For some corporations, fighting climate change is good business
Tuesday, 14 May 2013 Richard Crume Tackling climate change is one of America’s greatest economic opportunities of the 21st century – Climate Declaration It is no secret that the U.S. has fallen behind many other nations in the fig...
Homegrown Innovation Thrives on the Internet
Tuesday, 19 March 2013 Richard Crume We did not realize it at the time, but when my wife and I designed and built our first solar house in the early 1990s, we joined a growing number of do-it-yourselfers who were finding imaginative ways...
What have we learned from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant disaster?
Thursday, 31 January 2013 Richard Crume What did we learn from the Fukushima Daiichi meltdown and subsequent evacuation of tens of thousands of Japanese, many never to return home again? Apparently not much, if new Japanese Prime Minister S...
Renewables May Overtake Coal by 2035, But Will it be Soon Enough?
Wednesday, 05 December 2012 Richard Crume Hardly a day goes by without a news report on the potential effects of climate change and an urgent call to action. Increasingly, the news is evolving from what might happen to what is happening, as m...
Climate Change in the Spotlight as Sandy Roars Ashore
Thursday, 08 November 2012 Richard Crume It took a superstorm to finally get the attention of U.S. politicians. During this fall’s presidential campaign, climate change was hardly an issue. In fact, it was not even mentioned in the four te...
Why Your Insurance Company Should Care About a Low-Carbon Economy
Monday, 08 October 2012 Richard Crume The insurance industry has much at stake in a climate-altered world. If predictions hold true, weather-related losses could become so severe that the financial stability of the industry could be threa...
Green home renovations bring hope to displaced Americans
Friday, 20 July 2012 Richard Crume After experiencing first-hand what it was like to renovate his home and fit it out with energy saving measures, Richard Crume looks at Builders of Hope: a project that aims to supply low-income famili...
Dash for gas could damage renewables drive
Wednesday, 23 May 2012 Richard CrumeAs natural gas becomes more plentiful and prices fall, will renewable energy’s momentum be sidetracked? Richard Crume finds that some energy experts think so, at least in the short term.
Little positive in OECD’s 2050 Environmental Outlook
Wednesday, 11 April 2012 Richard Crume Our most prolific blogger, Richard Crume, highlights that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s latest gloomy outlook on the world’s environmental condition in 2050 could be ...
Lessons in renewable energy at America’s greenest hotel
Monday, 26 March 2012 Richard Crume Richard Crume uses one hotel in the US as an example for his renewable energy students to study. The hotel has achieved a 40 percent reduction in energy costs compared with other hotels of the same si...
Crown Estate to lease more wave and tidal sites for technology development
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