Posts Tagged ‘economics’
By NunoXEI • May 18th, 2008 • Category: Blog
Greenpeace News–Greenpeace displayed a cardboard box filled with the best cuts of whale meat, smuggled ashore by the crew of the Japanese whaling factory ship, Nisshin Maru, for illegal trade and personal gain, at the Japanese taxpayer’s expense.
By NikkiJade • May 6th, 2008 • Category: Articles
Nicole McCallum–Whether or not an individual believes in climate change, there are many reasons to live life in a more sustainable manner. To analyze two areas of sustainable living that yield benefits, consider health and economics.
By NunoXEI • Apr 30th, 2008 • Category: Blog
A report from the American Solar Energy Society estimates that 8.5 million people worked in the renewable energy and energy efficiency industries in 2006. The Apollo Alliance, a non-profit coalition of people from business, labor and the environmental movement working toward energy independence, estimates another three to five million green jobs could be created in the United States alone in the next decade.
By NikkiJade • Apr 30th, 2008 • Category: Articles
Nicole McCallum gives a brief summary of Greenpeace’s “Road to Recovery” report concerning the issue of over fishing and international marine reserve networks. She critiques the proposal’s lack of economic consideration.
By NunoXEI • Apr 22nd, 2008 • Category: Blog
Financial incentives for cutting carbon emissions could earn developing countries up to US$13 billion in carbon credits per year — but there are several issues for policymakers to tackle first, says a new study.
The study, published in the latest issue Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, analyses the best ways to reward developing countries [...]
By NunoXEI • Apr 22nd, 2008 • Category: Blog
Ethical shopping just got harder – but the latest attempt to help conscientious consumers calculate their impact on the environment could do more to preserve scarce resources than all its predecessors.
The concept of water footprints – or “virtual water” – will tell consumers the amount of precious H2O that has been [...]
By NunoXEI • Apr 18th, 2008 • Category: Blog
In a 20-minute address in the White House Rose Garden, Mr. Bush said Congress should offer incentives to lower carbon emissions but did not lay out his own plan, leaving his allies relieved he didn’t go further and Democrats and environmentalists saying he missed a chance to take the lead.
“The only good news in his [...]
By NunoXEI • Apr 12th, 2008 • Category: Blog
Al Gore, alarmist-in-chief of the anti-global warming campaign, stands to make money from his investments in “green” firms selling various climate change remedies.
Said Gore: “There are a lot of great investments you can make. If you are investing in tar sands, or shale oil, then you have a portfolio that is crammed with sub-prime carbon [...]
