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Eco-Economy Updates are released as new developments and initiatives occur. They focus on trends affecting progress toward an eco-economy.

31 March 2008
The End of an Era: Closing the Door on Building New Coal-fired Power Plants in America

11 December 2008
Creating New Jobs, Cutting Carbon Emissions, and Reducing Oil Imports by Investing in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

19 November 2008
Run Cars on Green Electricity, Not Natural Gas

28 October 2008
The Flawed Economics of Nuclear Power

15 October 2008
New Energy Economy Emerging in the United States

9 October 2008
Rising Seas and Powerful Storms Threaten Global Security

2 September 2008
Want a Better Way to Power Your Car? It's a Breeze

19 August 2008

World Geothermal Power Generation Nearing Eruption

22 July 2008
Solar Thermal Power Coming to a Boil

16 April 2008
World Facing Huge New Challenge on Food Front: Business-as-Usual Not a Viable Option

20 March 2008
Melting Mountain Glaciers Will Shrink Grain Harvests in China and India

14 February 2008 & 2 April 2008
U.S. Moving Toward Ban on New Coal-Fired Power Plants & Timeline for The Beginning of the End for Coal

24 January 2008
Why Ethanol Production Will Drive World Food Prices Even Higher in 2008

7 December 2007
Bottled Water Boycotts – Back-to-the-Tap Movement Gains Momentum

15 November 2007
Is World Oil Production Peaking?

9 May 2007
Ban the Bulb: Worldwide Shift from Incandescents to Compact Fluorescents Could Close 270 Coal-Fired Power Plants

21 March 2007
Massive Diversion of U.S. Grain to Fuel Cars is Raising World Food Prices

7 March 2007
Water Prices Rising Worldwide

4 January 2007
Distillery Demand for Grain to Fuel Cars Vastly Understated: World May Be Facing Highest Grain Prices in History

14 December 2006
Santa Claus is Chinese - Or - Why China is Rising and the United States is Declining

15 November 2006
The Earth Is Shrinking: Advancing Deserts and Rising Seas Squeezing Civilization

3 November 2006
Exploding U.S. Grain Demand for Automotive Fuel Threatens World Food Security and Political Stability

4 October 2006
U.S. Population Reaches 300 Million, Heading for 400 Million: No Cause for Celebration

29 August 2006
Hurricane Damages Soar to New Levels: Insurance Companies Abandoning Homeowners in High-Risk Coastal Areas

16 August 2006
Global Warming Forcing U.S. Coastal Population to Move Inland: An Estimated 250,000 Katrina Evacuees are Now Climate Refugees

28 July 2006
Setting the Record Straight: More than 52,000 Europeans Died from Heat in Summer 2003

13 July 2006
Supermarkets and Service Stations Now Competing for Grain

11 May 2006
Let's Raise Gas Taxes and Lower Income Taxes

3 May 2006
U.S. Mayors Respond to Washington Leadership Vacuum on Climate Change

22 March 2006
Wind Energy Demand Booming: Cost Dropping Below Conventional Sources Marks Key Milestone in U.S. Shift to Renewable Energy

2 February 2006
Bottled Water: Pouring Resources Down the Drain

7 December 2005
Empty Skies: World's Birds at Risk

29 June 2005
Ethanol's Potential: Looking Beyond Corn

9 May 2005
Oil and Food: A Rising Security Challenge

7 April 2005
Disappearing Lakes, Shrinking Seas

9 March 2005
Learning from China: Why the Western Economic Model Will Not Work for the World

16 February 2005
China Replacing the United States as World's Leading Consumer

27 October 2004
Foreign Policy Damaging U.S. Economy

13 October 2004
The Short Path to Oil Independence

24 August 2004
Coal Takes Heavy Human Toll

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 








16 June 2004
Dead Zones Increasing in the World's Coastal Waters

5 May 2004
World Food Security Deteriorating

28 April 2004
World Food Prices Rising

14 April 2004
Saudis Have U.S. Over a Barrel

8 April 2004
Europe Leading World Into Age of Wind Energy

10 March 2004
China's Shrinking Grain Harvest

2 March 2004
The Sixth Great Extinction

18 February 2004
U.S. Leading World Away from Cigarettes

28 January 2004
Troubling New Flows of Environmental Refugees

22 January 2004
Glaciers and Sea Ice Endangered by Rising Temperatures

16 December 2003
Wakeup Call on the Food Front

3 December 2003
Coal: U.S. Promotes While Canada and Europe Move Beyond

9 October 2003
Record Heat Wave in Europe Takes 35,000 Lives

17 September 2003
World Facing Fourth Consecutive Grain Harvest Shortfall

27 August 2003
Record Temperatures Shrinking World Grain Harvest


5 August 2003
China Losing War with Advancing Deserts

16 July 2003
Other Fish in the Sea, But For How Long?

25 June 2003
Wind Power Set to Become World's Leading Energy Source

27 March 2003
Deserts Advancing, Civilization Retreating

13 March 2003
World Creating Food Bubble Economy Based on Unsustainable Use of Water

23 January 2003
Population Growth Leading to Land Hunger

11 December 2002
Global Temperature Near Record for 2002

31 October 2002
Fuel Cell-Powered Cars Hitting the Road Ahead of Schedule

15 October 2002
Sterilization is World's Most Popular Contraceptive Method

17 September 2002
Air Pollution Fatalities Now Exceed Traffic Fatalities by 3 to 1

21 August 2002
Rising Temperatures & Falling Water Tables Raising Food Prices

6 August 2002
Water Deficits Growing in Many Countries

25 July 2002
Restructuring Taxes to Protect the Environment

17 July 2002
World Turning to Bicycle for Mobility and Exercise

12 June 2002
Sales of Solar Cells Take Off

21 May 2002

Illegal Logging Threatens Ecological and Economic Stability

17 April 2002

New York: Garbage Capital of the World

2 April 2002
Green Power Purchases Growing by Leaps and Bounds

12 March 2002
Earth's Ice Melting Faster Than Projected

5 March 2002
Our Closest Relatives are Disappearing

5 February 2002
World's Rangelands Deteriorating Under Mounting Pressure

8 January 2002
World Wind Generating Capacity Jumps 31 Percent in 2001

28 December 2001
Iran's Birth Rate Plummeting at Record Pace

18 December 2001
This Year May be Second Warmest on Record

21 November 2001
World Grain Harvest Falling Short by 54 Million Tons: Water Shortages Contributing to Shortfall

15 November 2001
Rising Sea Level Forcing Evacuation of Island Country

4 October 2001
Worsening Water Shortages Threaten China's Food Security

31 May 2001
Wind Power: The Missing Link in the Bush Energy Plan

23 May 2001
Dust Bowl Threatening China’s Future

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