Here’s my attempt to capture the most important stories that affected the greening of business in 2010…
A cover story in the NY Times today declares, “Cost of Green Power Makes Projects Tougher Sell.” Apparently wind turbines are not flying off the shelves as fast as a couple of years ago. States are unwilling to add negligible costs to power bills.
On the heels of my recent column on China’s investment in clean technology, two news items really caught my attention in the last couple of weeks. They tell an interesting story of who in the U.S. is really prepared to build a modern energy system.
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.
After a long weekend of family and sun, centered around our annual rite of Americana, I’ve been thinking about what a modern declaration of independence would look like. What is the modern tyranny that controls our lives?
I just saw a recent episode of The Simpsons (best show ever?) about renewable energy.
As usual, they’re take on things is funny, poignant, and pointed.
The nightmare is not over and the repercussions in terms of regulations and the future of BP are far from certain. But it’s high time to start sifting through the wreckage for some learning so we can avoid similar catastrophes…Here are my top five lessons, running from geopolitical and philosophical to corporate-level branding and strategy.
The beginning of this post is here, the rest is on Huffington Post here… This weekend, the New York Times gave Bjorn Lomborg — the
‘Is the World Better Off Because Your Company Is In It?’: Examining Corporate Climate Responsibility
