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John Rowe: Full interview transcript
Nov 9, 2009
CONVERSATIONS FROM THE CORNER OFFICE: Exelon Corporation CEO John Rowe.
How do we live with a warmer planet?
by
Sam Eaton
and Sarah Gardner
Oct 30, 2009
Even if we develop all the renewable energy we need, Earth will still warm more than it has in the history of mankind. Sam Eaton and Sarah Gardner look at how governments and businesses are planning to adapt to radical changes in our environment.
Is there energy to slow climate change?
by
Sam Eaton
and Sarah Gardner
Oct 29, 2009
If global warming's worst effects are to be averted, new energy sources must be developed on a massive scale. But there will be winners and losers in that process. Sarah Gardner and Sam Eaton take us to two locales with stakes in America's energy future.
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.
Why "350" is key to global warming
by
Kai Ryssdal
Oct 23, 2009
Environmentalist Bill McKibben, one of the first authors to write extensively about climate change, talks with Kai Ryssdal about Saturday's International Day of Climate Action and why "350" is the magic number for global warming.
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....
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 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.
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.
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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…