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Why climate negotiations keep failing
(This piece was originally posted on Andrew Winston’s blog, Finding the Gold In Green.) Andrew Winston The world is meeting in Cancun this week to talk climate change. Is there any hope of a...
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Trade standards and tariffs would drive greener practices in China,...
From Green Right Now Reports Trade and foreign direct investment can have a positive effect on the serious environmental degradation confronting China, according to political scientist Ka Zeng at the...
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This solar development should rattle Washington
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now This fall Obama Administration critics became epically riled about the failure of Solyndra, a Silicon Valley solar start up that sucked up a horrific pile of cash,...
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Disney takes a page from The Lorax — announces a new paper policy
The Lorax: Yes, I am the Lorax who speaks for the trees, which you seem to be chopping as fast as you please. From Green Right Now Reports Disney, recognizing its heavy paper footprint as the world’s...
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Why you need to brush up on fluoride
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Fluoride has been controversial for longer than many of us have been alive. Back in the 1940s and 50s, when scientists introduced the idea of adding fluoride to our...
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Why the ‘China excuse’ to bail out on climate action doesn’t work
Andrew Winston For anyone who doesn’t want to reduce carbon emissions, China seems like a great scapegoat. The defenders of the status quo argue that U.S. companies will be at a disadvantage if we tax...
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China offers best solar prices because of scale, not cheap labor, says study
Solar panels on a Walmart in Calif. Green Right Now Reports A study of China’s solar markets has produced findings that should hearten those who hope to see the solar industry take off in the U.S. The...
View ArticleWater in China is an environmental nightmare
The Economist reports that in the past half-century, China has lost half its rivers. Today, much water is wasted or polluted, and China is turning to gargantuan engineering projects to solve its crisis.
View ArticleIs there a place for the green economy in China’s economic development?
What does the “good life” entail? Clearly, at one level, it is about growth, rising incomes for the population as a whole, and correspondingly higher living standards. But “living standards” are not...
View ArticleCaptive giant panda released into wild
It took a long time for giant panda Zhang Xiang to take her first tentative steps to freedom. Released into the wild in China, the female was surrounded by keepers dressed in specially scented panda...
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Legalizing the rhino horn trade could save these endangered animals
by Adam Welz Ensia As home to more than 80 percent of Africa’s rhinos, South Africa has attracted the intense and unwelcome attention of poachers, who, through their illegal hunts, send the animal’s...
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How Russia may force the US to produce healthier meat
Green Right Now Reports THE USDA has proposed a new certification that would distinguish meat from animals that have not been fed growth-enhancing drugs. A majority of mass-produced US beef is treated...
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Angora sweaters — just don’t
Green Right Now Reports PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, often bears the brunt of jokes over its public exposure stunts. The group is known for tossing red paint at people wearing...
View ArticleThis ‘vending machine’ rents electric cars hourly
From The Associated Press Huge buildings in a Chinese city have been stacked high with electric vehicles, ready for drivers to rent. The aim is to get more people thinking green when it comes to...
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