A recent report measured American “Green Jobs” for the first time. Perhaps no place in the U.S. was hit as hard by the economy of the past several years than Detroit. The Motor City has seen a decline for quite some time, but later this month there is a conference focused on green jobs in [...]
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May 2012 Clean Energy and Sustainability Events
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No Comments »The Legacy of Cheap Natural Gas
February 12th, 2012 Eric Wilson What will be the legacy of cheap natural gas? Until recently, natural gas in the United States was 3-4 times as expensive as it is today. With advances in technology, costs have dropped precipitously. Natural gas prices ended the other day at $2.32 per MMBtu. 18 months ago a MMBtu sold for $5.50 on the [...]
Posted in Business, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Op-Ed, Policy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Sustainability Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Economy, Fracking, Natural Gas, Shale Gas No Comments »Despite Sluggish Economy, Global Carbon Emissions Reach Record High
December 5th, 2011 Eric Wilson The New York Times is reporting that the worldwide carbon dioxide emissions “from fossil-fuel burning jumped by the largest amount on record last year, upending the notion that the brief decline during the recession might persist through the recovery.” This report follows news from earlier this year about the increase in US based emissions, which [...]
Bill Ritter Presentation: Clean Energy and the Environment in America
November 17th, 2011 Eric Wilson Earlier this week I attended a presentation by former Colorado Governor Bill Ritter. This is the second time I’ve heard Ritter speak, once while he was still in office and the other on Monday. Both presentations touched largely on the role of clean energy in the US economy. Ritter, who served one term, left office [...]
Sustainability – Hijacked by the Establishment
October 2nd, 2011 Eric Wilson Sustainability has (un)officially become a buzzword. It feels like this happened a few years back, perhaps around the time 2nd Green Revolution was founded. However, evidence points to a more recent and sinister shift. The term has seemingly been hijacked by the “establishment.” This is not a conspiracy theory mind you, just an observation. Companies [...]
Posted in Business, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Op-Ed, Sustainability Tags: Clean Energy, Economy, Environment, Regenerative Economy No Comments »Environmental Regulations, Public Health, and the Economy
September 22nd, 2011 Eric Wilson The first Five Friday Facts of the month centered on the economic impact of environmental regulations on the economy. If not for President Obama’s announcement earlier this month that the administration has withdrawn support for tighter regulations on smog and air pollution at the risk of harming economic growth, this would not be an issue. [...]
Posted in Business, Economics, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Op-Ed, President Obama Tags: Chemicals, Economy, Pollution, Quotations, Regenerative Economy No Comments »Five Friday Facts: Clean Air, EPA, and Regulation
September 2nd, 2011 Eric Wilson In light of President Obama’s recent announcement that the administration has withdrawn support for tighter regulations on smog and air pollution at the risk of harming economic growth, here are today’s Five Friday Facts courtesy of Lisa Jackson, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Jackson’s Labor Day message can be seen below. Since the enactment [...]
Posted in Clean Technology, Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, President Obama Tags: Battery, Economy, Environment, EPA, Jobs, Pollution, Video No Comments »Evergreen Solar Files for Chapter 11
August 17th, 2011 Eric Wilson The Massachusetts based Evergreen Solar has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Chapter 11, which allows a company to reorganize, does not necessarily spell the end of Evergreen, but it is a serious blow. The Boston Herald reports that Evergreen Solar has amassed nearly half a billion dollars in debt. Both the Herald and NPR mention [...]
Book Review: Sustainability on Campus
July 21st, 2011 Eric Wilson Sustainability on Campus: Stories and Strategies for Change is a series of vignettes from institutions of higher education around the US. Co-edited by Peggy Barlett, professor of anthropology at Emory University and Geoffery Chase, Dean of Undergraduate Studies (formerly) at Northern Arizona University, the compilation includes chapters from 16 schools, with one each from Barlett [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Education, Eric Wilson, Local Energy/Food, Sustainability Tags: Book Review, Curriculum, David Orr, Economy, Emory, Environment, Food No Comments »EPA Announces Tighter Regulations for Coal Fired Power Plants
July 12th, 2011 Eric Wilson Last week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it added protections to the Clean Air Act aimed at reducing smokestack emissions that are responsible for causing air pollution in neighboring cities and states. The protections are aimed to replace the EPA’s 2005 Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR). According to the EPA, “a December 2008 [...]
