Environmental economics

Articles

A real green deal by Hilary Wainwright, Andy Bowman (October 2009)

35 years ago, workers at the Lucas Aerospace company formulated an ‘alternative corporate plan’ to convert military production to socially useful and environmentally desirable purposes. Hilary Wainwright and Andy Bowman consider what lessons it holds for the greening of the world economy today

What a waste! by Tom Greenwood (June 2009)

Politicians across Europe are hailing the European Investment Bank’s (EIB) funding of numerous stimulus packages. But critics argue that the bank is squandering billions s bailing out unviable and environmentally-damaging industries. Tom Greenwood reports

Green jobs to beat recession by Jean Lambert (January 2009)

Jean Lambert says what the UK now needs is new green jobs and training for a new green economy

A Green New Deal by Jim Jepps, Rupert Read (January 2009)

Jim Jepps and Rupert Read say the UK needs a ‘Green New Deal’ to tackle the ’triple crunch’ of credit, oil prices and climate change

The end of the world as we know it by Michael Klare (August 2008)

As fuel prices rocket, a new world energy order is emerging. It will bring with it a fierce international competition for dwindling stocks of oil, natural gas, coal and uranium, and also an epochal shift in power and wealth from energy-deficit states such as the US, Japan and the newly-industrialising China to energy-surplus states such as Russia, Venezuela and the oil producers of the Middle East. Michael Klare examines the likely consequences of the growing competition for the soon-to-be diminishing supply of energy