My annual review of the (mostly) good and bad in sustainable business during the year.
The New York Times’ Ross Douthat relies on a set of arguments against the pursuit of a clean economy that have little basis in fact and mainly defend the untenable status quo. The overall pitch has two main parts: (a) promoting a clean economy through the use of market mechanisms like cap-and-trade is a perversion of free markets…(b) going green will cost jobs and hurt the economy. Let’s look at both ideas.
On the heels of one of the most active weeks in Presidential history, President Obama has confounded his supporters on the green side of the
We are coming out of our long, national nightmare. One of the dirtiest political fights in memory is over (sort of). But if you think
It’s been a couple months since the global climate negotiations in Copenhagen. Whether you’re a fan of a global cap on carbon emissions or not,
I never thought I’d say it, but I agree with Exxon on an environmental issue. The CEO, Rex Tillerson, called for a carbon tax yesterday.
[First published on Huffington Post] The U.S. Senate’s latest attempt at tackling climate change, the Warner-Lieberman bill, went down this month…again. The complaints of the
‘Is the World Better Off Because Your Company Is In It?’: Examining Corporate Climate Responsibility
