Tag: Economics - Page 11
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Solar Power Becomes Cheaper Than Diesel Generators in India
Solar cost-competitiveness depends on where it is installed and what it competes against. In India, the diesel generator industry may have cause for alarm.
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High Court Grants Urgent Hearing on UK Solar Feed-In Tariff Cuts
Most Brits want support for clean energy, but the Government is slashing subsidies fast. Now key solar players have been granted a High Court hearing. This could get interesting.
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Time Makes Solar Cost-Competitive Right Now
Millions of Americans can install solar right now in the knowledge they will be beating their utilities electricity pricing in the very near future.
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How Designing Smarter Farmers' Markets Will Help Our Cities Survive
Food matters, and can be a job and wealth creator for cities. Welcome to Farmers' Market 2.0.
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Cutest Stop Motion Videos Briefly Explain the Concepts Behind the Solidarity Economy
Created with everyday objects, they explore subjects like housing collectives, worker coops and community supported agriculture.
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Confederation of British Industry: "Environmental Regulation Doesn't Have to be a Burden"
Britain's largest industry group issues thinly-veiled attack on Government for undermining environmental regulation. Why isn't US industry so vocal?
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Minnesota Utility Customers May Get a 'Clean Coal' Electricity Bill Increase For Christmas
An efficient, low polluting coal-fired electricity plant was mothballed because it is not cost competitive.
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Solar Panels Are Cheaper Than We've Been Told
We keep hearing that solar will be cheaper than coal soon. But many of those studies significantly overestimate the costs of solar.
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OccupyEducated Creates a Virtual Library for the #Occupy Movement: What Books Would You Recommend?
In response to books being confiscated and destroyed at Occupy Wall Street, activists have created a virtual library to spread the word.
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Urban Agriculture As Economic Stimulus: Help Grow a People-Funded Farm (Video)
Community farming is not altruistic do-gooding. This NC collective argues it's about rethinking our entire food system.
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Can Britain's "Green Investment Bank" Get the Job Done?
Britain's $3bn green investment bank was supposed to be a game changer. Critics fear it will be little more than a footnote. Here's why.
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What Better Personal Finance Can Teach Us About More Sustainable Living
Cutting your spending is often the first step to going green. But the parallels between personal finance and sustainable lifestyles go much deeper.
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Global Witness Gives Up on Kimberley Process "Conflict-Free" Diamonds
Global Witness—an organization that helped to establish the Kimberley Process—has officially withdrawn from KP because of the scheme's “shocking” decision in November.
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Would You Rent Your Dog? Make Money By Sharing Almost Everything You Own (Video)
Sharing is good for the planet. But it can also be good for your bank account. One writer made some serious money by renting his dog.
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Financial Meltdown, Peak Oil, Global Warming: Are We in a Crisis of Civilization? (Video)
A leading terrorism expert's new movie explores the hidden connections between the myriad of crises we face.
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How Can Clean Energy Grow When Governments Are "Broke"? If Indeed They Are...
How can we create a clean energy revolution in a supposed "age of austerity". A free mega-webinar aims to find out.
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What Caused The Real Estate Meltdown? The Collapse Of The Suburban Fringe
Christopher Leinberger makes the case that demographics caused the meltdown; nobody wants to live in the 'burbs anymore
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Why Hasn't America Embraced Feed-In Tariffs?
Feed In Tariffs are considered the best legislative tool for supporting renewables. So why hasn't America gotten on board?
