Economy
Dot Earth Blog: Can Wal-Mart Push Both Sustainability and Consumption?
Originally Published by NY Times
– A question for Wal-Mart as it moves its sustainability push into the blogosphere.
Posted on
January 14th, 2012
Economy
What Love Looks Like
Originally Published by Orion
– An activist hero incarcerated for his nonviolent civil disobedience discusses the seeds of resistance and the opportunities presented by a world in disrepair.
Posted on
December 28th, 2011
Economy
Fix acid oceans by dumping alkali in them? Forget it
Originally Published by New Scientist
– Suggestions that we can dump alkaline chemicals into the oceans to prevent acidification seems dead in the water – it would cost trillions of dollars.
U.S. Considered Taking Partial Ownership of Solyndra
Originally Published by NY Times
– E-mails describe fairly desperate financing ideas as Solyndra’s position worsened, including borrowing money at 12 percent interest.
Republicans Probe Whether DOE’s Effort to Save Solyndra Violated 2005 Energy Act
Originally Published by NY Times
– House Republicans are building an argument that the Department of Energy violated the law when it arranged a financial lifeline for Solyndra.
E-Mails Reveal Early White House Worries Over Solyndra
Originally Published by NY Times
– E-mails provided to investigators show White House officials expressed concern that Solyndra might collapse months before it did.
Europe’s prawn obsession ‘devastating’ local communities in Bangladesh
Originally Published by The Ecologist
– Tropical shrimp have a devastating impact on local communities in Bangladesh, leading to a boycott in Europe.
Posted on
October 3rd, 2011
Agriculture, Biodiversity, Economy
Climate ‘could hit Canadian GDP’
Originally Published by BBC News
– Climate change could cost Canada around 1% of its GDP by 2050 in environmental damage.
The Price of Life: A Look at the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity
Scientists, citizens, non-governmental organizations and governments need to find a shared language. As the language of the market system, economic valuation can offer common communication that creates a bridge between different fields of work. A synthesis called TEEB outlines an approach to environmental valuation and offers recommendations on how decision-makers can use the plan as an informative tool.
Elise Mulder, posted on
September 11th, 2011
Biodiversity, Economy, Ecosystems
For sale, cheap: Scenic, South Dakota
Originally Published by mother nature network
– For less than the price of a small Manhattan apartment, you can own an entire town in South Dakota.
Posted on
August 16th, 2011
Economy, Would You Believe?
NASA Daily Image
Panorama of the East Coast
This Jan. 29 panorama of much of the East Coast, photographed by one of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station, provides a look generally northeastward: Philadelphia-New York City-Boston corridor (bottom-center); western Lake Ontario shoreline with Toronto (left edge); Montreal (near center). An optical illusion in the photo makes the atmospheric limb and light activity from Aurora Borealis appear "intertwined." Image Credit: NASA