May, 2009

May 30, 2009 - The National Journal

The first thing that strikes a visitor to the Taiyanggong natural-gas-fired, electrical co-generating plant here is the low hum. The facility's two giant General Electric turbines produce only 55 decibels of sound, the noise level of a room air conditioner.

But it was clean, not quiet,...

May 30, 2009 - National Journal's CongressDaily

A coalition backed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, General Electric, Microsoft, Siemens and other multinational firms is pressing the Obama administration and key lawmakers as trade negotiators prepare for U.N. climate-change talks this summer. The initial focus of the Innovation, Development...

May 26, 2009 - The Wall Street Journal's "Environmental Capital" Blog

For all the talk of Congressional hurdles to the big Waxman-Markey climate bill, China still looms large-just look at where House speaker Nancy Pelosi is this week. The question, as ever, is whether identifying a problem is the same as solving it.

Speaking today at the China-U.S. Clean...

May 26, 2009 - The Washington Times

The goal of balancing energy production, the environment and the economy is a major challenge in the United States and nearly every other country on the planet. Some believe this challenge will be met through international treaties and legislation.

But it won't be legislators, regulators...

May 22, 2009 - Inside U.S. Trade

U.S. companies this week formally launched a new coalition to defend intellectual property rights on innovative environmental technology in upcoming climate change negotiations, and its efforts are focusing on generating support among members of Congress as well as the State Department.

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May 21, 2009 - The New York Times' "Dot Earth" Blog

The United States Chamber of Commerce, a leading lobby representing businesses, is expressing growing concern that moves to spread new energy technologies to developing countries could erode the intellectual property rights that have driven commercial efforts to innovate for generations. On...

May 21, 2009 - Climate Wire

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce yesterday launched a broad lobbying campaign to protect patent laws in an upcoming international climate change treaty.

At issue are intellectual property licensing fees, which some countries argue are too high and hinder their ability to deploy the "green"...

May 19, 2009 - InformationWeek

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is backing federal legislation that would give the U.S. State Department more resources and training for intellectual property enforcement efforts in foreign countries.

"Protecting job-creating intellectual property abroad is a critical part of our...

May 17, 2009 - Green Patent Blog

In a timely push to demonstrate the critical role intellectual property (IP) is playing and will continue to play in the development of clean technologies, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and business leaders will launch the Innovation, Development & Employment Alliance (IDEA) this Wednesday,...

May 11, 2009 - The Wall Street Journal

Imagine a city of many millions of people who support themselves and their families solely by arranging words, images and sounds, or in the industries that make this work available to others. They neither farm, fish, mine, manufacture, manage, heal, teach, build nor defend. But what they do...

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