Category: Editorial
So Why Not Tax the Carbon Speculators?
We surprised even ourselves by our suggestion in our last editorial to tax carbon trading. Are taxes the tools of lazy politicians? Are we simply not smart enough to find a better solution? Or well-intentioned enough to bring all sides together at the negotiating table? Since we made the suggestion of taxing carbon [...]
Climate Change Needs Market Mechanisms Not Aid
As climate scientists debate over whether global warming on Jupiter, Mars, Neptune, Pluto and Triton is being caused by the same forces heating up mother earth, climate talks here on earth have reached a stalemate. Climate talks have been deadlocked by the same issues since their inception. Developed countries want developing countries to curb more [...]
In Search of Davos Man
It’s that time of year again – the World Economic Forum is gearing up in Davos, Switzerland. And once more, the world’s elite is seeking to craft new models, new architectures, a third way, a fourth way, and so on. This year, the hoi polloi of international business and politics is going to debate four [...]
Durban’s Dilemma: China’s Wealth Gap
The transition from a developing to a developed country has always been the messiest and most debated affair in economics, so should we be surprised that it is threatening to derail the Kyoto climate change agreement? At issue is the massive wealth being created in China and India, both Annex II countries under international climate [...]
Is eco news being blocked?
The BBC’s Sir David Attenborough has crossed a line — and it was not a triple bottom line but more of a mucky moral line on which he is now stuck. The public broadcaster’s Mr. Climate Change failed to reveal the grants he received from the University of East Anglia’s Tyndall Centre for Climate Change [...]
The Energy Conservation “Farmville” of Facebook Apps
Real time energy usage data has always been considered the holy grail to encouraging energy consumers to conserve energy. The goal is a smart meter in every home, but nobody was clever enough to provide the Jones, your neighbours, with access to your energy usage data, too — until now! Participating households can invite their [...]
- A Tale of Two Cleantechs - Energy Collective
- MaRS cleantech leader Tom Rand recognized for environment-friendly business ... - Canada NewsWire (press release)
- Some light in clean tech investing, despite the gloom - GreenBiz.com (blog)
- Keiretsu Forum Angel Investor Network Announces 3rd Annual "Pitch Me Green" - Marketwire (press release)
- Bloomberg New Energy Finance Explains Why Cleantech Investment is Down - Triple Pundit
