Korea’s green growth agenda, the focus of a recent post, marked a significant shift for an advanced economy once focused on growth at all costs to a new paradigm of sustainable development, improving the environment, and green technologies. Korea’s aspirations for its green growth vision were not limited to just within its own borders, however. [...]
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Taking Korea’s Green Growth Vision Global
May 20th, 2013 
Sean Connell EPA Proposes Cleaner Fuels and Cars Standard
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 [...]
From Paradox to Paradigm: Korea’s Green Growth Approach
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 »U.S. Energy Independence is a Delusion
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 [...]
Book Review: Andrew Nikiforuk’s Tar Sands
April 29th, 2013 Eric Wilson 
Although written in 2008, Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent feels like something that could’ve been written yesterday. Extremely biased and one-sided, at times bordering on vitriolic, Andrew Nikiforuk, Tar Sands’ author, makes a strong argument against the development of the Athabaskan tar sands. While this is a losing battle if [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Policy, Reviews, Sustainable Development Tags: Book Review, Carbon Sequestration, Fracking, Natural Gas, Tar Sands No Comments »Defining Sustainability and Sustainable Development
April 24th, 2013 Eric Wilson 
This is an open letter to any and all companies, organizations, governments, schools, or other miscellaneous groups considering sustainability as part of their work; I hope this includes everyone. Dear Organization X, Please consider making sustainability a central component of your future plans if you have not done so already. For any group that has [...]
Movie Review: Chow Down
April 19th, 2013 Megan Stilley 
I received an email asking me to watch and review a movie titled Chow Down (2010). After reading the brief synopsis, I decided it was up my alley. Chow Down is available on Hulu for free, which is a really convenient way to reach the public. This is another movie that discusses our current American [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Policy, Reviews Tags: diet, Megan Stilley, Movie Review, Public Health No Comments »2014 Vehicle Technologies Budget Centers on Developing Hybrids and EVs
April 18th, 2013 Chris DeArmond 
The 2014 Vehicle Technologies budget proposal, submitted by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), requests $240 million to support R&D efforts for batteries and electric drive technology. The allotment is a $30 million jump over the amount requested for fiscal year 2013, and hopefully will build on the program’s string of notable [...]
IEA: Despite Renewable Energy, Carbon Dioxide Emissions Still at Same Level
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 »Hues of Green in Korea
April 15th, 2013 Sean Connell South Korea’s capital city of Seoul, including its surrounding urban area sprawling across the wide Han River, is home to more than 25 million people and by some estimates the world’s second largest metropolis. It is also a scant 52 kilometers south of the world’s most heavily fortified border–the Demilitarized Zone separating South Korea from North [...]
Posted in Policy, Site Visits, Sustainability Tags: Environment, Green Growth, Korea, Sean Connell No Comments »
