
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Photo: Wikipedia , CC Might Not Be Able to Afford a Tesla Electric Car, But You Can Buy a Share It’s official, Tesla Motors will have its initial public offering (IPO) on June 29th, 2010. The electric car maker is planning to sell 11.1 million shares between $14 and $16 per share, for a total of about $178 million. It has applied to list on the Nasdaq exchange under the symbol “TSLA.”… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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