For the past few years, the business world has been swept up in a green wave -- a rising tide of interest and concern about environmental issues. The Great Recession has not stopped the pressure pushing this wave. Environmental crises such as climate ...
It's been a strange week or so for Jon Stewart (who I should admit up front I admire and think of as one of our finest investigative journalists). He gives Levitt an unreal pass and laments "how angry people are" and the "secular religion" of climate ...
Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt's SuperFreakonomics has certainly gotten a lot of people worked up in short order. The point of contention is a chapter about global warming which makes the case that Al Gore and others are too worried about the climate ...
[Editor's note: this blog post originally appeared on The Huffington Post, and is reprinted here with the author's permission.] Excuse a brief rant about what seems to be a rise in ridiculous cover stories and op-eds. Apparently, the only way to get ...
Excuse a brief rant about what seems to be a rise in ridiculous cover stories and op-eds. Apparently, the only way to get printed these days is to say something that makes 'counterintuitive' seem quaint. No, you have to go all the way to ...
Ford is profitable again. General Motors is exiting bankruptcy much faster than anyone expected. It would seem that Detroit is recovering and that GM will limp through the rest of the recession. But the real question is whether the biggest of the Big ...
Heretical ideas have swept industries many times. If someone in the advertising, television, or music businesses had asked 15 years ago, “What if people stop watching commercials?” or “What if everyone thinks music should be free?” they would’ve gotten ...
Last week in Sao Paolo, Brazil, I heard the distinct sound of "taps" being played for the simple plastic shopping bag. Wal-Mart Brazil had invited all its suppliers to come and discuss its sustainability goals - and sign a public agreement to match ...
"Our energy posture is not sustainable. It can be exploited by those who want to do us harm," retired Air Force Lieutenant General Larry Farrell, a co-author of the report, said in an interview. Finding a suitable alternative fuel and scaling it up ...
This weekend, the New York Times gave Bjorn Lomborg -- the self-proclaimed "skeptical environmentalist" -- more air time. Lomborg wrote an op-ed that railed against those who want to cut greenhouse gas emissions dramatically. He offered his opinion on ...
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