he Way Forward for Renewable Energy in Central America Phase One Report Just Released: The Way Forward Renewable Energy in Central America: Status Assessment, Best Practices, Gap Analysis Click to download a copy of the report: English Version &Spanish Version With joint support from the Climate Development Knowledge Networkand the Energy and Environment Partnership …
Other News: How Much Are the NSA and CIA Front Running Markets?
How Much Are the NSA and CIA Front Running Markets? naked capitalism* A 2008 paper by Arindrajit Dube, Ethan Kaplan, and Suresh Naidu (hat tip MS) found evidence that the CIA and/or members of the Executive branch either disclosed or acted on information about top-secret authorizations of coups. Stocks …
Ethical Markets rolls out Ethical Biomimicry Finance™
Ethical Markets rolls out Ethical Biomimicry Finance™ In partnership with Biomimicry 3.8, Ethical Markets Media, LLC, has developed Ethical Biomimicry Finance™, an investment methodology, consulting and due diligence for identifying technologies and enterprises accelerating the green transition to the Solar Age – as we now track in our Green …
State CO2 Emissions
***** STATE CO2 EMISSIONS RELEASE STATE CO2 EMISSIONS These estimates of energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) are based on the States Energy Data System. The state data include a summary table with total energy-related CO2 by state beginning in 1990, a table with emissions by fuel in 2010 and a table …
The Great Wall Street Slumber Party
The Great Wall Street Slumber Party Dear Readers, Thanks to all of you entrepreneurs, visionaries, financiers, bankers, legislators, tax, legal and regulatory experts who came together this past year to institute colossal Wall Street reform. When historians look back on the 2012, it will be recognized as the year that not …
Grid Parity Monitor
Leonardo ENERGY and Eclareon are pleased to launch the first issue of the Photovoltaic Grid Parity Monitor. The Photovoltaic Grid Parity Monitor analyses PV competitiveness with retail electricity prices for residential consumers, assesses local regulation for self-consumption of fourteen cities in seven countries (Brazil, Chile, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, USA …
7th Annual International Green Economics Conference
7th Annual International Green Economics Conference “Green Economy: Reform and renaissance of economics and its methodology-Green Economics-the solutions for the 21st century. Green Economy: Rethinking Growth: RIO+20” July 19-21, 2012 University of Oxford
The network of global corporate control
The structure of the control network of transnational corporations affects global market com- petition and financial stability. So far, only small national samples were studied and there was no appropriate methodology to assess control globally. We present the first investigation of the architecture of the international ownership network, along with …
New Science Paper: The Climate Change-Water-Infrastructure Nexus
A group of researchers with Conservation International and WWF have co-authored a paper in PLoS Biology focusing on the water-related threats and opportunities presented by climate change to the development and conservation communities. The authors suggest that the climate change impacts on long-lived water infrastructure for energy production, agriculture, transportation, …
How Economists Facilitated the Crisis and Must Now Be Held Accountable
This article is part I of III, of Mr. Zarlenga’s address at the Eastern Economic Association Annual Meeting in NYC on February 26th, 2011. Listen to it here. The ongoing financial crisis presents a rare opportunity for monetary and banking reform. There’s no denying that the present “Economics Regime” has …