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The ongoing food crises in 36 countries around the globe are a cause of worry for major institutions such as the World Bank because the problems signal profound problems of disbalance in the world economy. The main reasons behind the high food prices in poor countries are the high oil price and market liberalization shocks. Biofuel crops are hardly a factor. Climate change is something that has played a role for as long as everyone can remember and it's only being recognized now.
In recent months, the world has witnessed various food riots in poor countries around the globe and the general conclusion bankers in their dossy offices have drawn are that some countries apparently really don't have much of a buffer zone left - hence the upset.
If you are one of those people out there who thinks a green car means you have to own...[read more]
Though it’s quickly grown into a multi-billion dollar market and template for other emissions trading systems, the EU’s ETS has exhibited some significant growing pains and continues to generate debate. An interim analysis and report of the ETS Phase I trail period finds that modest emissions reductions were realized and, more importantly, the pathway to greater reductions is being paved. [read more]
The DoE's National Renewable Energy Lab announced MoU's for two public-private partnerships in the past two days: one on the Hawaiian island of Maui where it will work with UPC to research and develop wind energy resources in line with Gov. Lingle's Clean Energy Initiative, and a second with Conoco-Phillips and Iowa State U. to develop biomass-to-fuel conversion technologies making use of corn stalks, hardy grasses, fast growing trees and other non-food vegetable organic matter.[read more]
Foresters, climatolgists and environmental agencies are devoting much time and effort to figure out a way to include deforestation abatement into the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development and carbon trading schemes. A recently released discussion paper examines the potential effects carbon credits would have on forest conservation and use.[read more]
Lots of activity at WIREC 2008 (the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference), including more than 100 uni-, bi- and multi-lateral pledges from some 40 countries to increase renewable energy development and use.[read more]
Green certification programs such as the Green Council’s EPEAT are an effective means of getting past organizational greenwash…Even more importantly, they’re making an increasing, positive impact on electronics recycling volumes and practices. Individual consumers need to help shoulder the burden, however, and OEMs can do more to make it easier to recycle and reuse products and parts.[read more]
At the invitation of the U.S. government, public and private sector leaders will be gathering in Washington D.C. early March for WIREC 2008, the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference. The third such event, organizers are busy lining up voluntary pledges from participants to promote and foster renewable energy, which are to be collected and publicly released as the Washington International Action Plan.[read more]
“It’s the economy, stupid” Ah yes, we remember the early nineties fondly and the phrase that in recent weeks has been resurrected...[read more]
A new publication, "Citizen's Guide to Carbon Capping," presents an interesting concept for making a cap-and-trade system more effective in...[read more]
As much as I love to read, turning pages one by one, breaking a new paperback book into a...[read more]
UPS has secured a lease for 42 electric three-wheeled utility vehicles with green in mind, as in the bengamins....[read more]
With political and regulatory change in the air and on the ground, renewable energy has risen quickly to become Wall Street and the City’s latest moveable feast. Well organized, funded and staffed wind power companies were among the first to attract the attention of entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. Testimony to just how quickly capital and labor can be mobilized these days, successful start-ups, such as Dublin’s Airtricity, have grown into attractive targets for the world’s largest power and energy companies.[read more]
Forget about the toxic lead-lined MRI suites, and do not throw to the wind the outdated CT systems. Squash...[read more]
The amount of electronic waste and scrap people toss into the waste stream is growing much faster than nascent efforts to deal with what is a complex and global problem. The UN StEP program is a step in the right direction, but closing the product lifecycle loop to include recovery, reuse and recycling is going to require a major change in consumers' mindset and behavior.[read more]
The car of the future is not only going to come standard with a hybrid powered engine; rather, the...[read more]
So how would a builder profit in the current rough and tumble real estate market? Build a high quality...[read more]
Say hello to the green exchange, spearheaded by a leading cast of energy and environmental brokers -investors- who are...[read more]
Electrical utilities around the US are increasingly turning to net meters that enable customers to receive credit for unused or surplus electricity they put back into the grid. The two-way meters key parts of efforts to address the increasingly pressing need to build a nationwide smart electrical grid that not only ramps up management efficiency but promotes use of renewable energy resources.[read more]
A new survey conducted by The Field Poll reveals that seventy percent of Californian citizens believe that global warming is...[read more]
For most of this year, Congress has been debating what to include in the 2007 Farm Bill, but there...[read more]
How do we start to shift from large-scale, carbon-intensive, agribusiness produce to locally-produced fruits and vegetables in our grocery stores?...[read more]
As a first-semester student in Presidio School of Management's MBA in Sustainable Management program, I've been learning quite a bit...[read more]
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The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual
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