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Serena Business Mashups - sounds like a good idea. (Though I'm so far unable to log in to try it out.) CNET described it as a software-as-a-service mashup exchange that enables its partners to build, buy and sell business mashups... Mashups, which have previously been...

Well, you may have survived Black Friday, but the holiday shopping frenzy is far from over. And if your house is like mine, your mailbox is filled with catalogs. And if you're at all like me, you both love 'em and hate 'em. Since you're more likely to love 'em if you...

New report from Worldwatch Institute: In 2006, China burned more than twice as much coal as any other country, according to the latest Vital Sign Update. China's coal use amounted to 39 percent of the global total, followed by the United States with 18 percent. The...

Alameda County Source Reduction and Recycling Board (a/k/a StopWaste.org) has a board vacancy for a "Source Reduction Specialist with substantial experience.” The appointee must live in Alameda County (California). aThe Recycling Board administers the voter-approved...

Voting on The 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards closes Nov 30. It's a great reading list -- just scanning the titles will give you a vibe on the zeitgeist (yoicks, do people really talk like that these days?!?) -- but it is devoid of the recent flurry of...

Our friends at Design Chain Associates report that China's State Environmental Protection Administration has issued Order No. 40, Management Measures for the Control of Environmental Pollution by Electronic Waste. This new regulation, which goes in to effect on...

Irving Minzter speaking at Cleantech Crossroads: G!d doesn't require us to do all the dumb things first and then clean them up later.

My apologies: I forgot to put links in the last posting, Whither Energy Leadership? Watch the Pacific Rim They're there now, and also here: The SF Chronicle reports on the California Green Innovation Index from policy group Next 10. Worldwatch Institute's new report,...