From the Answer Desk: Monitoring Cap and Trade
Reader Jason Welker received the following question from a high school student:It's very interesting how this whole marketing pollution...

The EU will apply strict controls to carbon capture technology
Filed under: Legislation and Policy, Carbon Capture, European UnionAs we have explained before, Europe wants to become a green continen...

Cuba Bans Turtle Hunt to Protect Species
Recently, we noted that the end of the United States' economic embargo against Cuba could be bad news for the Caribbean nation's impre...

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Chapter Nine Excerpt: The U.S.-China Suicide Pact on Climate
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TREEconomist Hosts Carnival of the Green
This week is Carnival of the Green # 111 and it's being hosted by TREEconomist, a site that's dedicated to the analysis and discussion ...

Canada wants to join the 35mpg by 2020 club
Filed under: MPG, Legislation and Policy, North AmericaNow that the energy bill and its attendant fuel economy standards has been passe...

McMansions: Unsustainable Housing Meets Unsustainable Finance
The sub-prime meltdown hit me personally when my bank calmly informed me one day last fall that they had ceased to be, and, due t...