$500 Billion in Fossil Fuel Subsidies; Removing Them Would Boost Growth & Revenues, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions: OECD November 17, 2011 By Andrew Burger Leave a Comment Photo courtesy of OECD, IEA Removing fossil fuel subsidies would boost economic growth and make energy markets much more efficient, not to mention …
How Blue State Policy is Greening Up Red States Too
How Blue State Policy is Greening Up Red States Too Posted: 12 Oct 2011 11:00 PM PDT Filed under: Energy News Australia Passes Controversial Carbon Tax Posted: 12 Oct 2011 09:00 PM PDT Filed under: Energy News This Week in Energy: Gasification, China, Brazil, KiOR Posted: 12 Oct 2011 06:00 …
OECD and IEA recommend reforming fossil-fuel subsidies to improve the economy and the environment
OECD and IEA recommend reforming fossil-fuel subsidies to improve the economy and the environment 04/10/2011 – Governments and taxpayers spent about half a trillion US dollars last year supporting the production and consumption of fossil fuels. Removing inefficient subsidies would raise national revenues and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, according to OECD …
Renewable energy subsidies and the WTO: The wrong law and the wrong venue
Feature Commentary Renewable energy subsidies and the WTO: The wrong law and the wrong venue By Aaron Cosbey, Senior Associate, the International Institute for Sustainable Development Japan recently announced that consultations had failed to resolve its dispute with Canada over the Province of Ontario’s feed-in-tariffs for renewable energy, and that …
Worst Ever Carbon Emissions Leave Climate on the Brink
Published on Monday, May 30, 2011 by The Guardian/UK Worst Ever Carbon Emissions Leave Climate on the Brink Exclusive: Record rise, despite recession, means 2C target almost out of reach by Fiona Harvey Greenhouse gas emissions increased by a record amount last year, to the highest carbon output in history, …
133.3 kilometers per hour
Friends, We knew Moving Planet would move–we just didn’t know how fast. It feels like it’s going 133.3 kilometers per hour (which happens to be the fastest speed ever recorded on a bicycle). In the week since we launched this global day of action, we’ve already heard from hundreds of …
Common Algae for Biofuel Butanol Production
Alternative Energy Common Algae for Biofuel Butanol Production Posted: 06 Apr 2011 12:37 AM PDT There have been various methods tried for reducing fossil fuel dependency and containing carbon footprints for a healthier and more eco-friendly future. Corn-produced ethanol has been used for mixing with gasoline but there have been …
The 10 Most Socially Responsible Companies in the World
A publication from JustMeans The 10 Most Socially Responsible Companies in the World? In their upcoming issue devoted to the world’s most admired companies, Fortune Magazine includes a section listing their top 10 most socially responsible companies. The list actually features 11 companies, since there is a tie at both …
Can Unions and the Renewables Stand Against the Attacks of Big Dirty Energy?
A publication from GreenTech Media Can Unions and the Renewables Stand Against the Attacks of Big Dirty Energy? United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard talks about the fight against the unions-renewables alliance to protect the environment and grow a future economy. Organized labor is again leading the defense of the nation’s …
A Future to Celebrate
by Michelle Colussi I was dragged kicking and screaming to a Transition Town Workshop in late 2008. I was convinced there was nothing for me to learn there about community development (and terrified of showing everybody how little I knew about Peak Oil and climate change.)