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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.
Economics on climate change's side
by
Sam Eaton
Aug 6, 2009
A Senate hearing will attempt to shift Washington's attention back to climate change. A new report says reducing greenhouse gases would have a modest impact on the economy. Sam Eaton reports.
Talk about strange bedfellows: Dow Chemical & Greenpeace on cap and trade
by
Jim Nicolow
Jul 14, 2009
We've had Dow Chemical in the Greenwash Brigade's crosshairs in the past, so climate change skeptics chew on this: Greenpeace AND Dow Chemical are...
Companies rethinking the supply chain
by
Kai Ryssdal
Aug 10, 2009
As shipping costs and pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions rise, companies are looking for ways to make their supply chains shorter and save money. Kai Ryssdal talks to Craig Carter of the Journal of Supply Chain Management.
U.S. seeks emissions data from China
by
Sam Eaton
Jul 17, 2009
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said consumers should pay for the carbon content of the goods they consume, even from other countries like China. One option is imposing trade tariffs, but that proposal has the potential to set off a trade war. Sam Eaton reports.
The economics of global climate change
Jun 9, 2009
The sustainability and global climate change debate is shifting from science to political economy. I'm probably late to this paper, but I just read...
China goes big in green car race
by
Scott Tong
Sep 1, 2009
China is getting serious in the clean-energy car race with big investments in low-emissions vehicles. Scott Tong reports.
Solar energy gains ground in Florida
Aug 13, 2009
Gainesville, Fla. is the first city in the country to adopt a new solar incentive program, making it profitable for an average person or business to put up solar panels and begin feeding power back to the grid. Jennifer Collins reports.
A green trade war over climate change
May 26, 2009
Congress is debating a climate change bill to limit greenhouse gas emissions. But it would impose extra costs on U.S. companies foreign competitors may not have to bear. John Dimsdale reports on a potential green trade war.
China, U.S. and the 'buy local' debate
by
Scott Tong
Jul 28, 2009
European and American green energy companies complain that China is practicing protectionism by favoring local contractors for billion-dollar projects. But the "Buy American," language in the U.S. stimulus plan may have encouraged China's position. Scott Tong reports.
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