Sitting around in the dark might be good for reflection, unless you’re a ray of light.
You might’ve missed it, but Earth Hour occurred Saturday, March 29. People in cities across the globe were to turn out the lights for one hour to help fight climate change.
Now I favor reasonable conservation on the personal and [...]
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Please enjoy today’s energy debate watch, a collection of news stories and perspectives about energy, environment and climate related issues. These articles are provided to keep Terra Rossa readers informed about the current public energy debate but are not intended to express the views of the blog. Let us know your thoughts on these articles [...]
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I wanted to bring to the attention of our readers an illuminating interview that the Wall Street Journal’s Alan Murray and Kimberley Strassel conducted with GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt this week.
In the interview, available here, Mr. Immelt covers a wide variety of energy and environmental topics from a capitalist perspective. It’s fascinating to read his [...]
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One of the most common concerns raised by opponents of cap & trade is it will cost a lot of Americans their jobs. Given folks’ anxiety about the state of our economy today those concerns, whether true or not, have an impact.
I’m not an expert on the economy, though like millions of other entrepreneurial [...]
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Please enjoy today’s energy debate watch, a collection of news stories and perspectives about energy, environment and climate related issues. These articles are provided to keep Terra Rossa readers informed about the current public energy debate but are not intended to express the views of the blog. Let us know your thoughts on these articles [...]
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I keep hearing legislators say that we cannot address climate change without CHINA. I wholeheartedly agree that China has to be part of the solution — but since when does the United States wait for China to lead? There are a few lessons from the world of sports that may help explain how we [...]
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Even as the Lieberman-Warner bill continues to languish in committee, it has been a big week for proponents of cap-and-trade in the U.S. First, the New York Mercantile Exchange announced that it would start selling futures in a carbon market, joining other U.S. companies like the Chicago Climate Exchange. And in Canada, the [...]
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Now that’s a powerful message coming from three senior business executives who know a lot about creating jobs.
In a new nationwide TV ad premiering today, three surprising voices join the climate chorus:
Robert Lane, CEO of John Deere,
Alexander M. “Sandy” Cutler, CEO of Eaton Corp., and
Frank Knapp, president of the 5,000-member South Carolina Small Business Chamber [...]
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Please enjoy today’s energy debate watch, a collection of news stories and perspectives about energy, environment and climate related issues. These articles are provided to keep Terra Rossa readers informed about the current public energy debate but are not intended to express the views of the blog. Let us know your thoughts on these articles [...]
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My favorite green blog, the Wall Street Journal’s Environmental Capital today notes an interesting development. Financial giant Merrill Lynch has invested $9 million to protect nearly 3,000 square miles of Indonesian forest.
Merrill Lynch is hoping to use this investment to generate carbon credits it can sell on the open market; a shrewd business decision by [...]
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The concept of “Creation Care” – that we have a responsibility to provide responsible stewardship of God’s Creation – is a common belief among many religious denominations.
Today 46 senior leaders in the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, signed a resolution urging their flock to do more to stop climate [...]
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The New York Times had a fascinating article last month about the efforts of two scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory to turn carbon dioxide into gasoline – a project they call Green Freedom…
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During my morning scan of yesterday’s headlines I couldn’t help but shake my head.
The saber-rattling antics of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hugo Chavez are back in the news. Ahmadinejad’s Iran faces another round of UN sanctions because of its pursuit of a nuclear weapons program. And Chavez is threatening to plunge the South American [...]
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