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Candidates Outbidding each other on Global Warming?

January 6th, 2008 · 3 Comments

For too long, the debates and reporters questions on the news shows have simply ignored the pressing realities of Global Warming and Peak Oil and other energy/environmental issues. (Thus, What are they waiting for?) Amid all the problems of yesterday’s Republican and Democratic debates, one must give Charlie Gibson for at least raising the issue with […]

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Tags: democrats · Energy · Global Warming · politics

Greening the Electronics Show: How green is Green?

January 6th, 2008 · Comments Off on Greening the Electronics Show: How green is Green?

The Consumer Electronics Association’s (CEA)  is making hay with its decision to green the annual electronics show in Las Vegas.  With 140,000 attendees, the show’s direct impact is at least 20,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions … without counting the CO2 from 140,000 travelers.  Nor, the shipping of the show materials and other supplies for […]

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Tags: business practice · Energy · greenwashing

Greening the Electronics Show

January 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The massive (MASSIVE) Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is going Green.  in 2008, the show will make history again as the largest carbon-neutral trade event in history … offsetting the carbon emissions of all CES venues, freight, shuttle buses and hotel rooms In addition to directly paying for offsets, the CES is encouraging attendees to offset […]

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Tags: business practice