Keyword(s): Externalities
11/23/09
06:44:31 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com 
, 301 words 
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Initiatives, Technologies
According to the Financial Times leading European industrialists believe that manufacturing on the continent will become more and more green. They also expect government subsidies for such activity. I recommend them to find activities which will generate… more »
06/13/08
01:52:07 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 370 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Technologies
The Market Value and Cost of
Solar Photovoltaic Electricity Production, Severin Borenstein, University of California at Berkeley, January 2008
Abstract from paper:
"The high cost of power from solar photovoltaic (PV) panels has been a major deterr… more »
10/20/07
07:25:58 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 454 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends
Energy and Emissions: Local and Global Effects of the Rise of China and India, Z. Shalizi, World Bank - Research Department, April 1, 2007, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4209
The impact of China's and India's growing energy consumption… more »
10/15/07
Moss, an indicator of air quality
With this post we take part in The Blog Action Day about environmental issues. MarketObservation bloggers are people who believe that free market systems and socially responsible behaviour do not have to be contradi… 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)
