The State of Green Business Report by Joel Makower, Chairman & Executive Editor, GreenBiz Group The State of Green Business Report, seventh annual assessment of corporate sustainability trends and metrics, was released earlier this year. It paints a picture that is both optimistic and highly problematic – a perfect metaphor …
How the world is failing at its climate goals, in one giant chart
How the world is failing at its climate goals, in one giant chart By Brad Plumer, Washington Post: November 5 Every time world leaders get together and talk about climate change, they tend to agree on one big thing: We shouldn’t let global average temperatures rise more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels. …
Other News: Edward Snowden and Financial Speculation Taxes
Edward Snowden and Financial Speculation Taxes Dean Baker* – The Huffington Post In the last few weeks Edward Snowden has been holed in Moscow’s airport trying to negotiate terms of asylum with various countries around the world. Thus far it doesn’t seem that Snowden has been …
Evolving Support for an Innovation Carbon Tax | The Energy Collective Daily
Evolving Support for an Innovation Carbon Tax | The Energy Collective Daily
Video: World’s tallest building could be a 24/7 Australian solar chimney
Video: World’s tallest building could be a 24/7 Australian solar chimney By Mark Halper | January 26, 2012, 8:34 AM PST Bad news for Dubai’s 829-meter high Burj Khalifa. It might lose its distinction as the world’s tallest building, if a bunch of hot air takes root as planned in …
Hoku Solar’s Factory to Get Its Power Disconnected
DAILY NEWSLETTER | Tuesday, January 3, 2012 Hoku Solar’s Factory to Get Its Power Disconnected The ironies stack in the saga of Hoku Solar. Green Jobs: Good and Bad News for Solar Sector Personnel movement at Suntech, Hoku, SunRun, SolarCity, Sungevity, and Sun Edison Trend Spotting: 12 Greentech Startups to …