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Climate change in our own backyards
by
Sam Eaton
and Sarah Gardner
Oct 27, 2009
Marketplace sustainability reporters Sam Eaton and Sarah Gardner discuss the radical changes Americans are seeing to their surroundings as temperatures rise from global warming.
John Rowe: Full interview transcript
Nov 9, 2009
CONVERSATIONS FROM THE CORNER OFFICE: Exelon Corporation CEO John Rowe.
Electric cars are Europe's current trend
Nov 16, 2009
Across Europe a mixture of subsidies, tax-breaks and regulation is creating a new class of green
consumer and a whole lot of clean tech companies. Stephen Beard reports.
Paying the price for climate change
Sep 16, 2009
Author and economist Lord Nicholas Stern talks with Kai Ryssdal about the costs of fighting climate change, what happens if we do nothing, and how the U.S. can get more investing in clean tech.
Court delves into Florida beach dispute
by
Steve Henn
Dec 1, 2009
A group of homeowners in Florida have sued state and county officials for a beach renovation project they say has deprived them of their property rights. Steve Henn reports.
Weatherization plan may stimulate jobs
Nov 18, 2009
David Leonhardt of the New York Times talks with Kai Ryssdal about what can be done to keep the unemployment rate from rising, and discusses another stimulus plan in the works.
How carbon allowances can cut CO2
Sep 30, 2009
The Senate's climate change bill proposes slashing 20 percent of emissions by 2020 with the help of carbon allowances, or permission slips to pollute. Money generated from allowances will largely go to local utilities. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.
Is U.S. doing enough for climate?
Oct 16, 2009
Robert Reich, professor of public policy, talks with Steve Chiotakis about what the U.S. will take to the climate-change conference in Copenhagen, and why we may have to cut a deal with China.
Morning Reading
by
Scott Jagow
Oct 13, 2009
Good morning. Today, a New York Times budget memo, the price of drugs (legal and illegal) and the battle of the stand-up economists....
Is Europe's carbon trading all smoke?
Sep 29, 2009
Europe's market in so-called carbon credits is designed to cut CO2 emissions using the profit motive. But some climate campaigners have dismissed it as a giant scam. Stephen Beard reports.
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Econ Crash Course, Week 1: The hockey stick
Welcome to the first week of our “Econ 101” crash course. Together, we’ll read one chapter each week from Core Econ’s “E…