Posts Tagged green economy

The Dark Side of Green: Gaming the global-warming fight

The Dark Side of Green: Gaming the global-warming fight

Filed Under: Green Politics on November 4, 2009

by Stefan Theil, Newsweek Climate change is the greatest new public-spending project in decades. Each year as much as $100 billion is spent by governm [...]

Cash for Clunkers Gets Another $2 Billion From Energy Loan Guarantee Program

Cash for Clunkers Gets Another $2 Billion From Energy Loan Guarantee Program

Filed Under: Environmental News, Green Politics on August 10, 2009

When the “Cash for Clunkers” program was still just an idea that wasn’t even completely written as legislation, I wrote about it at [...]

Organic Certifications, Labels, and What They Mean

Organic Certifications, Labels, and What They Mean

Filed Under: Green Politics on July 27, 2009

There seems to be a lot of confusion about what that “organic” sign in the grocery store means. For many of us, it merely means “same stuff, hig [...]

Wal-Mart Creating Eco-Ratings for Products

Wal-Mart Creating Eco-Ratings for Products

Filed Under: Environmental News on July 21, 2009

A couple of days ago, I talked about the Cradle to Cradle Certification program for products and processes to measure their impact on the environment. [...]

Cradle to Cradle Certification

Cradle to Cradle Certification

Filed Under: Environmental News on July 18, 2009

McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry has a new certification program called Cradle to Cradle Certification for materials and products.  The certifica [...]

The On-Again, Off-Again Green Economy Part III

The On-Again, Off-Again Green Economy Part III

Filed Under: Green Politics on July 15, 2009

What It Really Is and Where (and When) It Really Thrives This is Part 3 of a 3-part series.  Part 1 is here and Part 2 is here. A True Public-Private [...]

The On-Again, Off-Again Green Economy, Part II

The On-Again, Off-Again Green Economy, Part II

Filed Under: Green Politics on July 14, 2009

What It Really Is and Where (and When) It Really Thrives This is Part 2 of a 3-part series.  Part 1 is here and Part 3 is here. Enter the New Green E [...]

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