Tag Archive for ‘Friends of the Earth’
Hydroelectric Dams – The Good and Bad
Hydroelectric dams are among the greenest and most affordable electricity sources in the world—and by far the most widely used renewable energy sources—but they also take a heavy environmental toll in the form of compromised landscapes, ecosystems and fisheries.
Businesses Link Sustainability Objectives to Executive Pay
A small but growing group of pioneering companies are increasingly aware of the power that policies on executive pay can exert on sustainability behavior. One challenge: linking today’s compensation package to policies and practices whose impact may not be felt for many years to come.
Climate Change: Will Carbon Tax Unite ExxonMobil and Its Critics?
The only hope for a new carbon-cutting law from the U.S. Congress in 2010 could involve what has long been thought of as the least politically viable approach: a tax on carbon. But achieving that might very well require an alliance of strange bedfellows – including environmental advocates and ExxonMobil, long a chief climate change skeptic.
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