I am normally loath to publish someone else’s post more or less in its entirety, but Brad DeLong’s discussion of some of the more persuasive arguments for investing to arrest global warming is first rate. (And candidly, he references an article by Martin Weitzmen on the Stern Review, the UK report that was the first […]
Read more...A front page story in today’s Financial Times, “Foreign carmakers doubt Detroit’s ethanol,” report on a split of opinon within the auto industry as to which technology to pursue to reduce carbon emissions. US automakers are keenly promoting E85, which is a mixture of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline; foreign companies are investing in diesel, […]
Read more...A story on the BBC website described the results of the latest Greenpeace assessment of the “eco-friendliness” of 14 electronics firms. What is interesting is that this sort of report, which used to be a media blip at best, now appears to motivate behavior, at least among some companies. Lenovo, which came out on top […]
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