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Sustainability
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...
Time to play alternative energy?
May 6, 2009
Oil prices are heading back up. From today's Wall Street Journal:...
Corporate taxes for energy taxes
May 6, 2009
The Administration says it plans on cracking down on offshore tax shelters and avoidance. The target of the initiative is U.S.-based multinational...
The 1918 influenza epidemic
Apr 30, 2009
I find these numbers stunning. They're from a paper by Elizabeth Brainerd of Williams College and Mark Singer of California State University....
Information technology and carbon footprint
Apr 24, 2009
This chart from the consulting firm McKinsey & Co. is intriguing. The firm notes that computers, data storage, and communications devices are...
Tire rolling resistance standards and your fuel efficiency
Aug 19, 2008
From Cindy Skrzycki's business column at WashingtonPost.com....
Wine expert: boxed wine better for the environment
Aug 18, 2008
From an op-ed piece by Tyler Cowen in The New York Times....
For public good, not for profit.
Heat pump business is hot, naturally
Aug 13, 2008
Increasing energy costs have made geothermal heat pumps an attractive solution to heating buildings. The New York Times reports business is booming...
Random act of greenness or a job well done?
by
Richard Core
Jul 25, 2008
KB Home has announced it will commit to a new set of environmental standards in its housing developments, including making all of its new...
It's not just salmon: take a fresh look at our fishing & eating habits
Apr 11, 2008
I was saddened to see today's news that West Coast salmon fishing had to be abruptly halted due to a 93% freefall in the number of spawning fish...