Category - Sustainable Development
Early last month we wrote about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act program that provides cash assistance to energy production companies in place of earned tax credits. Yesterday the Energy and Treasury Deparments announced $502 million in...
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I just got the latest Costco Household Almanac.
Each article in their “Almanac” is an advertisement. The one that got my goat was the one titled “The benefits of bottled water” sponsored by Nestle Waters. There are six...
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With all of the economies falling every which way, and with energy prices causing havoc with everyone’s budget as it fluctuates from $4 a gallon to $2 a gallon and who knows when it will uncontrollably jump up again, one of the few things we...
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In Reuters and other places, I am sure the discussion is all about how lower oil prices area a sign of a weakening US economy.
And it may be that.
But it also proves the important environmental point that the best way to save the world is to buy...
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Banks can easily be seen as the evil opposition to environmental concerns since they only seem to care about money. But there are many banks that take the environment and sustainability seriously. They have agreed to the Equator Principles. There...
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