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Gore, Gandhi, and Dioum 04/16/08   —  Al Gore at TED March, 2008 Here is an excellent presentation on issues pertaining to the new environmental movement--global climatic disruption and resource constraints (in comparison to the previous environmental movement--biodiversity, toxins, air/water quality, and population). In the past, I ha...
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David Suzuki, Air, and Intelligence 04/07/08   —  David Suzuki talking about air and alveoliMarch 12, 2008 -- 11th Annual Commonwealth LectureOur lungs are made up of about 300 million capsules, or alveoli, and they are clustered around an alveolar stem like grapes. We have lots of these clusters in our lungs and we need them all to provide the surf...
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Conscientious Investments: The Carbon Principles 02/05/08   —  Banks Set Emissions Standard for U.S. Power Industry1999 -- By Lisa Lee, Reuters via ENNThree Wall Street banks said on Monday they will set environmental standards that factor in risks posed by carbon-emissions when lending to power companies that seek to build coal-fired power plants.Citigroup Inc,...
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State of Green Business 2008 02/02/08   —  <center>Download report</center>Thank you for visiting this Environmental Economics blog. Please bookmark and return daily!...
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1 Megawatt Powers 778 Homes! 02/02/08   —  A one-megawatt electric plant running continuously at full capacity can power 778 households each year, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. There are 1,000 kilowatts in a megawatt. Solar technology has lower capacity because its power generation is constrained by availability of the sun.<c...
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Why 80% GHG Reductions Are Necessary: Concentrations, Emissions, Stocks, and, Flows 02/02/08   —  <center /><center>Read more...</center>Thank you for visiting this Environmental Economics blog. Please bookmark and return daily!
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Combined Renewable Energy Powerplant 01/09/08   —  <center />Thank you for visiting this Environmental Economics blog. Please bookmark and return daily!...
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AEP Settles With Government 10/10/07   —  AEP Settles Long-Running U.S. Acid Rain SuitOctober 9, 2007 -- Reuters via ENNU.S. power generator American Electric Power has settled an eight-year legal battle over acid rain with the U.S. government and other plaintiffs, but the agreement will not change the company's 2007 earnings, a spokesman sa...
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PG&E Gives Away 1 Million CFLs 10/03/07   —  PG&E Gives Away 1 Million Energy Efficient Light BulbsOctober 3, 2007 -- By Todd Woody, Green WombatIn the U.S.' biggest compact fluorescent light bulb giveaway, California utility PG&E began handing out 1 million energy-efficient CFLs today. The bulbs use 75 percent less electricity than con...
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Climate Change Agreement by 2009? 10/02/07   —  Thank you for visiting this Environmental Economics blog. Please bookmark and return daily!
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Avoiding Collapse in Modern Civilization 10/02/07   —  THE NATURE OF THE NEW WORLDOctober 2, 2007 -- By Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy InstitutePlan B 2.0 Book Byte:We recently entered a new century, but we are also entering a new world, one where the collisions between our demands and the earth’s capacity to satisfy them are becoming daily events. It m...
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Biofuels May Raise GHG Emissions, says Nobel Laureate 09/25/07   —  Biofuels could boost global warming, finds studySeptember 21, 2007 -- By Zoe Corbyn, Chemistry WorldGrowing and burning many biofuels may actually raise rather than lower greenhouse gas emissions, a new study led by Nobel prize-winning chemist Paul Crutzen has shown. The findings come in the wake of...
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Carbon Tax, CAFE Standards and Cap-and-Trade: An Economist's View 09/19/07   —  One Answer to Global Warming: A New TaxSeptember 16, 2007 -- By N. Gregory Mankiw, The New York TimesIn the debate over global climate change, there is a yawning gap that needs to be bridged. The gap is not between environmentalists and industrialists, or between Democrats and Republicans. It is betw...
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Alex's Last Words 09/11/07   —  Excerpts from:Brainy Parrot Dies, Emotive to the EndSeptember 11, 2007 -- By Benedict Carey, The New York TimesHe knew his colors and shapes, he learned more than 100 English words, and with his own brand of one-liners he established himself in television shows, scientific reports and news articles a...
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Biomimicry, Maximizing Wealth and Minimizing Materials Flow 09/05/07   —  Excerpt from:Natural Capitalism1999 -- By Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins and L. Hunter LovinsMaterials efficiency is just as much a lesson of biological design as the making of spider-silk: biomimicry can inform not just the design of specific manufacturing processes but also the structure and function of...
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Natural Capitalism Quotes 09/04/07   —  Excerpts from:Natural Capitalism1999 -- By Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins and L. Hunter LovinsImagine giving a speech to Parliament in 1750 predicting that within seventy years human productivity would rise to the point that one person could do the work of two hundred. The speaker would have been branded ...
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The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono 08/30/07   —  I highly recommend the animated adaptation of this allegorical tale. The 30 minute movie won an Academy Award for best animated short film.The Man Who Planted Trees (L'homme qui plantait des arbres)1953 -- By Jean Giono, translation from french by Peter DoyleIn order for the character of a human bein...
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Methane Hydrates (Clathrates) Could Power The World 08/27/07   —  The great submarine burpAugust 27, 2007 -- The EconomistMethane from the oceans could power the worldMuch effort is quietly going into the pursuit of what is probably the world’s greatest store of fossil fuel—caches of methane, the primary component of natural gas, stored in structures called met...
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Rabbit-Proof Fence Has Unintended Consequences 08/15/07   —  At Australia’s Bunny Fence, Variable Cloudiness Prompts Climate StudyAugust 14, 2007 -- By Sonal Noticewala, The New York TimesA fence built to prevent rabbits from entering the Australian outback has unintentionally allowed scientists to study the effects of land use on regional climates.The rabbi...
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2007 Farm Bill 08/13/07   —  After searching for information on the 2007 Farm Bill, I realized that I was still uncertain of all the proposals and debates. Please let me know if you have any suggestions for good articles on this topic.In addition to the article below, I would recommend these links:Purdue University (including ov...
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I obtained a B.S. in Economics & a B.S. in E.E.O. Biology.




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