Michael Heller and the Gridlock Economy
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 Posted in Bright Green Economy, Green News | Comments OffProfessor Michael Heller of Columbia University got a nice endorsement for his book the other day. Former President Bill Clinton recommended his book, The Gridlock Economy: How Too Much Ownership Wrecks Markets, Stops Innovation, and ...
A Low-Carbon Stimulus and Recovery Plan
Monday, November 17th, 2008 Posted in Bright Green Economy, Green News | Comments OffImagine a future where government spending went to creating a low-carbon economy, powered by green collar workers and publicly-purposed investments. Instead of government spending that bails out auto industry CEOs and investment bankers on Wall ...
A Low-Carbon Stimulus and Recovery Plan
Monday, November 17th, 2008 Posted in Bright Green Economy, Green News | Comments OffImagine a future where government spending went to creating a low-carbon economy, powered by green collar workers and publicly-purposed investments. Instead of government spending that bails out auto industry CEOs and investment bankers on Wall ...
What I’ve Learned From My Schizophrenic 401k
Friday, November 7th, 2008 Posted in Bright Green Economy, Green News | Comments OffThree lessons from turbulent times. The stock market sank yet again yesterday, as a late-day sell-off pulled share prices down another 5 percent. It's just the latest in a series of occasionally-manic-but-mostly-depressive market convulsions. After getting ...
Spreading the Green Around
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 Posted in Bright Green Economy, Green News | Comments OffInvestment in clean energy could boost the economy and create millions of new jobs. by Anna Fahey In October, the Center for American Progress released a report by economists at the University of Massachusetts Political Economy Research ...
Green-collar Stimulus 4: Two Bigger Plans
Monday, November 3rd, 2008 Posted in Bright Green Economy, Green News | Comments Offby Alan Durning On October 1, the national Apollo Alliance announced a plan for clean energy and green jobs that would cost $50 billion a year. When the alliance was framing its proposal, I’m guessing it ...
The Oil Bubble Pops?
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 Posted in Bright Green Economy, Green News | Comments OffIs there a conservation lesson in the oil price collapse? This trend may not be fully reflected at the gas pump yet, but the cost of oil is plummeting right along with the stock market. Starting in ...
The Entire Debt of Africa Is Only $350 Billion
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 Posted in Bright Green Economy, Green News | Comments Off$700 billion still goes a long way. by Eric de Place I just can't help wondering what else we could do with $700 billion. According to the United Nations, the entire debt for the entire continent of Africa was ...
Cap and Train: Climate Policy and Green-collar Jobs
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 Posted in Bright Green Economy, Green News | Comments OffHow to actually deliver green-collar jobs to those who need them. by Alan Durning Converting the Pacific Northwest over the next few decades to a place of compact, walkable communities that run on superefficient, renewable ...
The End of Cheap Oil as an Opportunity
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Posted in Bright Green Economy, Green News | Comments OffBy Claude Lewenz Housing prices are collapsing. The price of gasoline at the pump is skyrocketing. Soon the price of everything based on oil will skyrocket. The value of the US dollar is plummeting. Jobless rate hits ...
Study Supports U.S. Wind Expansion
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Bright Green Economy, Green News | Comments OffWind energy can supply 20 percent of U.S. electricity needs by 2030 at a "modest" cost difference, a new U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) report says. The analysis predicts that the 20 percent wind scenario would ...
Green Jobs Find International Support
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Bright Green Economy, Green News | Comments OffMany predict that the future of job growth lies within a green economy. Expanding renewable energy industries, such as wind and solar, can offer high-paying jobs for skilled workers. Sitting in a warm Capitol Hill office ...
Interview with Mark Anielski
Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Bright Green Economy, Green News | Comments OffWe recently had a chance to talk with Mark Anielski, Albertan and author of The Economics of Happiness: Building Genuine Wealth. Mark has been working for many years on better ways of measuring progress, and ...
Celebrating the reality of green-collar jobs on Earth Day
Friday, April 25th, 2008 Posted in Bright Green Economy, Green News | Comments Offby Anna Fahey There's lots of buzz about green-collar jobs these days (sort of like blue-collar jobs, but with a sustainable edge) -- whether you're listening to Obama, McCain, or Clinton; Gregoire, Kulongoski, or Schwarzenegger. Green-collar jobs: skilled ...
Earth Day and the Polling of America
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in Bright Green Economy, Green News | Comments OffTaking one step back to size up American opinions surrounding sustainability, Worldchanging correspondent Joel Makower has once again collected a number of "green" polls concerning the subject, which came out just in time for Earth ...
MicroEnergy Credits Corporation: Greening the Base of the Pyramid
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in Bright Green Economy, Green News | Comments OffBy Grace Augustine It is impossible to argue against the need for reliable energy at the base of the pyramid (BoP). Energy drives every facet of society, from nourishment to communication. According to the UNDP, at least ...
Peak Guano
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 Posted in Bright Green Economy, Green News | Comments OffRecently, we've looked at the ecological future of metals, the sometimes obscured truth that all our resources are either grown or mined, the sustainability challenges of biofuels and second-generation approaches to moving from a hydrocarbon to ...
Peak Guano
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 Posted in Bright Green Economy, Green News | Comments OffRecently, we've looked at the ecological future of metals, the sometimes obscured truth that all our resources are either grown or mined, the sustainability challenges of biofuels and second-generation approaches to moving from a hydrocarbon to ...
Offsets Done Right
Monday, April 7th, 2008 Posted in Bright Green Economy, Green News | Comments OffI like offsets: there, I've gone and said it. Other than genetic engineering and biofuels, there may be at the moment no solution more controversial among eco-activists than offsets. That's a shame, because they make good ...
Offsets Done Right
Monday, April 7th, 2008 Posted in Bright Green Economy, Green News | Comments OffI like offsets: there, I've gone and said it. Other than genetic engineering and biofuels, there may be at the moment no solution more controversial among eco-activists than offsets. That's a shame, because they make good ...