The past month settling into my internship has flown by. Located in the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., I have been working at the Council on Competitiveness (http://www.compete.org) – commonly referred to just as the “Council.” This is actually my second stint, the first immediately preceding the first year of Bard …
My internship is at SunDog Solar/ Solaqua Power & Art in Chatham, NY. SunDog Solar is a small business that designs and installs residential and commercial solar photovoltaic and solar thermal hot water systems, as well as spray foam insulation. Solaqua Power & Art is the nonprofit arm of the …
By Eban Goodstein The elections this month saw the breaching of the 2016 deadline set by NASA’s Jim Hansen for global CO2 stabilization, and also moved us well beyond IPCC Chairman Rajendra Pauchuari’s statement that action beyond 2012 “will be too late”. So where does this leave us? For what …
Bard CEP Director Eban Goodstein participated in a press conference announcing a major new green initiative by General Motors. Chevy’s $40 million project aims to reduce 8 million metric tons of carbon over the next few years through energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in communities across the country. Below are …
Cross Post from RealClimateEconomics.org, a project of Economics for Equity and the Environment Network (E3). E3 Network is a national network of economists developing new arguments for the active protection of human health and the environment. E3 Network is an affiliate of Ecotrust. Plenitude: Can You Be Rich and Green? by …
CEP Professor Gautam Sethi just won an ARES 2010 award for Real Estate Sustainability sponsored by the NAIOP Research Foundation. Congratulations! The paper is titled, “Wind Energy Facilities and Residential Properties: The Effect of Proximity and View on Sales Prices” Authors of the Paper: Ben Hoen, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley …