House Committee Approves Landmark (Bipartisan!) Clean Energy And Climate Bill — Political Realists Rejoice, Climate Science Realists Demand More
Friday, May 22nd, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffNOTE: Unexpectedly, Rep. Bono Mack (R-CA) voted "yes" -- and the bill passed 33-25! She later said, ""While I still have significant concerns about this bill, particularly with regard to its cost and its ...
How To Make Climate Policy Fair
Thursday, May 21st, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffA smart primer on how to distribute auction revenue. Over at Washington Budget and Policy Center, Kate Barber has a smart new paper out: How To Lower Costs of Climate Change Policies for Consumers (pdf). It's a good ...
How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Waxman-Markey, Part 2: In Praise Of Domestic Offsets
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffThe two biggest concerns about domestic offsets in climate legislation -- the possibility they will be riddled with fraud and/or that they will overwhelm the "genuine" emissions reductions -- are I think, largely unwarranted. The ...
How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Waxman-Markey, Part 1: WRI Calculates It Will Lead To A 31%* Or Higher Cut In U.S. GHGs By 2020
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffThe Waxman-Markey energy and climate bill is certainly not "da bomb." At best, it's a B+. Then again, it is not a total bomb, as some think. So you don't have to be Dr. Strangelove ...
“Cap & Trade, Quick!” — Krugman
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffBy Alan Durning A novel argument. Paul Krugman weighs in with an argument for auctioned cap and trade ASAP: legal emissions limits can be a macroeconomic stimulus. This piece originally appeared in Sightline Institute's blog, The Daily Score. Help us ...
Americans Support Greenhouse Gas Regulation Even If It Could “Substantially” Raise Energy Prices
Friday, May 1st, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffA bunch of polls have come out that find the public supports strong climate action in spite of aggressive and widespread Republican fear-mongering about energy prices. For instance, the new Washington Post/ABC poll of 1,072 Americans (here) ...
A Sustainable Business View On Economy, Climate
Friday, April 3rd, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffAs leaders of the world's 20 largest economies gathered in London this week, international financial institutions announced that the world economy would likely deteriorate more in 2009 than was previously feared. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation ...
Argentine Economics And Maker Culture
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffI had a lot of air miles. Rachel had a lull in the Jewish religious calendar between Purim and Passover. We hadn’t taken a “real” vacation - i.e., not one built around my speaking engagements - ...
Argentine Economics And Maker Culture
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffI had a lot of air miles. Rachel had a lull in the Jewish religious calendar between Purim and Passover. We hadn’t taken a “real” vacation - i.e., not one built around my speaking engagements - ...
Introduction To Climate Economics: Why Even Strong Climate Action Has Such A Low Total Cost — One Tenth Of A Penny On The Dollar
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffSince the nation is about to launch into a long debate about the costs of climate action versus the cost of inaction, here is an overview of the major cost analyzes of global climate action. In its ...
Introduction To Climate Economics: Why Even Strong Climate Action Has Such A Low Total Cost — One Tenth Of A Penny On The Dollar
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffSince the nation is about to launch into a long debate about the costs of climate action versus the cost of inaction, here is an overview of the major cost analyzes of global climate action. In its ...
UCS: Renewable Electricity Standard Will Create Jobs And Lower Consumer Energy Bills
Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffBy Kalen Pruss A new study by the Union of Concerned Scientists makes a clear, convincing case for a strong nationwide renewable electricity standard (RES). Any renewable standard, of course, should be accompanied by an Energy ...
UCS: Renewable Electricity Standard Will Create Jobs And Lower Consumer Energy Bills
Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffBy Kalen Pruss A new study by the Union of Concerned Scientists makes a clear, convincing case for a strong nationwide renewable electricity standard (RES). Any renewable standard, of course, should be accompanied by an Energy ...
Economic Crisis Gives Us A Chance Of Repairing Climate Damage
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffBy Terry Barker and David King Large-scale investment to fix global finances is an opportunity to move quickly to a low-carbon economy The financial crisis that started in May 2007 is a global catastrophe. As central banks, one ...
Economic Crisis Gives Us A Chance Of Repairing Climate Damage
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffBy Terry Barker and David King Large-scale investment to fix global finances is an opportunity to move quickly to a low-carbon economy The financial crisis that started in May 2007 is a global catastrophe. As central banks, one ...
Less Carbon = More Jobs
Friday, March 13th, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments Offby Adam Stern An interactive map locates companies that will be helped by climate legislation. A common criticism of proposals to fight global warming is that the U.S. (and the rest of the world) can't afford it right ...
Recession May Hinder Sustainable Tourism
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffThe economy of war-torn Rwanda relies on gorillas. Primate-watching tourists have helped the country rebound from civil conflict in recent years. Paying $500 for one hour near the massive apes, adventurous travelers account for nearly half ...
Conflict, Fair Trade Label Boost Sales of Palestinian Produced Olive Oil
Monday, March 2nd, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffPalestinian olive oil, the first olive oil in the world to be awarded the Fair Trade label, is increasing in popularity since the conflict in Gaza, according to the chair of the Palestinian Fair Trade Association ...
Cap And Trade Works!
Friday, February 20th, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffEuropean climate program reduces emissions. A few years back, Europe's cap-and-trade system, called the ETS, was taking a beating in the press. Some of the criticism was legit: the program really did make some silly missteps in ...
EcoTuesday Turns 2, Green Networking Continues to Boom
Monday, February 16th, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffHappy birthday to EcoTuesday! The San Francisco-born networking and learning event is celebrating its 2-year anniversary this month. The structured but social events bring green business leaders together on the fourth Tuesday of every month, in ...