wrdforwrd

Huge drop in solar costs on the way

wrdforwrd — Thu, 17 May 2012 09:00:14 +0000

Reports of the solar industry’s pending demise have been greatly exaggerated, at least according to research by McKinsey. According to the consultancy, the solar-power industry is merely suffering from “growing pains.” The article, “Solar power: Darkest before dawn,” dispels the notion that the industry has “lapsed into a classic cycle of boom and bust after [...]

RFK Jr. calls out the corrupting power of coal

wrdforwrd — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:09:20 +0000

“Coal is a crime.” Succinctly put by the environmental lawyer and anti-coal advocate John F. Kennedy Jr. this week in Portland where hundreds rallied against proposals to bring mile-long coal trains from the Midwest to Pacific Northwest ports for export to Asia, mainly China. Kennedy, president of the Waterkeeper Alliance and senior attorney for the [...]

Interagency Group: What the Frack?

wrdforwrd — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:00:41 +0000

Fracking is getting heat—or at least a lot of attention—at the grassroots and at the federal levels. President Obama this month issued an Executive Order forming an interagency working group “supporting the safe and responsible development of unconventional natural gas resources.” “Unconventional” in this case is hydraulic fracturing—aka fracking—a natural gas extraction method in which [...]

Climate change on Earth Day: lies, delusion and reality

wrdforwrd — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 09:00:06 +0000

Somewhere in China, a professor of political science and ethics, Won Tru Tang, begins his lecture. “Today students we’ll review some recent statements in the news from America. It will be up to you to determine which, if any, of these statements were actually said, and which are fake. This will be part of next [...]

OECD says inaction on climate comes with a heavy cost

wrdforwrd — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:16:17 +0000

We knew or at least surmised that this was true, but the really scary conclusion from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is that it could get way, way worse: Without more ambitious actions by governments global greenhouse gas emissions could increase 50 percent by 2050. The warning from the 34-member-nation OECD, whose mission [...]

The rich really are different: infographic

wrdforwrd — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:00:03 +0000

And Tony Shin, who specializes in “infographics and the like” as a senior marketing analyst and project manager at Pop Media Labs, illustrates why: Created by: AccountingDegreeOnline.net Filed under: corporate sustainability, economy, investment Tagged: ethics, infographic, Tony Shin

Stopping fracking one town at a time

wrdforwrd — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:00:13 +0000

An excellent way to put a stop to fracking is to do it town by town and county by county. New York Supreme Court Justice Phillip R. Rumsey ruled last month that the Town of Dryden, NY has the right to adopt zoning rules that prohibit natural gas drilling that uses the hydraulic fracturing, or [...]

Getting charged up for a $10K EV rebate

wrdforwrd — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 09:00:29 +0000

If you are on the fence about that new Nissan Leaf or Chevy Volt, how does taking $10,000 off sound? That’s right, those thinking about jumping into the EV market could pocket a nice new incentive in the form of a $10,000 rebate, which is part of President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget plan. While [...]

Significant emissions reductions lacking across supply chains

wrdforwrd — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:00:36 +0000

Companies have yet to post significant emissions reductions across their supply chains despite the opportunities those actions would mean for cost savings, according to the Carbon Disclosure Project and Accenture. That disheartening conclusion from an environmental sustainability perspective was revealed in A New Era: Supplier Management in the Low-Carbon Economy, the CDP’s fourth annual global [...]

State of green biz is mixed

wrdforwrd — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:00:33 +0000

Like a mixed green salad, GreenBiz Group‘s fifth annual 2012 State of Green Business report offers a jumbled view of the current green and sustainable business landscape. “Things aren’t going as well as we’d hoped,” said Joel Makower, principal author of the 84-page report. “For the first time since we began doing our assessment, in [...]