On Sunday, the Washington, DC metro region got slammed by 60-70mph winds and heavy rains over a brief period of about 20 minutes. The storms were caused by a cold front moving through the region and bumping up against the record setting heat we’ve had here due to the Bermuda High. The cold and hot air [...]
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Power Outages Show Weakness of the Grid; Poor Response
July 29th, 2010 
Justin Manger 
Posted in Business, Economics, Japan, Justin Manger, Policy, Smart Grid 
Tags: Alternative Energy, Electricity Generation, Renewable Energy 
No Comments »First Thoughts on Natural Capitalism
June 14th, 2010 Eric Wilson Usually I skip the preface and acknowledgments in a book. With the decade old Natural Capitalism from Paul Hawken (author of The Ecology of Commerce), Amory Lovins, and Hunter Lovins, co-founders of Rocky Mountain Institute in Colorado, I felt it was going to provide valuable background and history. In reading these sections I was struck [...]
The Need for Economic Sustainability
May 17th, 2010 Eric Wilson After having watched the documentary “Maxed Out“, I couldn’t help but think about what economic sustainability would look like. The first step is fiscal responsibility. As mentioned in an earlier post, we as a society have over spent, borrowed excessively, and lived beyond our means as individuals and as a country. Both economic and social [...]
Posted in Economics, Education, Eric Wilson, Green Economy, Policy, President Obama, Sustainability Tags: Economy, Green Jobs, Jobs, Solar Energy No Comments »U.S. Pushing Trade in Green Technologies
May 1st, 2010 Justin Manger U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk recently said that the U.S is talking with Canada, Australia, and the EU about reaching an agreement to eliminate tariffs on wind, solar, and other energy related technologies. The goal of such an agreement would be to spur their use by taking away one of the barriers to wider adoption [...]
Posted in Business, Clean Technology, Economics, Green Economy, Green Products, Justin Manger, President Obama Tags: Green Technology, Trade No Comments »Guest Author Post: Standardization Needed for Expanding Carbon Industry
February 28th, 2010 Justin Manger The following article is by Alison Hopcroft,a sustainability and carbon management consultant who works for Fluid Market Strategies in Portland, Oregon. Alison is leading a free webinar on carbon management this Tuesday, March 2nd at 12pm EST. Despite the fact that hope for meaningful climate legislation has all but completely disappeared for this session of [...]
