Category: Natural Disasters
06/12/11
09:46:19 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com 
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Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Technologies, Natural Disasters
Continue CO2 reduction policies? phase out nuclear energy? is both possible? what is an optimal energy mix? who knows what the mix is? politicians? markets? ....
Keywords: Cleantech, Nuclear Power more »
06/06/11
06:39:46 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 230 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Strategy, Technologies, Natural Disasters
Various nations are discussing new energy strategies after the Fukushima disaster. Cirone and Urpelainen of Columbia University have last week published a new paper about the effectiveness of new energy technology investments as related to government str… more »
04/29/11
07:13:44 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 343 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Strategy, Natural Disasters
Glenn Peters and colleagues from PANS have lately published a paper which dealt not only with carbon dioxide emitted in the territory of the respective consumer of the goods but also with carbon dioxide emissions elsewhere by producers making goods that… more »
03/27/11
12:40:58 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 269 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Technologies, Natural Disasters
The tragic nuclear disaster in Fukushima makes forget that Japanese politics and its planning agency MITI have seen the nuclear option as a way to meet the carbon emission requirements of the Kyoto protocol. This is stated in a policy description on the… more »
07/05/10
The Becker Posner Blog: The Gulf Oil Leak and Optimal Safety Precautions-Becker, July 4, 2010 more »
06/27/10
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06/24/10
07:55:48 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 0 words
Categories: Politics, Strategy, Natural Disasters
06/23/10
07:22:55 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 49 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Technologies, Natural Disasters
Brooking's Amy Liu, whohas been tracking the recovery of the Gulf Coast ever since Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, discusses the enormous economic impact of the catastrophic BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill on New Orleans, the Gulf Coast region, and the nat… more »
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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)
