Topics Business
Floating into the Future on Next Generation Cargo Airships
A safer generation of airships is trying to usher in a low-carbon future for air cargo. The initial target: Developing markets, where transportation infrastructure is nonexistent.
In Sarasota, Businesses Take Small Steps to Confront Climate Risks
Aware of the risks of hurricanes and sea level rise, study finds business owners in Sarasota, Fla. still aren't taking key steps to plan.
How Will Continuing Civil Unrest in the Middle East Affect Gas Prices in the US?
Gas prices are rising in response to airstrikes against the Libyan regime of Moammar Gadhafi, and continuing civil unrest in other parts of the oil-rich Middle East.
Increasing Energy Efficiency with New Federal Incentives
A new government initiative aims to increase energy efficiency by 20 percent in America's commercial sector by 2020
Carbon Markets for Developing Communities
Carbon markets are primarily benefiting the largest emerging economies — but utilizing "suppressed demand" could help change that.
Carbon Trade or Carbon Con?
DAILY CLIMATE - In the carbon market, a good deal for the environment needs to also be a good deal for the bottom line. Vouching for environmental credibility isn't easy: Who verifies the verifiers?
Selling the Blue Sky
DAILY CLIMATE - The market for greenhouse gas emissions is essentially a bazaar selling various types of pollution, dependent entirely on government regulations. But does it actually reduce emissions?
Making a Market for Pollution
DAILY CLIMATE - What does it take to trade in a commodity that cannot be seen or touched - and isn't even a commodity in the U.S.?