May 9th, 2013 
Chris DeArmond 
After receiving feedback from stakeholders including oil refiners and auto manufacturers, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed standards in March that could greatly reduce vehicle pollution and increase public health. Passing the mandate, which would go into effect in 2017, would come at a price to consumers, but the EPA states that the benefits could outweigh [...]
May 7th, 2013 Sean Connell Consider the implications of each of the world’s major economies consciously shifting their growth paradigms towards a model of sustainable development, one in which addressing climate change and environmental challenges while pursuing economic growth is not paradoxical or mutually exclusive. This is a daunting task, and while leaders in economies both developed and emerging talk [...]
Posted in Economics, Green Economy, News, Policy, Sustainable Development 
Tags: Green Growth, Sean Connell, South Korea 
No Comments » May 2nd, 2013 Chris DeArmond 
Increasing America’s domestic energy production is something most of us can agree on, but it seems there is a fork in the road as to how to get there. Some argue we should rely on the United States’ vast deposits of shale, coal and other natural resources, while others believe renewable energy from wind and [...]
April 21st, 2013 Stephen Wade 
What does it mean to be green? In the modern era, its meaning has evolved from Rachel Carson’s documentation of pollution in Silent Spring, Teddy Roosevelt and and John Muir’s founding of the National Parks, and Henry David Thoreau’s solitary musings in Walden to a more complex, integrated, consumption-based, and urban meaning exhibited by Al [...]
April 17th, 2013 Eric Wilson 
The International Energy Agency (IEA) reports today that despite the impressive increase in renewable energy – energy produced by wind is up 42% and solar 19% from 2011 to 2012 alone – carbon emissions have not abated worldwide. As relayed on Marketplace Morning Report today, rapidly industrializing economies, as well as Europe which has resorted [...]
Posted in Behavior, Economics, Eric Wilson, News, Policy, Renewable Energy, Sustainability Tags: Alternative Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Clean Energy, Coal, Environment, IEA, Natural Gas No Comments » March 28th, 2013 Chris DeArmond 
American shale gas will heat 1.8 million homes in the United Kingdom by 2018, according to a deal between Cheniere Energy and U.K.-based Centrica PLC. The development marks the first time the Department of Energy (DOE) has permitted the export of shale gas to a country not under a free trade agreement. Thus far, Cheniere [...]
Posted in Business, Economics, Policy Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Chris DeArmond, Department of Energy, Energy Policy, Natural Gas No Comments » March 21st, 2013 Chris DeArmond 
ExxonMobil might not be the best source of unbiased energy projections, but its 2013 Energy Outlook to 2040 gauges the progress of several inevitable trends that will develop as the world becomes more populated, industrialized, and energy hungry.
March 17th, 2013 Eric Wilson 
On a recent trip I turned on the television at the hotel and The Day After Tomorrow was on. I avoided watching it while it was in the theaters, and then on DVD. When it came out nearly 10 years ago (which in and of itself is astonishing), I was starting my career as a [...]
Posted in Behavior, Economics, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Op-Ed Tags: Climate Change, pandas, Science No Comments » March 3rd, 2013 Eric Wilson 
With sequestration upon us, it will be interesting to see where renewable energy’s future lies. Many of the cuts have been to military expenditures, but renewable energy offers a way forward for reduced utility costs for the Department of Defense. This month, the 8th annual military energy alternatives conference in Washington DC may lay the [...]
Posted in Conferences, Economics, Eric Wilson, Sustainability Tags: Alternative Energy, Bicycles, Bio-fuels, Calendar, California, Military, New York City, Santa Barbara, Washington DC No Comments » March 2nd, 2013 Justin Manger 
This week’s Five Friday Facts is a short and sweet set of numbers from a recent NPR article. The natural gas revolution is exactly that. Until recently, half of U.S. power plants burned coal to make electricity. Now, that’s down to about one-third. Since 2010, about 150 coal plants either have been retired or it’s been [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Economics, Five Friday Facts, Justin Manger, News Tags: Natural Gas No Comments »
