http://greenlegals.com Green Law. Green Business. Green News & Views Sat, 01 Jan 2011 19:18:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR3dM-GlZK8&feature=video_response http://greenlegals.com/2011/01/your-new-years-day-relaxation-video/ Enjoy a Green Christmas with the WPIX Yule Log http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf-4lCsLlpg http://greenlegals.com/2010/12/your-christmas-video/ Walter Russell Mead continues his critique of the UN climate change treaty process with a biting article about the Cancun conference.  Expectations that the conference will produce anything newsworthy are so low that the New York Times will not be sending a reporter to cover the full conference and ... http://greenlegals.com/2010/11/walter-russell-mead-on-cancun-what-a-difference-a-year-makes/ General Motors officially announces the debut of the Chevy Volt today. Further reading: http://www.whec.com/news/stories/S1859675.shtml?cat=565 http://www.chevrolet.com/volt/?seo=goo_|_2008_Chevy_Retention_|_IMG_Chevy_Volt_|_Chevy_Volt_|_chevy_volt Photo: http://www.chevrolet.com/volt/?seo=goo_|_2008_Chevy_Retention_|_IMG_Chevy_Volt_|_Chevy_Volt_|_chevy_volt KJC http://greenlegals.com/2010/11/chevy-volt-debuts-today/ The Boston Globe reports that the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, the formidable nonprofit that led the crusade against Cape Wind, the first offshore wind farm, is in financial difficulty. According to the Globe: Raising an average of $3.6 million a year in 2003, 2004, and 2005, the organization aired television ads, ... http://greenlegals.com/2010/11/cape-wind-adversary-in-financial-difficulty/ Al Gore admitted earlier this month that the tax credit for ethanol was mistake. Everyone on the right jumped on his statement as further evidence of Mr. Gore's hypocrisy. Debra Saunders of the San Francisco Chronicle in an article at Real Clear Politics at Real Clear Politics reminds us that it ... http://greenlegals.com/2010/11/al-gore-first-generation-ethanol-a-mistake/ The German broadcaster, Deutsche Welle's view of the Climate Change conference in Cancun. http://greenlegals.com/2010/11/view-of-cancun-conference-from-germany/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bZHzny58ds http://greenlegals.com/2010/11/oil-spill-panel-bp-did-not-shirk-safety/ Mercedes Benz is adding a small luxury diesel to its S-Class car line according to a report in Bloomberg. Mercedes has announced that this luxury diesel will get 41 mpg -- that's better mileage than the S-Class hybrid which is listed as getting 19 city and 25 highway . Instead ... http://greenlegals.com/2010/11/mercedes-offers-new-green-car-a-scaled-down-s-class-luxury-diesel/ [flv:http://greenlegals.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/hofmeister-says-gross-negligence-by-bp-hard-to-prove.flv 425 344] An interesting interview on Bloomberg with John Hofmeister, the former CEO of Shell, discussing the oil panel's findings that they did not find evidence of gross negligence. Near the end of the interview, he reminds us that "Every morning when we wake up we need 20 million barrels ... http://greenlegals.com/2010/11/ex-ceo-of-shell-discusses-oil-spill-panel-conclusions/