Environmental Law

In Other News (June 6)

By Dennis Pfaff and Kevin Livingston, Editors

• Reports of the death of the SUV may be premature -- but not by much, according to this near-obituary of the beloved gas-guzzler appearing in U.S. News & World Report. 
• Some big companies, including Dell and Lenovo, are joining together with cities and nonprofit groups to launch a campaign called Together to promote energy-saving products, services and initiatives, according to ChannelWeb.
• Just 'cause this is cool: Check out the "penguin cams'' at the soon-to-reopen California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco and watch the aquatic birds adjust to their new climate.
• The California Public Employees' Retirement System may commit up to $640 million to clean tech-focused firm Khosla Ventures, according to a report at Private Equity Hub which cited two sources, CNET reported. 
• Siemens Energy has decided to locate a wind turbine research and development center near Boulder, Colorado, reports the Associated Press, in a dispatch carried by CNN Money. 
  
   

Full post as published by Climate Law Update on June 06, 2008 (boomark / email).