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Why the Big 3 are in the dumps

This could be one of the major reasons why Ford, GM and Chrysler are begging for bailout help in the US Congress: it's because the US car market is lagging behind Europe and Japan in terms of greeness. According to automotive data provider Jato Dynamics , the US car market is slower to embrace fuel...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-19-2008
Dangling the hybrid carrot

According to several news reports, majority of US folks (including Congress) are against bailing out the cash-strapped Big 3 automobile makers -- GM, Ford and privately-held Chrysler -- but there are worries especially within environmental groups if the financial crisis will push development of US electric...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-18-2008
Dow's Energy Plan for America

Maybe our friend amorris19 got something about Dow Chemical's CEO Andrew Liveris being a candidate for Energy Secretary after all. Dow just announced today its own energy plan for America , something like what T. Boone Pickens has been doing before the election but much more expanded to other than...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-14-2008
Obama cabinet picks

I just received a suggestion from amorris19 that Dow Chemical's Andrew Liveris should be picked as Obama's new Secretary of Energy. He (or she) reasoned that Dow should know firsthand the need to conserve and diversify domestic energy resources; the need to focus on energy efficiency (starting...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-11-2008
My last political post for the day

Here is a better insight on Obama and McCain's green positions from Sustainablebusiness.com McCain is said to have a 24% green voting record while Obama has an 87% green voting record according to the League of Conservation (LCV) Voters Scorecard . Also, the oil and gas industry reportedly donated...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-04-2008
More politics on energy

Here's another energy-based issue that both US presidential candidates seem to agree on: the development of clean coal. According to the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) , both Obama and McCain recognized the need for clean coal technology in order to utilize abundant coal resource...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-04-2008
Presidential candidates on energy

I just voted this morning for my presidential pick and it is a thrill to be part of an historical event. I don't know if this will help but for those who are still yet undecided and maybe looking at Obama and McCain's stands on oil and energy, here are some of what they have to say about these...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-04-2008
States of the green nation

Sustainlane.com, an online community focusing on sustainable living, released today its top green US cities for the year based on their ability to maintain healthy air, drinking water, parks and public transit systems, as well as a robust, sustainable local economy with green building, farmers markets...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-22-2008
Market crash in 2025

My colleague John Richardson looked at his crystal ball and saw history repeating itself, this time with another financial collapse in 2025 involving greedy green brokers, government ignorance on carbon technology, bubble collapse in green home mortgages, fake carbon certifications, and questionable...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-19-2008
Drilling to save the environment

Here is another interesting economic analysis (with a little facts and numbers for those who like hard data) from the New York Times on US offshore drilling . According to Robert Hahn, director of the Reg-Markets Center at the American Enterprise Institute, and Peter Passell, senior fellow at the Milken...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-15-2008

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