Marc Gunther

Why 'The 3% Solution' is 100 percent right

greenbiz.com — A landmark study being published tomorrow by WWF and the Carbon Disclosure Project aims to change the conversation in business about addressing climate change - primarily by showing how profitable it can be to do so. " The 3% Solution: Driving Profits Through Carbon Reduction" (being released Tuesday via a GreenBiz.com webcast that I'll be hosting) begins with a hopeful premise: that U.S.

Pedal power: Why I love bike sharing

marcgunther.com — Bike sharing is said to be experiencing " the fastest growth of any mode of transport in the history of the planet." Whether that's true or not, it's hard to know. But there's little doubt that bike sharing is growing fast, particularly in the US, and that's encouraging for a bunch of reasons- people are getting healthier, the environment is getting cleaner and cities are becoming more bike-friendly.

Special Report: Syngenta's campaign to protect atrazine, discredit critics.

environmentalhealthnews.org — To protect profits threatened by a lawsuit over its controversial herbicide atrazine, Syngenta Crop Protection launched an aggressive multi-million dollar campaign that included hiring a detective agency to investigate scientists on a federal advisory panel, looking into the personal life of a judge and commissioning a psychological profile of a leading scientist critical of atrazine.

Special Report: Syngenta's campaign to protect atrazine, discredit critics.

environmentalhealthnews.org — To protect profits threatened by a lawsuit over its controversial herbicide atrazine, Syngenta Crop Protection launched an aggressive multi-million dollar campaign that included hiring a detective agency to investigate scientists on a federal advisory panel, looking into the personal life of a judge and commissioning a psychological profile of a leading scientist critical of atrazine.

Pedal power: Why I love bike sharing

marcgunther.com — Bike sharing is said to be experiencing " the fastest growth of any mode of transport in the history of the planet." Whether that's true or not, it's hard to know. But there's little doubt that bike sharing is growing fast, particularly in the US, and that's encouraging for a bunch of reasons- people are getting healthier, the environment is getting cleaner and cities are becoming more bike-friendly.

Pedal power: Why I love bike sharing

marcgunther.com — Bike sharing is said to be experiencing " the fastest growth of any mode of transport in the history of the planet." Whether that's true or not, it's hard to know. But there's little doubt that bike sharing is growing fast, particularly in the US, and that's encouraging for a bunch of reasons- people are getting healthier, the environment is getting cleaner and cities are becoming more bike-friendly.

Wall Street is winning the long war against post-crash regulation

guardian.co.uk — Less than ten years ago, if a Wall Street trader wanted to find a sucker to buy bad mortgages, he knew where to find him: often, sitting in an office in a German landesbank in a small city, looking for a risky bets that would make him a killing.

A Fight Over Coal Exports and the Industry’s Future

nytimes.com — CROW AGENCY, Mont. - Every few hours trains packed with coal pass through the sagebrush-covered landscape here in southern Montana, some on their way north to Canadian ports for shipment to Japan and South Korea. If the mining company Cloud Peak Energy has its way, many more trains will thunder across the prairie to far larger proposed export terminals in Washington State.

Some thoughts on “Pandora’s Promise” and the nuclear debate

grist.org — Nuclear power is a weird, weird thing. It is the most socialist of all energy industries, propped up by governments everywhere it exists, yet conservatives love it. It is (putting construction and materials aside) carbon-free, yet most environmentalists hate it.

A Serial Blind-Spot For Organic Advocates

appliedmythology.blogspot.com — Researchers affiliated with the Institute of Organic Agriculture in Switzerland and the Institute of Agricultural Sciences in Germany published a meta-study in which they conclude that organic farming methods lead to higher rates of carbon sequestration in soils. This work was well done and published in a well respected journal, PNAS.