Category: Initiatives
04/02/12
06:35:47 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com 
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Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Initiatives, Technologies
AESA Cortaillod is a leader in providing measuring products and solutions for such optimizations:The raw material costs associated with cable manufacture are continuously reaching unexpected peaks. Typically, a cable manufacturer today pays around EU… 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 »
06/19/11
07:29:26 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 5 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Initiatives
Keywords: Environmental Inititatives, Organic Food more »
05/16/11
06:42:41 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 514 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Initiatives, Technologies
Here is a "pre-Fukushima" paper by Chicago researchers:On the Economics of Climate Policy, Gary S. Becker, Kevin M. Murphy and Robert H. Topel, George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, The University of Chicago, Working Pa… more »
03/09/11
04:55:48 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 226 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Initiatives
Spiegel Online International: Chaos at the Pumps; German Consumers Are Wary of New E10 Biofuel, March 4, 2011
Germany recently began introducing gasoline containing a higher percentage of biofuels. But consumers have so far been skittish, leading to p… more »
02/10/11
08:21:37 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 70 words
Categories: Politics, Strategy, Initiatives
Two University papers find that the creation of green jobs through publicly supported environmental initiatives might be overstated:
Morriss, Andrew P., Bogart, William T., Dorchak, Andrew and Meiners, Roger E., 7 Myths About Green Jobs (March 11, 200… more »
09/25/10
10:35:10 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 5 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Initiatives
Keywords: Climate Change, Richard Branson more »
09/05/10
Presentation about how and where we work, and the impact it has on what we are capable of producing. Find this an impressive presentation!
Biology of Business: Complex Adaptive SystemsView more presentations from Farrow Partnership Architects.
Keyw… more »
07/22/10
12:19:20 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 29 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Initiatives
Pavan Sukhdev, the head of the UN Environmental Programme's Green Economy Initiative, on how to assign an economic value to nature:
Keywords: Environmental Initiatives, Value of Nature, Environmental Economics more »
05/17/10
09:10:54 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 0 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Initiatives, Technologies
03/11/10
An economic view of the environment, by Robert Stavins, March 8, 2010
This may seem like a trivial question with an obvious answer. But what really is the proper role for individuals and institutions in addressing climate change? An immediate and na… more »
03/01/10
04:14:54 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 0 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Initiatives, Technologies
12/21/09
Belfer Center for International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government: What Hath Copenhagen Wrought? A Preliminary Assessment of the Copenhagen Accord, by Robert Stavins, Dec. 20, 2009Harvard's Robert Stavins deals with what could be reasonab… more »
12/20/09
09:49:21 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 256 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Initiatives
Columbia prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs was fast in putting his opinion about the outcome of the Copenhagen climate change conference on the internet. He is right that Obama was very pragmatic in claiming a kind of victory. Future will show whether he is a villa… more »
12/19/09
Source: Huffington PostLeading global economies made a fragile letter of intent at the Copenhagen climate conferenc. The 2.5 page accord fell particularly short of the expectations of major European leaders. However, President Obama was talking of a… more »
12/06/09
11:53:15 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 419 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Initiatives
Economist: The green slump, Dec. 3, 2009The Economist writes about the currently rather low interest of private investors in clean-energy, "The clean-energy business has had a hard year. Investment in the sector tanked in late 2008, as did share… more »
08:25:20 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 159 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Strategy, Initiatives
Harvard Prof. R. Stavins calls for an efficient and cost-effective path for stabilizing greenhouse gas emissions. Activism could lead to an inefficient use of capitalBoston Globe: A silver lining in the climate talks cloud, by Robert N. Stavins, Dec.… 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)
