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MID-DAY UPDATE: About those taxes...
Daryl Paranada Sep 8, 2010
President Obama does not want tax cuts for the rich to be extended....
Which is better for the environment, an e-reader or paper books?
Adriene Hill Sep 7, 2010
Easy Answer: It depends on how much you read and where you get your paper books....
I love golf. I also love the environment. Do I have to choose between them?
Adriene Hill Sep 21, 2011
Easy Answer: Yes. You probably do....
Outdated mental models thwart sustainability -- details at 6
Heidi Siegelbaum Sep 22, 2009
Last week, Andrew Revkin noted the recently released MIT Sloan Management Review/Boston Consulting Group report on the pace and substance of...
The economics of global climate change
Chris Farrell Jun 21, 2009
The sustainability and global climate change debate is shifting from science to political economy. I'm probably late to this paper, but I just read...
Time to play alternative energy?
Chris Farrell May 6, 2009
Oil prices are heading back up. From today's Wall Street Journal:...
Corporate taxes for energy taxes
Chris Farrell May 6, 2009
The Administration says it plans on cracking down on offshore tax shelters and avoidance. The target of the initiative is U.S.-based multinational...
The 1918 influenza epidemic
Chris Farrell Apr 30, 2009
I find these numbers stunning. They're from a paper by Elizabeth Brainerd of Williams College and Mark Singer of California State University....
Information technology and carbon footprint
Chris Farrell Apr 24, 2009
This chart from the consulting firm McKinsey & Co. is intriguing. The firm notes that computers, data storage, and communications devices are...
Tire rolling resistance standards and your fuel efficiency
Dalasie Michaelis Aug 19, 2008
From Cindy Skrzycki's business column at WashingtonPost.com....
