Friday, January 3, 2003

GE: 85 percent of GE Power Systems' revenues from cleaner or Renewable Energy by the end of 2003 [Solar Access, via Gallon Environmental Letter]: By tapping into the Renewable Energy markets and finding ways to increase efficiencies of existing technologies, General Electric Corp. will have approximately 85 percent of GE Power Systems' total revenues come from cleaner, more efficient or Renewable Energy solutions, by the end of 2003. This is according to GE's company report at the recent Power-Gen International 2002 Conference. 5:31:32 PM    comment []  trackback []

Capitalism today Partners in Flight. The government's right to acquire a stake in some airlines as part of its loan guarantee program makes it inappropriate for it to block other carriers' attempts to help themselves. [New York Times: Opinion] Sounds right. OTOH, it's always struck me as a strange sort of capitalism that pours public money into private hands without the public gaining an equity stake in return. 11:39:35 AM    comment []  trackback []

Let's be careful out there [continued] Robert Evans: "Someone once told me that the three most dangerous things in life are your own mouth, someone else's mouth, and a car... adding a cell phone to the mix can only lead to disaster" [John Robb's Radio Weblog] 11:35:20 AM    comment []  trackback []

It seems to be tree day... Christmas Trees Pine to Be Mulched. Tree owners should try to make the extra effort to take their trees to mulching sites, bringing the holiday season to an environmentally friendly finish. [New York Times: Opinion] 11:32:36 AM    comment []  trackback []

The Forgotten Forest Product: Water. New national-forest planning regulations should specify that the remaining old-growth public forests should not be harvested, since these wild lands provide the cleanest water in the country. By Mike Dombeck. [New York Times: Opinion] 11:31:30 AM    comment []  trackback []