“I’m a slut for change”
That’s how author and sustainability guru Paul Hawken responded when I asked him during FORTUNE’s Brainstorm Green why a small-is-beautiful guy agreed to work for huge companies like Wal-Mart and Ford....
View ArticleIt’s time to rethink nukes
If climate change is the greatest threat facing mankind, what are the odds of the big environmental groups rethinking their longstanding opposition to nuclear power? They appear to be slim. Here’s what...
View ArticleWhat’s Areva trying to hide?
Take a look at the full-page ad from Areva below. Notice the symbols: American flag, people at work doing who knows what. Notice the words that stand out: American clean-energy solutions, thousands of...
View ArticleNRDC’s Frances Beinecke: Act now on climate!
Just last week, Frances Beinecke, the president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, gave a speech to a Chicago business audience and the first question went something like this: I read the Wall...
View ArticleNukes: Why small is beautiful
If anyone tells you they know what building a new nuclear power plant is going to cost, be skeptical. No one has built a commercial nuclear power plant in decades in the U.S. During the 1970s and...
View ArticlePSEG’s Ralph Izzo: Greening the garden state
Before we discuss big issues like global warming, carbon pricing and renewable energy, I toss a couple of “lightning round” questions at Ralph Izzo, the chairman, president and CEO of New Jersey-based...
View ArticleSocial funds: BP, the 1960s, and greed
Recently, after posting a column about BP and socially responsible mutual funds (See Social Funds and BP: How embarrassing!) I heard from Adam Kanzer, who is managing director and general counsel at...
View ArticleJapan’s nuclear crisis makes it harder to prevent climate instability
The short-term human and economic costs of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami are staggering. The long-term repercussions could be worse. That’s because, even if the situation does not deteriorate any...
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