The Nuclear Fig Leaf is Falling
Raise your hand if US taxpayers are responsible to pay for the most expensive mistakes you make in your business.
The Death of Coal?
In 2009, nearly 15,000 megawatts of proposed coal fired power plants were canceled.
To put that in perspective, that would represent about a third of all electricity generating capacity of a state the size of California.
Car Club Goes Green
In 2006, Australia’s National Roads and Motorists’ Association (NRMA) released a study about dependence on oil “down under.”
Abu Dhabi Bailed out Dubai– Is the World Next?
Driving around Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, you can easily see the massive construction sites and melting pot of cultures.
Who is the Girlie Man Now?
As mudslides on the west coast and an epic blizzard on the east coast competed for news coverage last week, nothing could dim the glow of an economic report that contained a remarkable conclusion: Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is trying to make California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger look like a carbon girlie man.
One Step Ahead of the Carbon Cops
What was it that Joe Friday in the old radio and TV show “Dragnet” used to say? “Just the facts, ma’am, just the facts.”
Made in America
Growing up in the 1950s, “Made in Japan” was synonymous with “cheap junk.”
The Investor Game of Chicken
Last week several hundred investors huddled together at the UN with government officials and non-profit groups to discuss one thing – – carbon.
India, Italy, Brazil Can Fill America’s Blanks
Americans pride themselves on being ________ (fill in the blank with something like “biggest”, “best”, or “first”).
Everyone Poops– and a Few Spin Gold
A popular illustrated book, “Everyone Poops”, explains the obvious to our kids, while the fairy tale “Rumpelstiltskin” has characters spinning straw into gold.