So I’m a sucker. I can’t walk by a newsstand where a magazine features a pair of innocent green cotyledons sprouting from a bed of industrial factories. It’s this week’s issue of The Economist, and what’s inside the “Cleaning Up” issue is as alluring as the cover.
Although I’ve only just skimmed, the articles look promising, and they’re all freely available online. Here’s the rundown:
- “Cleaning up: How business is starting to tackle climate change, and how governments need to help“
- “Everybody’s green now: How America’s big businesses got environmentalism“
- “Trading thin air: The carbon market is working, but not bringing forth as much innovation as had been hoped“
- “Irrational Incandescence: People can’t be bothered to make easy energy savings“
- “Fairfield vs. the valley: Two competing models for the clean-energy business“
- “Sunlit uplands: Wind and solar power are flourishing, thanks to subsidies“
- “Boom: As security and climate concerns rise, nuclear power may be coming back“
- “Dirty king coal: Scrubbing carbon from coal-fired power stations is possible but pricey“
- “The drive for low emissions: Car and fuel companies are investing in clean transport“
- “The final cut: Business can do it, with governments’ help“
- Audio interview: “A discussion with Emma Duncan, Deputy Editor of The Economist“
