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Tips for interviews You should spend some time online, researching about the company and position you are applying for. Prepare a list of the questionnaire which you might ask during the course of an interview.

Whether it is a job interview, job or just regular day, make sure you dress for success.

Australian mining firms, hit by high fuel costs and falling commodity prices, could soon swap their diesel generators for 24-hour, solar-power systems, the head of a private renewable power firm said on Thursday. Mining firms are also worried about an emissions trading scheme set to begin in Australia in 2010, Steve Hollis, CEO of Sydney-based Lloyd Energy Storage, told Reuters in an interview.

In an interview released today by Newsmax, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) - Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) newly minted running mate - was asked for her "take on global warming and how is it affecting our country." "A changing environment will affect Alaska more than any other state, because of our location," Palin said, adding, "I'm not one though who would attribute it to being man-made." DeSmogBlog notes that NASA and the National Academy of Sciences disagree:

The next technology boom may well be based on alternative energy, says Geoffrey Carr (interviewed here). But which sort to back?

EPTV Executive news roundtable -- Corporate energy efficiency (video) Energy Policy TV Judi Greenwald, Director of Innovative Solutions, Pew Center on Global Climate Change, is interviewed about a partnership between the Pew Center and Toyota to undertake a study and project to improve corporate energy energy efficiency nationwide. Such improvements are aimed at reducing corporate carbon emissions. (23 July 2008)

Our Renewable Nation is possibly the most adorable project ever conceived to advocate renewable energy. It's an eco-video project helmed by the McCullough family, who are traveling across the country in a vegetable oil powered VW Beetle. They're visiting wind farms, solar installations, talking to companies developing sustainable technologies, and documenting all their interviews and travels on video. Each of the videos stars 9-year old Carrick McCollough, the cutest kid to campaign in the name of renewable energy. And it's effective. Don't believe me? Just watch the video after the jump, where Carrick implores grownups to not blow it for him and his generation. How can we say no to this?

Der Spiegel has an interview with Boeing's "chief environmental strategist", Billy Glover, on prospects for biofuel use in air transport (he's very optimistic, but short on detail) - Algae Could 'Supply Entire World with Aviation Fuel'. SPIEGEL ONLINE: Mr. Glover, given the current low price of oil, why would airlines still even be interested in biofuels? Glover: Indeed, the oil price has changed rapidly. But it has done that many times before and it will continue to do so. Even today, the highest operating expense for an airline is fuel. It remains a priority to find a way to mitigate that situation. That is why Boeing is trying to open up this avenue of alternative fuel. It can help that situation while having a better environmental performance at the same time.

A depth research report on China Wind Power Lubricating Grease industry. And thanks to the support and assistance from Wind Power Lubricating Grease industry chain related technical experts and marketing engineers during Research Team survey and interviews.

One of the objectives we should want to achieve when defining and presenting ourselves or our life's endeavors is authenticity. One could take it that design also has authenticity has an objective as well from the writings of Finn McKenty, who blogs at Lightheavyweight. Perhaps, though, it is wrong to think of them as being in separate arenas.Finn McKenty extends the concern with authenticity to endeavors of social-engagement. Specifically, the Greener Grass project, which is about connecting people with ideas designed to have a positive impact.

Is Rihanna sending mixed messages on retainer aggression? Since her relationship with producer Chris University ended--after he was arrested for punching her in the present, Rihanna's lyrics hold, at present, seemed to vindicate aggression. In "Love The Way You Lie," her rap piece with Eminem, she justified staying in an abusive relation. In her last recording, "S&M," she uses pictorial images and lyrics to puddle her frame for retaliation. The recording has reportedly been banned in 11 countries. In a November 2009 interview with 20/20, Rihanna said she was distribution her story of discourtesy in hopes of serving boy like girls. "I will say to any woman deed through housewifely aggression, 'Turn out of this. Examine at it 3rd being for what it real is,'" she said.