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October 27, 2008
Posted by Peter Lehner in Green Enterprise
- Tags:
- coal, creditcrisis, nuclear
Almost every day now, a major media outlet carries a story about the dangers to alternative energy development because of the economic crisis rippling across the world. What you aren't reading much of anything about in the mainstream media today...
July 11, 2008
Posted by Peter Lehner
- Tags:
- chrisjordan, consumption, foodprices, gasprices, malthus, trash, waste
Thomas Malthus has suddenly become popular again. While Americans are concerned about fuel prices, much of the rest of the world is concerned about food prices. In countries like Egypt and Bangladesh, and in regions of Africa, riots have...
June 18, 2008
Posted by Peter Lehner in Green Enterprise
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Reviving the World's Oceans
, Solving Global Warming
- Tags:
- efficiency, gasprices, globalwarming, greeneconomy, oceans, offshoredrilling
Earlier today, President Bush called upon Congress to lift a ban on offshore oil drilling that was enacted more than 25 years ago. Since then, every President has extended the moratorium – first by President Bush’s father, in 1990, and...
June 4, 2008
Posted by Peter Lehner in Green Enterprise
, Solving Global Warming
, U.S. Law and Policy
- Tags:
- climatechange, climatesecurityact, greeneconomy, greenjobs, liebermanwarner
When I walk into our New York office every morning, I know I work with people devoted to the environment. In my colleague’s offices, there are pictures of all of their favorite mountains, rivers and oceans. In mine, I have...