Environmental Economics

This is a post from my environmental-economic news blog (andersnews.blogspot.com)

Each paragraph primes a news article, copy and paste the link into your browser to view the article:

1) (http://earthtrends.wri.org/updates/node/331)
There are two noble goals that many people are striving for: environmentalism and sustainable development in the industrializing world. Accomplishing these goals at the same time will be difficult but not impossible.

2) (http://earthtrends.wri.org/features/view_feature.php?theme=5&fid=2)
The World Resources Institute asks: "Are Business and Industry Taking Sustainability Seriously?"

3) (http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/10/plugin-hybrids-grid-smart-garage.php)
Transportation is such a large issue in environmentalism. Some people are optimistic about electrical cars and plug-in hybrids, others are skeptical. The Rocky Mountain Institute has some comments to make

4) (http://green.yahoo.com/blog/amorylovins/29/how-to-design-a-light-big-and-safe-car.html)
The Rocky Mountain Institute also weighs in on "How to Design a Light, Big and Safe Car."

5) (http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=39511)
The Environmental Defense Fund makes a case for investing in Transit.

6) (http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/04/inconvenient-truth-gop)
The US is fast tracking climate change legislation in the federal Congress, US industry supports it, now only republicans that are repeating old arguments are the opposition and many republicans are giving up the old rhetoric so they can become involved in the shaping of the legislation.

7) (http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/04/23/chinas-green-leap-forward/)
8) (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/apr/23/greenwash-dongtan-ecocity)
China is investing more in renewable energy than the US and is figuring out how to become more environmental within Chinese Politics(7). But, the path will not be smooth as China steps away from their project of building the world's first"green city"(8).

9) (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/apr/23/clean-coal-energy-policy)
10) (http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=will-the-us-need-new-coal)
The British government has mandated that every coal fired power plant built from now on has to have a carbon sequestration device attached to it(9). This will raise the price of coal energy and clear the path for renewable energy to be cheaper for consumers. Also, the US is looking towards never building another coal fired power plant or nuclear power plant ever again(10).

11) (http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/04/24/ocean-power-surges-forward/)
Wave technology is developing; with large projects being started now they may be a cornerstone of our energy production in the next decade.