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The Networked EV: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles is the only conference dedicated to the intersection of electric vehicles and smart grids. This conference will not only focus on EV technology, policy and adoption rates, but will also dive deeper into the importance of an enhanced networked grid infrastructure to support mass adoption of EVs while maintaining grid stability and reliability. Of equal importance, and also to be examined in detail, is an intelligent network-based charging infrastructure for EVs as they are deployed globally.

Join industry experts, utility executives, policy makers, financiers and more as they gather to gain understanding and network with each other in the emerging networked EV space. Hosted by the company that organized the highly successful Networked Grid series, this is a one-day conference you won’t want to miss. This event will take place on November 9, 2010 at the PG&E Auditorium in downtown San Francisco.

Save $200 when you register before August 31, 2010.

Learn more about the event and register on the event website.

Topics to be covered at The Networked EV: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles include:

• The Networked EV: Market Outlook through 2015, including exclusive marke research from GTM Research
• The Networked EV Big Picture: Let the Rollout Begin
• Networked Auto 2.0: The New Wave of EV and Battery Manufacturers
• Networked Charging Infrastructure: Intelligent Smart Grid Control Networks for Charging
• EVs and Distribution Automation Networks: The Integration of EVs on the Smart Grid

In addition, The Networked EV will feature two keynote presentation sessions:

• Steve Malnight, Vice President of Integrated Demand-Side Management, PG&E will deliver the morning keynote
• The afternoon keynote speaker will be announced in the coming weeks
• The full agenda for The Networked EV can be found here.

Please inquire to events@greentechmedia.com for information on non-profit, government and student discounts. Please inquire to sales@greentechmedia.com for information on sponsorship and exhibit opportunities.

We hope to see you there!

It’s hard to find fault with an organization like the Environmental Working Group (EWG). The non-profit provides extensive research on the healthiest and most environmentally friendly cosmetics, foods, and consumer products. Sustainable foodies are especially fond of EWG’s “Dirty Dozen” and “Clean 15″ guides, which list the 12 fruits and veggies that carry the highest pesticide loads and the 15 produce items that contain low amounts of chemicals.

But despite EWG’s solid reputation, the non-profit is the latest organization to get attacked by the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF), a group that, while technically considered a non-profit, is financed by the food and restaurant industry. CCF is one of many such “non-profits” created by Richard Berman, a lobbyist and consultant who sets up these industry-funded groups under the guise of helping consumers. In other words, CCF is a wolf in sheep’s clothing — and it’s hungry for sustainable foodies.

CCF has targeted many organizations over the years, and EWG is just the latest to come under fire. Through CCF’s ActivistCash.com Web site, the group denounces EWG, claiming that it exists solely to scare people and produces reports with little science behind them. An especially egregious accusation is that EWG’s warnings about pesticides are unfounded. “The EWG has long argued in favor of organic agriculture, claiming that pesticides are a danger to our health and a horrible threat to humanity,” CCF says on ActivistCash.com. “What they’re not telling us, of course, is that most of the pesticides we find on fresh produce are natural, and manufactured by plants themselves.”

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For nearly four long months, many Gulf fishermen rested on their laurels. Of course this wasn’t their choice — it’s hard to go to work when your “office” is closed because there are millions of gallons of oil floating in it. Today, Louisiana’s shrimpers may finally be hitting the seas again.

Louisiana’s fall shrimp season kicks off today, the first commercial season since the Gulf oil disaster hit in April. While some fisheries are still closed in areas of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, more and more waters are opening as fish tested for the presence of oil continue to come back clean.

But as shrimpers take to the seas again, many have a major question on their minds: “If we haul in the shrimp, will anyone actually buy it?”

It’s a legit concern, especially because consumer demand for Gulf seafood plummeted since the oil spill. After the disaster first hit in April, shrimp prices rose because so many fisheries shut down. But then about a month ago, demand for Gulf shrimp dropped as consumers shied away from the region’s seafood. I guess you can’t blame diners — it’s hard to feel safe sucking down a Gulf oyster after we’ve been inundated with photos of struggling wildlife coated in shiny, black crude.

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