Dovetailing with the “cradle to cradle” concept, in a statement today GE has announced the establishment of an Ecoassessment Center of Excellence to research a product’s environmental footprint throughout its life cycle. According to the press release: Life cycle assessment evaluates products for their environmental impact from the raw materials used in early stage research [...]
Archive for April, 2009
GE’s “Ecoassessment Center” to Gauge Environmental Impact of Products Throughout Their Lifespan
April 30th, 2009 
Justin Manger 
Posted in Business, Green Economy, Justin Manger, Sustainable Development 
Tags: Business, Cradle to Cradle, Lifecycle 
View CommentsRecap of Tuesday’s Electricity in America Series from NPR
April 30th, 2009 Eric Wilson Part 3: The Obama Administration plans to add solar and wind power to the grid, aiming for upward of 20% by 2020. However, the existing electric grid needs additional transmission lines with $11 billion (US) of the stimulus bill set aside to increase capacity. A majority of solar energy production comes from the southwest and [...]
Cut Emissions or Focus on Research and Development? Copenhagen’s Bjorn Lomborg Weighs In
April 29th, 2009 Justin Manger Last Saturday’s edition of the New York Times had an op-ed by Bjorn Lomborg, Director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center at Copenhagen Business School, that raised a good argument. In regards to climate change, his main point was that the focus should be making clean energy cheaper in order to “make low-carbon alternatives like solar [...]
Posted in Clean Technology, Economics, Justin Manger, Policy, Renewable Energy Tags: Cap and Trade, Energy, Thomas Friedman View CommentsChinese Attempt to Corner the Market on Electric Cars
April 29th, 2009 Eric Wilson Last week’s post on BYD motors out of China detailed the company’s attempt to produce electric cars using cheap Chinese labor and batteries that aim to be 100% recyclable. Another recent post looked at the effect of the massive Chinese labor force’s impact on the clean energy economy. According to an NPR story from last [...]
Green Festivals Across the Country
April 28th, 2009 Eric Wilson Green Festivals, a joint project of Global Exchange and Green America, will be holding its second festival of the year this weekend in Denver, Colorado. The festivals feature speakers, events, and exhibitors which include “everything from organic body care products and great-looking eco-fashion to Fair Trade gifts and healthy home and garden products made from [...]
