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resourceinsights.blogspot.com - 8/22/2009

The show must go on

— resourceinsights.blogspot.com — Paris, But Not France It is a sign that the world may be upside down when French... tourists in Las Vegas take pictures of themselves in front of the Paris Las Vegas hotel and casino complex which includes a half-scale replica of the Eiffel Tower . And, yet this is not the strangest ... (more) The show must go on

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The Cult of T. Boone Pickens
FUTURISM NOW — ... were supposed to believe was suddenly stuck with an “environmental conscious”, is nothing more than a typical fat cat corporate slime-ball trying to suck out as much money from the public as possible.” He’s even got a hand in developing the Canada tar sands. If someone knows of a way I can send this information to Al Gore, let me know. Of anyone I didn’t expect to get suckered into the Pickens scheme, it was him.  If I am reading his enthusiasm wrong, you can let me know after you watch the video here .

Gilding the Lily on Green Jobs
Red, Green, and Blue — ... and White House officials are continuing to float trial balloons throughout August as they grope for a communications strategy. This week’s angle: green jobs. Steven Chu has been making the green jobs pitch a strong part of his summer road show. He continued to beat the drum as part of a round table discussion with Gore and others at Senator Harry Reid’s National Clean Energy Summit 2.0 last week in Las Vegas. Taking the measure of the two approaches, the Boston Globe ...

Videos of Chu, (Bill) Clinton, Gore, Pickens, Reid, Van Jones, Villaraigosa, Wirth, and Zoi at the National Clean Energy Summit 2.0
Climate Progress — Videos are now available (here) for the “National Clean Energy Summit 2.0 on Jobs and the New Economy” at UNLV in Nevada August 10. Participants at the National Clean Energy Summit 2.0 in Las Vegas, NV, discussed ways smart federal and state-level policies can work to upscale existing markets for energy-efficiency retrofits, renewable energy, and energy infrastructure in a way that creates jobs, saves consumers money, and generates private investment. In conjunction with the summit, John Podesta and former Senator Timothy E. Wirth (D-CO) authored a short memo about the promise of ...

Videos Of Chu, (Bill) Clinton, Gore, Pickens, Reid, Van Jones, Villaraigosa, Wirth, And Zoi At The National Clean Energy Summit 2.0
Worldchanging: Bright Green — Videos are now available ( here ) for the “National Clean Energy Summit 2.0 on Jobs and the New Economy” at UNLV in Nevada August 10. Participants at the National Clean Energy Summit 2.0 in Las Vegas, NV, discussed ways smart federal and state-level policies can work to upscale existing markets for energy-efficiency retrofits, renewable energy, and energy infrastructure in a way that creates jobs, saves consumers money, and generates private investment. In conjunction with the summit, John Podesta and former Senator Timothy E. Wirth (D-CO) authored a short memo about the promise of natural gas as a bridge fuel for the 21st ...