There exist ready solutions to our clean energy challenges; S&S looks to offshore wind efforts in New York as an example.
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Clean Energy Bottlenecks
The Energy Performance Gap
The disparity between estimated and actual energy consumption is the energy performance gap. S&S looks at its causes and potential solutions in this third installment of the Green Deal series.
Happy Holidays from S&S
In recognition of the holiday our blog today will be a review of the pieces we’ve published over the past few weeks.
Quick Hits
Quick Hits: 11/02/13
From Brazil’s oil industry to a health report on the effects of fracking, we offer you our week in review.
Quick Hits: 10/26/13
A new week has rolled around and, with it, our selection of news from around the web!
Quick Hits: 10/19/13
Quick Hits II brings you this weeks news, from temperature predictions to new nuclear plants in Vietnam.
Business
The Paradox of Rural Electrification
The case for renewable energy based micro grids for energy access is strong — what’s stopping them from selling?
Boulder’s Bold Step
Boulder, CO has voted to create its own utility, separate from commercial providers. What does this mean for the city — and for the utility industry?
CSR, Value and the Future of Business
Business has historically treated corporate social responsibility as glorified charity. This approach misses the point and may prevent companies from identifying and creating value for themselves and their communities.
The Paradox of Rural Electrification
The case for renewable energy based micro grids for energy access is strong — what’s stopping them from selling?
Regulation
Warsaw COP19
From the ground in Warsaw, here are some of the most important things witnessed during the COP19 negotiations.
NIMBY Threat to Our Future
The not in my backyard syndrome is best known as NIMBY and NIMBYites are battling to protect their own little neck of the woods.
Energy Policy Is Not About “Creating Jobs”
As international headwinds and political failures prolong our macroeconomic problems, we continue to look in the wrong places, like energy policy, for solutions to the jobs deficit.
Warsaw COP19
From the ground in Warsaw, here are some of the most important things witnessed during the COP19 negotiations.
NIMBY Threat to Our Future
The not in my backyard syndrome is best known as NIMBY and NIMBYites are battling to protect their own little neck of the woods.
Energy & Technology
Clean Energy Bottlenecks
There exist ready solutions to our clean energy challenges; S&S looks to offshore wind efforts in New York as an example.
Clean Energy Bottlenecks
There exist ready solutions to our clean energy challenges; S&S looks to offshore wind efforts in New York as an example.
Fixing It First: How to Address America’s Aging Infrastructure, Part I
America’s crumbling infrastructure is beginning to curtail our economic development. What can be done?
Clean Energy Bottlenecks
There exist ready solutions to our clean energy challenges; S&S looks to offshore wind efforts in New York as an example.
Environment
The Climate Changes, But Will Our Minds?
The vast majority of climate scientists agree that warming trends through the past century are the result of human activity. Amid all of the observable change and big data, have we changed our minds?
Failing Yasuni
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has allowed drilling to begin in one of the most biodiverse regions of the world. What next?
The Climate Changes, But Will Our Minds?
The vast majority of climate scientists agree that warming trends through the past century are the result of human activity. Amid all of the observable change and big data, have we changed our minds?
Matter of Frack Part I
In the first of a series of five, S&S reviews the impact of hydraulic fracturing on water resources.
Human Capital
Truth and Reconciliation
While Canada is among the most developed countries in the world, the living conditions of its Aboriginal peoples more closely resemble those of much poorer nations.
Truth and Reconciliation
While Canada is among the most developed countries in the world, the living conditions of its Aboriginal peoples more closely resemble those of much poorer nations.
Truth and Reconciliation
While Canada is among the most developed countries in the world, the living conditions of its Aboriginal peoples more closely resemble those of much poorer nations.
Coping with Climate Change: Uncertain, But Not Unprepared
Why has there been such a failure to implement projects to reduce exposure to disaster risks? Coping with uncertainty about disaster risk in the policy making process is no easy task.