Tag: Economics - Page 2
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Clean Energy Investments Fell in 2012
Uncertain policies, cheap natural gas, and falling technology prices presented a problem for the renewables sector last year. But, things may not be as bad as they seem.
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We'll Never Run This Economy On Renewables (We'll Never Have To)
You can't talk about the potential for clean energy without also talking about creating a radically different economy.
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End of an Era: Mat McDermott Shares His Favorite TreeHugger Moments
Dear TreeHugger readers, you've no doubt noticed some changes on the site in past weeks. You'll notice other changes coming as well, one of which being that you won't be seeing aany more pieces under my byline. That's right, I'm moving on from TreeHugger.
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Fossil Fuels Will Not Help The Working Class. Renewables Might.
A fossil fuel-driven strategy for economic growth is like paying off your mortgage with a credit card. Our only hope of true prosperity lies in committing to a low carbon future.
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UK Government Could Buy 50% of Electricity From Renewables
A government scheme could expand to £750 million of electricity purchases from renewable sources each year. This is good, but it is not good enough.
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Democratic Dominance Or Strangling the "Energy Boom"? Obama's False Choice
If Obama buys short-term political dominance by embracing fossil fuels, the long-term consequences will be disastrous.
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Deniers Are Not The Problem, Naysayers Are
We are not short of solutions to tackle our ecological crisis. But we are faced with too many people who would tell us otherwise.
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Is Earth Screwed? Scientist Says Yes, and He's Not Even Talking About the Outcome of COP18
We now have scientific data proving something that many TreeHugger readers, climate change politics watchers, biodiversity wonks, anti-deforestation activists, consumer culture critics already probably know, or at least fear, deep down in their hearts.
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Rich Nations Spend 5x More Money on Subsidizing Fossil Fuels Than Climate Change Assistance
The priorities here seem pretty obvious.
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You Can't Fight Climate Change Without Rethinking The Economy
For all the talk of solar panels and electric vehicles, we can't escape the fact that growth-at-all-costs is no longer viable.
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US Ambassador Urges Industry to Adapt or Perish
Whaling was once the biggest employer on the East Coast. Whalers probably couldn't have imagined a different energy future either, but it finished them off anyway.
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Europe Could Be 100% Renewable by 2050, If It Gets Its Act Together
A new report suggests that 100% clean energy is feasible for Europe, but there are major organizational barriers in the way.
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Corporations Can Push a Low Carbon Economy, But They Can Only Do So Much
From GE's purchase of electric vehicles to Google's investments in clean energy, corporations are helping launch a low carbon future. But there are limits to what they can achieve.
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72% of Harvard Students Vote to Divest School Endowment From Fossil Fuels Companies
Pulling money from fossil fuels now has much greater support on campus than did the campaign to divest from apartheid South Africa.
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Investors Say Climate Change is Huge Threat to Economy, Pensions
Some of the world's largest investors are once again warning that climate change could sink our economy and our pensions. So why isn't there action?
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Global Environmental Market Grows 4%, Beats GDP
Despite policy uncertainty and a lack of serious intent on climate change, clean energy and other key sectors keep on growing.
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Exxon Is Actually Entirely Correct: A Carbon Tax is Better Than Cap-and-Trade
I'm actually kind of giddy over all the recent talk of the virtues of a carbon tax, versus those of cap-and-trade.
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Is Mass Transit Bad for the Environment?
Freakonomics fires off another contrarian missive. This time, on mass transit, there are some important points to be considered.
