Alan Riley / Op-Ed for the New York Times / August 2012 In this Op-Ed Alan Riley (Professor of Energy Law, City University London) argues unconventional Shale Gas – extracted through a process known as fracking – could be the answer for the rapid reduction […]
Jeff Tollefson / Nature / January 2013 Studies of the amount of methane released from a gas field near Denver (Colorado) in the United States has sparked debate about the benefits of shifting from coal to gas-fired power plants to generate electricity. Methane is over […]
World Energy Outlook 2012 / International Energy Agency / November 2012 In this annual report the International Energy Agency says fossil fuels are still the main source of energy with subsidies increasing to US$523 billion (mainly in the Middle East and North Africa). The report […]
How do we deal with the world’s urgent interconnected economic and environmental crises? Different people are talking about the green economy as the solution – but not everyone agrees on what it is.
Why Green Economy? is the meeting point for ideas from the global North and South on economics, energy, environment and climate change as we try to find a sustainable model on a finite planet.
Do we need to put an economic value on nature to protect it? We are at a critical moment. Plant and animal species are becoming extinct at an unprecedented rate meaning we are on the verge of a sixth mass extinction of species. We are […]