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So why doesn’t Exxon Mobile bail out the failing auto industry? After all they are the ones that rely on these gas guzzling vehicles to create record breaking profits of $45 billion. Profits that exceed the gross domestic product of all but 16 of the worlds nations. With windfall profits like that why not ask [...] Recently we are being bombarded by local and national news reports of the economic crisis, including massive layoffs across all sectors of the economy. Unemployment continues to rise with projections that could exceed a 25 year high of 8.8%. Unemployment offices and job resource centers are swamped with new applicants. Recent job layoffs continue to [...] In a drastic 180 President Obama has reversed the Bush administration policy preventing individual states like California and Washington from implementing more stringent emissions standards to fight greenhouse gas emissions. Obama also called for federal law requiring automakers to produce more fuel-efficient cars. You would expect the oil rich countries like Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) of the Middle East to be an unlikely hot spot for green industry. Considering they have one of the highest per capitia carbon footprints in the world with little public transportation, no recycling and rampant energy waste. The opposite is true as [...] Coca-Cola recently opened a new “bottle-to-bottle” recycling plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and touts the plant as the “largest one in the world.” Coinciding with the plant’s opening, the company has a marketing initiative called “Give it Back” to promote recycling. A 30 second advertisement says, “If you’ve had a Coke in the last 40 [...] Recently all the talk has been about carbon footprints. What about water footprints? Water conservation efforts will be big news in 2009. Historically water conservation has been an uphill battle due to the artificially low price of water. With a surging population, global warming and waste, many believe we are approaching “peak water“. We have [...] The idea of building decentralized smart grid’s to distribute power is the talk of the sustainable community currently. By decentralizing the power grid it reduces the vulnerability of terrorism attacks, reduces rolling blackouts and allows the efficient deployment of renewable energy sources like wind and solar. What’s for lunch? It’s a universal question that many of us working stiffs have to figure out every day. You have a finite amount of time, and don’t want to spend it driving around, or walking far. And yet you want to eat healthy. All those criteria don’t usually come together. Until Green Truck. Today marks the beginning of a new era. President Obama understands the importance of creating a sustainable economy. Much of that will have to do with reducing our dependence on foreign oil as well as oil in general by investing in renewable wind, solar and geothermal energy. In turn creating millions of new green collar [...] The proposed $825B economic stimulus plan should boost many facets of the economy. Home builders, manufacturers, retailers and low-income families will share the bulk of the $275 billion in proposed new tax cuts. Renewable energy producers will will also benefit from the new stimulus plan by winning an extension of production tax credits for wind, [...] |
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