A U.S. Geological Survey USGS team has found that a sharp jump in earthquakes in America’s heartland appears to be linked to oil and natural gas drilling operations.As hydraulic fracturing has exploded […]
Deloitte Outlines Process for Choosing Env. Metrics
Public and private companies are finding it a major challenge to determine what environmental, social and governance (ESG) information to disclose, according to a new report from Deloitte. According to the report, […]
Can Wind and Solar Compete Against Natural Gas?
[ED Note: Rhetoric without solid analytic tools, masquerading as economics… Herman is right to question it.] The wind industry is not likely to save its production tax credit (PTC) in time to […]
A New Economic Analysis of Infrastructure Investment
A New Economic Analysis of Infrastructure Investment | The Big Picture.
Beekeepers to EPA: We’re running out of time
Beekeepers have been concerned that pesticides are to blame for the bee die-offs devastating their industry for a while now. As we reported recently, their losses have spiraled out of control, putting […]
Fact Sheet: 6 Things You Should Know About The Value Of Renewable Energy
Clean energy should play a central role in revitalizing our economy, putting Americans back to work, and keeping America on the cutting edge of innovation and growth. Recently a slew of misguided […]
A Clarion Call on the Food Supply
For anyone who thought the run-up in food prices in recent years was a fluke or a short-term blip, it might be time to reconsider. We have certainly seen intermittent price dips […]
Venture Capitalist Reveals Growth Areas for Water Investments
Yesterday I ran excerpts from an interview with venture capitalist David Henderson, managing director of XPV Capital in Toronto, about why he sees water as a strategic investment. Today he lays out […]
Will EU Countries Reach 2020 Renewable Energy Targets?
The EWEA blog caught up with Emmanuelle Raoult, Chair of an EWEA 2012 session which delves into Europe’s progress on meeting the 20 percent renewable energy by 2020 target, to find out […]
Global Oil Risks in the Early 21st Century
The Deepwater Horizon incident demonstrated that most of the oil left is deep offshore or in other locations difficult to reach. Moreover, to obtain the oil remaining in currently producing reservoirs requires […]
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