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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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 [...]
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 [...]

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