Tuesday, February 27, 2007

THE hunt is on for ways to reduce flatulence in livestock as a means of slowing global warming.

From The Scotsman:

http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=52&id=281912007

If the Cap Fits

More on Rent-seeking and global warming.

From OpinionJournal:

http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/kstrasselpw/?id=110009578

Twenty Myths About Markets

By Tom Palmer
Senior Fellow, Cato Institute

http://www.tomgpalmer.com/papers/myths_about_markets_ii.pdf

HT Knowledge Problem

Citadel, Shaw, Tudor Shun Global Warming as Short Sales Climb

From Bloomberg:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aqBr9N4m4Rko&refer=home

The Truth About Coal

From the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/25/opinion/25sun2.html

Rent-seeking behavior and Global Warming

From Auburn University: http://www.auburn.edu/~johnspm/gloss/rent-seeking_behavior

and from UCLA: http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/papers/cr35.pdf

Cross-posted from Climateer Economics

Friday, February 23, 2007

WSJ Energy Roundup

We got a mention in Mark Gongloff's WSJ Energy Roundup yesterday.
The reasons we linked to the Energy Roundup from our first day?

"Gongloff, a master of any medium he chooses...Energy Roundup will be a case study of the craft." COLUMBIA BLOGGING REVIEW

"Energy Roundup has a lot under the hood, tight and fast". CAR AND BLOGGER

"Energy Roundup-It's a smash, number one with a bullet!" -BlogBillboard

"Energy Roundup is intelligent; To use a tired cliche, a must read."
NEW YORK REVIEW OF BLOGS

"Just two weeks on the scene, Mark Gongloff's WSJ Energy Roundup is redefining what a business blog should be." EDITOR & BLOGGER.

Seriously Mark, thanks for the link-back.

Edited 6:34 p.m.-and Kudos to the wsj.com staff.



Thursday, February 22, 2007

Frozen chicken breasts to store electricity

From SmartPowerBlog:

http://www.smartpower.org/blog/?p=31

Carbon indulgences: below one euro

From the reference frame:

http://motls.blogspot.com/2007/02/carbon-indulgences-below-one-euro.html

Warning! Anthropogenic causation skeptic ahead.

Lubos' blog is here:
http://motls.blogspot.com/

Introduction To Weather Derivatives

By Felix Carabello, at the CME
From Investopedia:

http://www.investopedia.com/articles/optioninvestor/05/052505.asp

Cow Dung, Rotting Chickens Poised to Beat Oil, Natural Gas

From Bloomberg:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=awZZaqjz7tZU&refer=home

The Climate's Changing at Business Schools

From Treehugger:

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/02/the_climates_ch.php

Climate Change: Beyond Whether

From UBS:
The cutest gnomes

http://www.ubs.com/1/e/media_overview/media_switzerland/latest?newsId=112507

Monday, February 19, 2007

Executive Q&A: Working on ethanol - Forest Products Lab's idea would turn wood products into the fuel

From the Wisconsin State Journal:

http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/biz/index.php?ntid=119361&ntpid=2

Ethanol conference here this week

From the Arizona Star:

http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/169582

Goldman Sachs on Climate Change

From Goldman Sachs:

http://www2.goldmansachs.com/our_firm/our_culture/corporate_citizenship/environmental_policy_framework/docs/Environmental_Initiative_Report_-_Final.pdf (PDF)

Chrysler Questions Climate Change

From the BBC:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6247371.stm

ME-Carvill Hurricane Index to be Available for 2007 Hurricane Season

From the CME:

http://www.cme.com/about/press/cn/07-29HurricaneFuturesLaunch21551.html

Make a profit, save the world

From MSN Money:

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/JubaksJournal/MakeAProfitSaveTheWorld.aspx