THE ROAD TO AN EPIPHANY

The green hills of Montana.

Editor’s Note: The idea to harness the forces of the free market to pursue environmentalist objectives is initially counterintuitive – after all, isn’t the free market to blame for all environmental misery? Isn’t government intervention necessary to keep rapacious profiteers in check?
The first step to [...]

When will the promise of electric cars be realized? As Larry Burns, VP of R&D for General Motors has patiently reminded the auto-bloggers, innovation isn’t sustainable until you can manufacture a vehicle not by the hundreds, but by the hundreds of thousands. So when will GM’s “Volt” hit the showrooms? And what [...]

BIOFUELS OFFER MANY SOCIO-ECONOMIC BENEFITS, BUT THESE NEED TO BE BALANCED AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

Peaking through the stover, already shucked, golden
kernals of corn await not the dinner table, but a refinery.

Editor’s Note: Over the past few years our take on biofuels has continuously evolved – from initial enthusiasm at the notion a crop could fight desertification, [...]

Ever since an incendiary interview with Czech President Vaclav Klaus was translated into English back in February 2007, he’s been on the radar. Quite simply, there is no head of state on earth who is as outspoken on the global warming scare as Mr. Klaus. Others may agree with him, but as he [...]

COSTA RICAN RESORT RAISING FUNDS FOR REFORESTATION

The face of the forest – a flying monkey
soars through the canopy.

Editor’s Note: By the mid-1990’s, thanks to tireless efforts of groups such as the Rainforest Action Network, the World Wildlife Fund, and countless others, headway was being made in the battle to reverse tropical deforestation. But [...]