Green news harvest: Clean tech eyes Wall Street
Obama and McCain talk energy at Clinton Global Initiative, Vinod Khosla addresses Wall Street turmoil, clean-tech types needs to embrace policy wonks, and more.
- Here's a sampling of green-tech news with a quick commentary:
Data shows that emissions growth is at the high end of IPCC scenarios.
Unlike IT, clean tech industry growth will largely be shaped by policy.
Before his Technology Review EmTech speech, Khosla says the financial crisis may cause a pause in investment but over the long term, he is optimistic.
On energy, the candidates agree on a lot in principle. See links to drill down into details.
Good update on SolFocus, a company to watch in concentrating photovoltaics, as it tries to ramp up.
IBM puts an eco spin on product lifecycle management, applications for designing, selling, and servicing products.
Some early coverage from West Coast Green conference: green and modular homes becoming more, um, mod.
Cows make electricity. Article makes the point that it's the policies, not the technology, that make this actually work.
Another example of cradle to cradle to thinking, or using waste to make something else.