Recent Posts Tagged With 'current issues'

• Jeff Sachs: Managing a Persistent Oil Crisis

  Posted on Tuesday September 23rd, 2008 at 04:39 in current issues, tata, jeffrey sachs, business and finance, oil crisis, world economy, science and nature, jeff sachs

  In a recent Scientific American article, the world renown and venerable economists Jeff Sachs offers sound economic insight into coping with and managing the current oil crisis. Sachs, the preeminent authority on poverty and the author of The End of ...

• The China Question; Part I (Reporting from Shanghai)

  Posted on Thursday September 18th, 2008 at 03:55 in china, shanghai, beijing, pollution, olympics, current issues, world economy, science and nature

  A note: As chief editor of GreenBeat I am in the unique position to be reporting directly out of Shanghai, China. For the next several weeks this will be a special section on GreenBeat which will attempt to assess and report on the sustainable landsc...

• Let the Green Games Begin!

  Posted on Friday August 8th, 2008 at 03:19 in china, current issues, beijing olympics, lifestyle and culture

  In China’s unprecedented effort to clean Beijing - a monolith of an attempt in any form or shape - new gates are being opened for the hope that the world’s most polluted country is on the right track to environmental salvation. Tonight is the ev...

• At Long Last Beijing Sees Clear Skies

  Posted on Tuesday August 5th, 2008 at 02:16 in beijing, pollution, current issues, science and nature

  “Experts attributed a rare day of fine weather in the Chinese capital to overnight rain and — finally — the impact of strict anti-pollution measures such as ordering half the cars off the road and closing smoke-belching factories…” ...

• [Video] Debunking Common Myths about Alternative Energy

  Posted on Tuesday August 5th, 2008 at 02:13 in current issues, science and nature

  http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/08/alternative-energy-myths-debunked-in-general-motors-video.php...

• Republican Senator Ted Stevens Indicted on 7 Criminal Charges

  Posted on Tuesday July 29th, 2008 at 22:14 in current issues, ted stevens, idictment

  “WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator and a figure in Alaska politics since before statehood, was indicted Tuesday on seven counts of failing to disclose thousands of dollars in services he received from a company...

• Why High Energy Prices Could Hurt the Environment

  Posted on Tuesday July 29th, 2008 at 19:07 in current issues, business and finance, world economy, high energy costs

  “The cost of energy, especially the “cost of gas,” has zoomed to the top of voters’ economic concerns, according to the latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll. Overall, energy costs are second only to general fears about the economy, just three ...

• Coastal Drilling is Backwards Thinking: Innovation is our Future

  Posted on Tuesday July 29th, 2008 at 18:53 in current issues, offshore oil, science and nature, coastal drilling

  “Several events from the past couple of weeks once again make this fact appallingly clear: The Texas oil man in the White House is way behind the public when it comes to planning an energy future that’s good for us and the planet — and ...