30. March 2009 by admin.

GREENNEWS REPORT

The full effects of green conversion, carbon offsets, and other green-related
reforms

may not be as smooth or as beneficial as seemed obvious.

 http://bit.ly/3bF

The scramble for those carbon offset dollars has begun.  Here,
businesses are ratcheting up

for the potential new business in carbon offsetting, the scheme where a
carbon emitter

pays a company to reduce carbon levels somewhere else.

Here is another example.  This Australian company is talking about
underground

carbon storage.  It denies its interest is connected to anything other
than local concerns,

but critics are doubtful.

http://tinyurl.com/c5nlhw

Yvo de Boer, the executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change…

"There's a double worry. The low oil price means that a lot of renewable
energy projects

are being pushed onto the backburner and at the same time there's less
investment capital around,"

The reality of climate change technology and development is the economy.

http://tinyurl.com/cmp748

Green Projects, such as wind farms and solar farms face an unlikely foe,
their supposed champions,

environmentalists. 

http://is.gd/puzu

Paul Collier

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http://www.freedomist.org

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30. March 2009 by admin.

GOVNEWS REPORT 3-30-09

Obama calls for a new war strategy, backs off on global climate change
leadership,

or at least tempers it, and tracking some of the recovery dollars…

http://bit.ly/MZTF

"…chief climate-change negotiator said Sunday that

the U.S. would be "powerfully,

fervently engaged" in global talks to reduce carbon emissions but warned

of a difficult path ahead…"

Is the US tempering its global climate change stance?  Climate
negotiator tempers

first signs of bold US leadership

http://bit.ly/BSzP

Obama video on the new strategy in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Whether you are for or against Obama's policies, one thing you cannot argue
with

is Obama's administration is sweeping Web 2.0 into the White House. 
This

video, linked to his original campaign blog, is a great example of the types

of tools web 2.0 can provide to enhance government and public exchange.

http://bit.ly/aj6eN

"Perry said the money would come with too many strings attached.

Taking the half billion would require the state to assist qualified
out-of-work residents

seeking part-time jobs, an idea that Perry said the state has rejected
before,

 partly because it could discourage them from seeking full-time
employment."

The ramifications of the recovery act of 2009….States chafe under federal

power grab.

http://bit.ly/llwP7

"U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the
first award of nearly

$100 million in environmental stimulus funding to be
invested in Colorado

under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery
Act)"

The Recovery Dollars at work.  Colorado gets first of the
green part of the

recovery act

Paul Collier

This Report may be used freely so long as this link is
included:

http://www.freedomist.org

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30. March 2009 by admin.

Webmersion Reports

Newspapers see further presence decline as China builds a cyber army. 
Lest you fear,

cyber sophistication is now being taught in greater numbers in colleges and
universities around

the world.  The webmersion trends are, as many trends these days, mixed. 
While

we naturally fear the new, necessity drives us towards further development. 
In the webmersion

spotlight, these battling trends can be seen.

Newspapers Lose Record Nunbers in last quarter

http://bit.ly/hzrfs

While it may not mean the end for conventional newspapers, certainly the
latest downturn

is indicative of the descent of print and the further rise of digital.

 http://bit.ly/2gsoRE

The recent round of attacks on Tibetan Activists has raised concerns that
China may

be developing a concerted team of hackers, clones, and other digital
miscreants.

http://bit.ly/BvfG

British College offers well-balanced, visionary social media course, faces
ridicule.

Is the world not fully aware of the new importance of social media from
finding a wife\

to finding a job.

Paul Collier

This Report may be used freely so long as this link is included:

http://twitter.com/webmersion

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29. March 2009 by admin.

Rick Wagoner of GM to step down
Reuters broke this story about GM chief stepping down. Could this be the beginning of the GM death knell or is this the beginning of the rebirth? A rat always leaves a sinking ship, does it leave a ship about ready to be revitalized? My guess is Wagoner is hiding some of his own magic arithmetic like the rest of the ceo goons who forgot to put America before capital.

paul collier

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29. March 2009 by admin.

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