Climate change sell-out or landmark global warming fightback? Whatever your point of view, Cop28, the 28th such meeting of its kind, was not short on controversy. This year the event was held in Dubai and 84,000 people registered to attend. Critics often point to the carbon footprint of moving this many people from place to […]
Why Environmental Sustainability is Hard for Business
There are six essential differences that exist between the world view of the men and women who actually run most business see the the world and the way activists, journalists, and legislators see environmental sustainability and unless there is increased mutual understanding it will be difficult to make progress
Specifically, I feel of these different groups.
Energy & Responsibility
This year’s Doing Good Doing Well conference focused on the theme of responsible business and highlighted the fact that there is essentially no middle ground between many environmentalists …
Duquenal and the Mafia State
Daniel Duquenal is the pen name of a Venezuelan blogger who identifies the Chavez-Maduro regime as a Mafia State or Klepto-Dictatorship …
Crude oil and Venezuela
The drop in oil prices has crashed Venezuela’s economy and will most likely bring down the regime of Nicolás Maduro raising questions about what will happen to Venezuela’s $ 20 billion debt to China
Who gets to Grow?
While the U.S. and China have agreed to limit CO2 emissions, India is under pressure because of its drive to bring quality electricity to its population by using coal.
