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Gallup CEO James Clifton gave a presentation of exclusive polling data on energy. Here is a summary.
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Businessweek Cover Article: Can the Future be Built in America?
This week’s Businessweek quotes Council on Competitiveness President Deborah Wince-Smith; member Jeff Immelt, CEO of GE; and Craig Giffi, vice president of Deloitte, whose CEO, James Quigley, is a Council on Competitiveness member, in a story about U.S. manufacturing:Now many U.S. executives are calling for the kind of comprehensive game plans for nurturing industries found in Europe and Asia. Some 60% of North American manufacturing execs surveyed by Deloitte Research and the Manufacturing Institute said they believe U.S. competitiveness will decline further by 2012, and 77% said the U.S.…Read More
From Sierra Club to Wal-Mart
"The urgency of the world’s problems demands we use all the tools available to us, as well as possible." That’s the message from a profile of Adam Werbach. Werbach, who was elected the youngest-ever president of the Sierra Club in 1996, now works with large corporations such as Wal-Mart to help them develop sustainable energy strategies. That’s quite a turnaround. What made him do it? He began to realize that the energy challenges we face require a multi-pronged strategy. Rather than focus on activism, Werbach chose to engage with corporations who had the power to truly change their energy…Read More
Exelon and Habitat for Humanity Team Up for Clean Energy
Exelon (whose Chairman and CEO, John Rowe, is a member of the Council on Competitiveness) is teaming up with Habitat for Humanity to make low-income housing sustainable: The ten-month project will involve evaluating the homes and then doing jobs like weather-stripping, caulking, adding or replacing door seals, switching out light bulbs for compact fluorescents and adding water-saving devices like low-flow toilets and showerheads.Exelon, which is based in Chicago, is donating $300,000 to fund the project as well as 7,000 volunteer hours through its own employees.Exelon and Habitat officials…Read More
Who Reinvigorated the Electric Car?
An Arizona company working in California.Electric cars run on cleaner energy than traditional automobiles. But they come with their own problems, one of which is that a power grid for them has yet to be built. It’s hard to drive somewhere if you don’t know how you’ll get more fuel. Ecotality, an Arizona-based company, is working to build an energy grid in several states, including California. Other companies are also working to build infrastructure in metropolitan areas, and this competition will make it easier for consumers to adapt electric cars to their own needs.A New York Times story…Read More
Light Goes Organic
We’re all becoming more accustomed to using LED lights as well as standard bulbs. LED lights use less energy than standard bulbs and can last up to 20 years - a strong argument for their presence in a sustainable energy plan. But now there’s a new technology that can do more than that. Organic light-emitting diodes, or OLEDs, can literally bend and twist with the material surrounding them.The possibilities for bending light are exciting. Because the light source is flexible, OLEDs can be used in places that are impossible to light with traditional wiring. This cuts down on resources used to…Read More
