Stories: Climate, Energy & Transport

How does climate change affect the corporate competitive landscape? This article by WRI’s Jonathan Lash and Fred Wellington in the Harvard Business Review discusses the risks and opportunities.

Two major global warming gases, methane and nitrous oxide, are emitted in large quantities by the U.S. agriculture industry (70% and 30% of total U.S. emissions, respectively). Conservation programs in the 2007 U.S. Farm Bill offer opportunities to decrease these emissions, as well as broadly address climate change. The technologies to mitigate GHG emissions exist, and farmers could stand to benefit from their implementation.

WRI’s Liz Marshall on corn ethanol as an alternative to gasoline and live performances from Bonnaroo 2006 by the Disco Biscuits.

China’s energy appetite is voracious and growing. It’s a bleak picture for emissions, but the international community can help.

EarthTrends’ February Monthly Update

In a first of its kind deal, a consortium led by Kohlberg, Kravis & Roberts (KKR) and Texas Pacific Group (TPG)

EMBARQ’s workshops at TRB’s annual meeting, why SMEs are on the right side of history, the Fair and Lovely debate continues, expanding connectivity in rural communities, and the “U-Curve” theory of education.