Category: Politics
04/27/12
Vaclav Klaus on the Threat of Environmentalism von FORAtv
Keywords: Central Planning, Environmentalism more »
04/03/12
10:31:25 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com 
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Categories: Info about Resource Companies, Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Technologies
Becker Posner Blog: Fracking and Self-Sufficiency in Gas and Oil-Becker, April 1, 2012Gary does not neglect that government can give the impetus but private investors normally have to take the lead to industrialization:The early progress in frack… more »
03/20/12
06:37:06 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 149 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics
Forbes: The Rising Price Of the Falling Dollar, by Charles Kadlec, March 19, 2012
Do you know why oil and prices are moving sharply higher? Some blame the oil companies, charging they are manipulating prices. Others cite U.S. sanctions on Iran and the… more »
02/18/12
08:22:55 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 103 words
Categories: Info about Resource Companies, Politics, Technologies
Project Syndicate: Germany’s Sunshine Daydream, by Bjørn Lomborg, Feb. 16, 2012One of the world’s biggest green-energy public-policy experiments is coming to a bitter end in Germany, with important lessons for policymakers elsewhere.Germany onc… more »
02/15/12
12:46:43 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 24 words
Categories: Politics, Initiatives, Technologies
Book about the environment, efficiency and the real path to sustainability. Provoking and mind-changing thoughts:
The Conundrum, by David Owen
Keywords: Environment, Environmental Initiatives more »
11/19/11
08:37:39 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 8 words
Categories: Politics, Initiatives, Technologies
Keywords: Solyndra, Government Loans to Private Cleantech Companies more »
09/27/11
04:57:09 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 18 words
Categories: Politics, Initiatives, Technologies
Keywords: Solyndra, "Green Jobs", Government as Venture Capitalist more »
09/20/11
04:17:05 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 80 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Technologies
Find here interesting slides about BP's world energy outlook until 2030:
BP Energy Outlook 2030
Two major elements seem of key importance:
Page 22: CO2 Emission targets will by far not be met due to the growth of Emerging Countries.
Page 26:… more »
09/18/11
Here is an excerpt from Mark Perry's post "Behold, The Circle of Government Life" about the bankruptcy case, solar panel manufacturer Solyndra: So to recap: massive government subsidies created 1,100 "green jobs" that never would've existed but for t… more »
09/16/11
06:55:42 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 93 words
Categories: Info about Resource Companies, Politics, Technologies
With its decision for a nuclear phase out, Germany has to rely on nuclear energy from neighboring nuclear plants which are not always known for the safety:
Spiegel Online International: Greenwashing after the Phase-Out; German 'Energy Revolution' Depe… more »
07/15/11
07:33:18 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 52 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics
Prices for corn are soaring, in part due to American exports to China, which have quadrupled as well as high demand in ethanol. The upcoming corn crop will be closely watched, Dow Jones Newswires's Leslie Josephs reports.July 13, 2011Keywords… more »
07/11/11
11:19:08 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 935 words
Categories: Info about Resource Companies, Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Technologies
A post on Freakonomics blog and research done at the Stanford Program on Energy and Sustainable Development offer great input to the complex question:Freakonomics: What Happens Next as the World Turns Away From Nuclear Power? A Freakonomics Quorum, J… more »
07/10/11
07:03:40 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 51 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Strategy, Technologies
Paper which was heavily discussed among environmental economists and which demonstrates that the consequences of government interventions can not always been foreseen in detail:
Christoph Böhringer, Knut Einar Rosendahl, Green Serves the Dirtiest, On… more »
09:16:23 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 98 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Technologies
The US Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday issued new standards for power plants in 28 states that would sharply cut emissions of chemicals that have polluted the environment. The Environmental Protection Agency said the cleaner air would prevent… more »
07/09/11
11:09:08 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 15 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Research, Technologies
Reuters: Factbox: What EU studies say on biofuels' indirect damage, July 8, 2011
Keywords: Biofuel, Carbon Dioxide more »
07/03/11
08:27:54 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 462 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Technologies
Spiegel Online International reports that the (premature and opportunistic) political decision to phase out nuclear energy causes deep divisions within the German business community. Some electricity companies are even talking about suing the German gove… more »
06/26/11
09:13:28 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 195 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Technologies
Steven Rattner shows a dramatic example of market distortions caused by wrong environmental policies:NYT: The Great Corn Con, by Steven Rattner, June 24, 2011FEELING the need for an example of government policy run amok? Look no further than th… more »
06/20/11
06:06:15 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 267 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Strategy, Technologies
Philosopher and economist Guy Sorman has a recommended article on Project Syndicate has a recommended article on Project Syndicate. He deals with ideology and "romanticism" before and after the Fukushima catastrophe.
Find here an excerpt:
"At m… more »
06/19/11
Following paper should be read by politicians in Switzerland and Germany which now plan the nuclear energy phase out, initiated in a dirigistic way. The assumption that a nuclear exit will promote plenty of other technologies, capable of replacing nuclea… more »
06/12/11
12:59:26 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 52 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Research, Technologies
Keywords: Energy, Climate, CO2, Energy Technology Research, Cost of Energy more »
XML FeedsThis blog provides information on natural resources and natural resource trends.
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VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL LINKS:
- American Agric. Economics Association
- Berkeley Institute of the EnvironmentLeading environment research center of UC Berkeley
- Ecological EconomicsBlog by Dave Iverson; highly academic; giving an “ecological” perspective on the current environmental debate
- EcoTrekkerTop 50 Alternative Energy Blogs
- Environmental and Urban Economics:Blog of UCLA professor Matthew E. Kahn; posts are a mix of environmental and urban economics. Matt also gives some excellent insights into academic life and a top quality publication record to match
- Daily Reckoning (Commodities Section)
- Environmental CapitalDaily analysis of the business of the environment by The Wall Street Journal
- Environmental EconomicsEconomists Tim Haab and John Whitehead on Environmental and Natural Resources: News, Opinion, and Analysis
- Harvard Environmental Economics ProgramA University wide research initiative
- International Trade Statistics by Product (UNCTAD)
- MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment
- Oxford Business Group
- PERCthe US's oldest and largest institute dedicated to original research that brings market principles to resolving environmental problems
- Planet Ark (Reuters)daily environmental news
- United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database
- United Nations environmental Publications
- US Geological Service - Minerals Information
- US Senate on Natural Resources
- Whiskey and Gunpower
- WTO
- Sierra Club
COMMODITY DATA:
- CNN Money (Commodities)
- Reuters Commodity Prices
- World Bank Commodity Price Data
- The World Gold Council
ENVIRONMENT AND INDUSTRY:
- Eco Business Links
- Business in the Environment
- Earth Trends
- Energy Information Administration (Official US enviromental Statistics)
- Environmental Code of Conducts
- Global Environmental Management Initiative
- Environmental Protection Agency
- GRIST.ORG
- International Corporate Sustainability Reporting
- The European Pollutant Emission Register (Information on approx. 9'200 industrial Sites)
- MasterResource: a free-market energy blog
- World Business Council for sustainable Development (WBCSD)
- World.org: 100 top environmental sites
- Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie GmbH
VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS:
- International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
COMPANY'S SUSTAINA- BILITY REPORTING:
- British Petroleum: Environment and Society
- British Telecom: Society and Environment
- NEC: Annual environmental Report 2006
- Novo Nordisk: Sustainability
- Shell: Environment and Society
- Unilever: Sustainability Development Report
- Global Reporters 2006: Ranking of non-financial Reporting
_________________________________________________________________________________ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS:
WORKING PAPERS:
- SSRN: Biggest Collection of Working Papers (Environmental Economics)
- Globalization of sustainable Development?: Principles and Practices in transnational Corporations (Dennis A. Rondinelli)
