These individuals have influenced our hopes and standards across the board.
(Model D) — Mitchell Silver’s name might not ring a bell to the average person, but in the world of urban planning he’s quite the rock star. He’s the director of the planning department in Raleigh, North Carolina, and president-elect of the American Planning Association. In his 25 years in the business, he’s been involved […]
(Businessweek) — Racks of lime-green batteries awaited inspection on the factory floor when the well-connected investor swept through Smith Electric Vehicles in Kansas City, Mo., last month. A week later he broke ground on an advanced vehicle battery plant in Holland, Mich., the ninth battery facility his money has helped jump-start in the last year. […]
I still marvel at the thought our economy is going to be pulled out of the doldrums and catapulted into the next decade via solar and wind power.
(Forbes) — Nearly one-sixth of the more than $3 trillion in fiscal stimulus spent in 2008 and 2009 was allocated to green spending. In this column Edward B. Barbier, Professor of Economics at the University of Wyoming, argues that without correcting existing market and policy distortions, the “greening” of the world economy will be short-lived. […]
(TheGrio.com) — It is the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Strangely, today’s “celebration” reminds me of Frederick Douglass’s 1852 Independence Day speech when he so poignantly asked, ” What have I or those I represent to do with your national independence?” Today, black America should ask the same question of Earth Day, and more specifically, […]