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Production and ecosystems are more important than the financial sector
Over the past eight years or so, the so-called “masters of the universe” in the financial sector seem to have swallowed their own hype. Arguing that money equals wealth and […]
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Chevy Volt not so revolutionary
For those of you who missed it, GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz hit the talk show circuit last week to talk up the latest incarnation of the Chevy Volt (more […]
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Friends of the Earth says anti-regulation approach causes environmental destruction
Friends of the Earth issued a statement today arguing against the Bush administration’s proposed $700 billion bailout of the troubled U.S. financial system. “This financial crisis has exposed the right […]
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Failing to address climate change could hurt industry, report finds
Failing to address climate change could significantly hurt many industries in the world economy that are together worth around $7 trillion, according to a report by the United Kingdom’s Carbon […]
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GM flack jumps into Huffington Post fray to defend exec’s climate-change skepticism
We posted last week about GM Vice Chair Bob Lutz expressing a little climate-change skepticism on The Colbert Report. Josh Nelson wrote about it as well over on Huffington Post, […]
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Is the financial crisis more dire than the climate crisis?
Not even close. If there’s no action before 2012, that’s too late. What we do in the next two to three years will determine our future. This is the defining […]
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Ramblings on the financial crisis
Based on my own extensive analysis of the ongoing financial crisis, I’ve come to the following conclusions: Nobody clearly understands how we got in this situation. Nobody clearly understands what […]
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One trillion for billionares and pennies for solar?
I was going to post on the money we are pouring into this bailout compared to what we get for green investment. But John McGrath said it for me: …The […]
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Hazardous substances still a mainstay for Big Chemical
The good news: some companies are moving toward nontoxic chemicals and products. The bad news: many aren’t. In a 2007 report, consultants hired by Big Chemical concluded that the industry’s […]
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A weak economy brings a diminished appetite for curbs on carbon emissions
The Freakonomics blog offers up a long-ish but lucid discussion of the ongoing financial crisis. I recommend the whole thing, but in a nutshell: Financial institutions borrow money all the […]
