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HBS Working Knowledge October 19, 2011 Garry Emmons |
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future Harvard Business School faculty are thinking along with government leaders and business practitioners about how to create sustainable places to live and work. |
HBS Working Knowledge April 26, 2011 |
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day Companies are caught in an economic dilemma when it comes to being responsible stewards of the environment. Society wants them to be efficient in their use of natural resources and to do as little damage as possible to the environment. |
IEEE Spectrum November 2009 Divan & Kreikebaum |
Biofuels Aren't Really Green Cultivate inorganic energy sources instead of biofuels. The model we constructed showed that there is simply not enough land and water to support a prosperous biofueled world. |
BusinessWeek August 16, 2004 John Carey |
Global Warming Consensus is growing among scientists, governments, and business that they must act fast to combat climate change. This has already sparked efforts to limit CO2 emissions. Many companies are now preparing for a carbon-constrained world. |
Fast Company March 2006 Giller & Roberts |
Resources: The Revolution Begins Businesses large and small are finally seeing the green light. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2007 Richard Vodra |
Inconvenient Truths The economic effects of climate change and oil shortages present a unique challenge for financial planners. |
Finance & Development December 2009 Bjorn Lomborg |
Technology, Not Talks, Will Save the Planet There are smarter alternatives to fighting climate change than cutting CO 2 emissions. |
Wired May 19, 2008 Alex Steffen |
Counterpoint: Dangers of Focusing Solely on Climate Change To have any hope of staving off collapse, we need to move forward with measures that address many interrelated problems and not just focus on carbon. |
HBS Working Knowledge September 24, 2014 |
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective) How can business leaders cut through the noise and actively address climate change from an economic perspective? John Macomber proposes a list of ABCs. |
Wired April 2003 Schwartz & Randall |
How Hydrogen Can Save America The cost of oil dependence has never been so clear. Consumers are ready for an alternative. From Detroit to Dallas, even the oil establishment is primed for change. We put a man on the moon in a decade; we can achieve energy independence just as fast. Here's how. |
Geotimes July 2005 Linda Rowan |
The Energy Bill: Is It Big and Broad Enough? Unfortunately, the House bill falls short of achieving a comprehensive national energy policy and will do little to prevent a potential global energy crisis. |
Chemistry World July 23, 2014 James Hansen |
The energy to fight injustice We need to help developing countries obtain abundant, affordable carbon-free energy. The enormity of anti-nuclear policy decisions is difficult to exaggerate. |
IEEE Spectrum May 2007 William B. Gail |
Climate Control We will be able to engineer the Earth to our liking -- but we'd better start now. Before we picked a climate, we would need to evolve the political, commercial, and academic institutions to get us there. |
Parameters Spring 2006 Nader Elhefnawy |
Toward a Long-Range Energy Security Policy An overview of US and international energy policy, including the prospects for an economy based on renewable energy, the security problems likely to result from tightening oil supplies, and a possible basis for making the transition to alternatives. |
BusinessWeek December 20, 2007 Adam Aston |
How to Cash in on a Warming Planet The potential of climate-change investing goes far beyond mere curiosities. |
Reason June 2009 Ronald Bailey |
It's Alive! Alternative energy subsidies make their biggest comeback since Jimmy Carter. |
Fast Company March 1, 2007 Andrew Zolli |
Business 3.0 A suite of new global forces is emerging that will remake the operating environment for global capitalism, obliterate the walls -- and the distinctions -- between the Friedmanesque Hatfields and the Naderesque McCoys, and inject a "greed is good" mentality into our approach to grand social problems. |
Metropolis April 2007 Elizabeth A. Evitts |
Blessed Unrest In his new book, Paul Hawken looks at the history of the environmental movement and predicts its future. |
The Motley Fool November 10, 2008 Chris Jones |
8 Intriguing Clean Energy Plays These companies could make you money through climate change investing. |
The Motley Fool February 2, 2011 Esterhuizen & Sellitti |
Executive Optimism: Top 5 Clean Energy Stocks Boosted by Insider Buying Which clean energy executives are feeling optimistic about the future of their technologies? |
HBS Working Knowledge April 28, 2010 |
Earth Day Reflections Harvard Business School professors Robert G. Eccles, Rebecca Henderson, and Richard H.K. Vietor shared their views on the sustainability-related challenges and opportunities facing today's business leaders. |
Entrepreneur April 2010 Julie Bennett |
Are We Headed Toward a Green Bubble? Billions of dollars are pouring into clean-tech companies - with little results. Is this an intelligent investment or the beginning of another bubble? |
Geotimes June 2006 Michael Glantz |
Global Warming: Whose Problem is it Anyway? Global warming is not a hoax. It actually happens naturally. Industrialization processes in rich countries and now in developing ones are abetting the naturally occurring greenhouse effect. |
Food Processing September 2008 Diane Toops |
Food and Beverage Companies Go Green Consumers are making choices based on sustainability efforts; here's what the top food and beverage companies are doing. |
Wired May 19, 2008 |
Inconvenient Truths: Get Ready to Rethink What It Means to Be Green It's high time for green causes to unite around the urgent need to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. |
Salon.com September 24, 2002 Katharine Mieszkowski |
Hydrotopia Say goodbye to fossil fuels. Author and environmentalist Jeremy Rifkin explains why hydrogen is the next great power source. |
Popular Mechanics October 7, 2009 Chris Sweeney |
5 Technologies Missing From the Clean Energy Bill Micro hydroelectric power... Waste to energy... Water efficiency... Geothermal energy... Solid oxide fuel cells... |
Chemistry World October 2011 |
Waste not, want not Will filling your car with biofuel ever be sustainable? Matthew Aylott says that new technology is set to make this dream a reality |
Finance & Development March 2008 Mohan Munasinghe |
Rising Temperatures, Rising Risks Global warming is already taking its toll internationally. Making development more sustainable will help address climate change. |
IndustryWeek January 20, 2010 Steve Minter |
First Up -- Clash of the Titans Energy demand and climate change pose powerful challenges for industry and the world. |
Investment Advisor July 2008 Robert F. Keane |
Energy Is in the Air In spite of Washington's inaction, wind farms could go a long way toward reducing carbon emissions |
The Motley Fool May 27, 2011 David Lee Smith |
Renewables Really Need Those Subsidies Investors need to keep an eye on both sides of the energy scene. |
Chemistry World May 8, 2009 James Urquhart |
US biofuel funding boost The US biofuel industry has been given a funding boost and a policy makeover by the US administration, guiding the nation towards a more energy independent and environmentally friendly future, say officials. |
National Defense August 2008 Sandra I. Erwin |
Oil Wars and Climate Woes: Two Sides of the Same Coin If rising waters and violent storms whipped into oblivion a key U.S. military base on the island of Diego Garcia, would such a catastrophe qualify as a national security crisis or as a climate change scourge? |
Chemistry World September 25, 2012 Najafpour et al. |
Running on Sun We imagine a future where a substantial portion of our energy is met by solar fuels, leaving the task of food production to natural photosynthesis. This comes with the caveat that plants, algae and cyanobacteria be used to produce high value carbon compounds as well as biofuels |
Geotimes April 2005 Michael Glantz |
What Makes Good Climates Go Bad? Climates are constantly changing in both linear and nonlinear ways and over the course of life on Earth, organisms have either adjusted to those changes or perished. |
Chemistry World February 2011 |
What proportion of the world's energy supply will be sustainable by 2020? Three experts from different fields provide insights into scientific and political problems that impact energy stability. |
Salon.com November 17, 2000 Dawn MacKeen |
U.S. clash on global warming A new Department of Energy report undermines the position of U.S. negotiators at a U.N. conference on reducing greenhouse gases... |
Chemistry World October 2009 |
Agriculture's call for chemistry Decades of underinvestment in agricultural research have taken their toll but now is the time to bring in young scientists to find new ways to feed the world. |
Popular Mechanics September 2008 |
Inside the Future of Electric Cars, Hydrogen and Next-Gen Biofuels The market has never looked better for alternative fuels and electric vehicles. |
Reason October 2004 Adrian Moore |
Hydrogen Hot Air In most cases fueling cars with hydrogen would make little net difference in emissions of greenhouse gases, and in some cases would even increase them. |
ONLINE Jan/Feb 2008 Stoss & Stoss |
Heating Up for Global Warming Research and Policy The critical actions in combating global warming call for individuals, neighborhoods, communities, and geopolitical entities to implement a concept of global warming ICE. |
Fast Company June 2008 |
Hope for Hydrogen Letters to the Editor: Does Iceland Have the Answer to Our Energy Problems? |
National Defense August 2012 Stew Magnuson |
Defense Department Needs Investors to Buy Into its Renewable Energy Goals Most bases rely on local utilities to supply them with the vital energy they need to function. The Defense Department wants to turn the clock back, but not with fossil fuels. It is looking to alternate sources of energy -- solar, wind and waste -- to help it meet some lofty goals. |
Lucire June 12, 2015 |
Women must be at the forefront of climate change solutions Susi Newborn gives a warning that our planet is facing a critical danger, and women are on the frontline |
BusinessWeek November 27, 2006 Adam Aston |
Wild Fixes For A Warming Planet Scientists are envisioning giant but risky engineering projects to undo climate change. |
Geotimes August 2005 John A. Turner |
The Sustainable Hydrogen Economy The major issue facing United States and most other countries in the world is how to supply transportation fuel. Hydrogen, as part of a sustainable energy supply, can meet the challenge of a domestically produced energy carrier that can replace gasoline, and can additionally address carbon dioxide and other emissions. |
IndustryWeek March 1, 2005 Jill Jusko |
Power Hungry No doubt about it, manufacturing is a powerfully hungry energy consumer. But the energy landscape is changing, and manufacturers must be ready to adapt to an uncertain future. |
Outside April 2007 Turner et al. |
Green Giants Meet 23 real-world leaders building a future where SUVs run on algae, skyscrapers have the carbon footprints of toolsheds, conservation is a religious imperative, and inconvenient truths have very profitable solutions |
Financial Advisor March 2008 Jeff Schlegel |
The Next Biggest Thing The next gold rush might already be here -- green technologies, a vast sector running the gamut from renewable energy sources to clean technologies that enables businesses to boost performance while minimizing their environmental impact. |