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Briggs & Stratton (BGG – $19.26), a small-engine manufacturer with corporate offices in Wisconsin, major manufacturing plants in six states, and offshore manufacturing in China, Dubai and the Czech Republic, has failed to mow down environmentalists or the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), whose draft regulation of small-engine emissions standards will become rule this year.
A volatile stock market and recession worries are affecting oil prices — and Big Oil stock.
His loved ones are crying. The media is high.His company has a headache.The death of Heath Ledger.
Photo:quitepeculiar, Creative Commons, Flickr Tax rebate likely won't lead to lower gas prices.
That's probably what the Fed chairman said this morning when he woke up and saw the headlines. As it turns out, Jerome Kerviel is a 31 year old Frenchman who enjoys judo and sailing. He worked as a trader at Societe Generale, and somehow managed to lose almost €5 billion in a series of complex,…
Will McDonald's qualify as an Olympic Sustainability Partner?
In a lofty address that at times resembled a campaign speech, the chief executive of Wal-Mart Stores, H. Lee Scott, said that “we live in a time when people are losing confidence in the ability of government to solve problems.” But Wal-Mart, he said, “does not wait for someone else to solve problems.” Mr. Horowitz said Wal-Mart had…
Rainforest Action Network (RAN) reports that 59 proposed coal-fired power plants have been cancelled or shelved in the past year. Both RAN and Coal Moratorium NOW! have been calling for a moratorium on the construction of new coal-fired power plants through education, grass roots organizing and non-violent direct action, such as the National Global Warming Teach-In on January 31, 2008.
A U.S. recession could mean trouble for Big Oil.
Photo:devan78, Creative Commons, Flickr Trends return every twenty years, and in 2008, people are blowing like it's 1988. If you are in the party circuit, you might notice the white powder on somebody's nose, and it ain't powdered sugar. Cocaine is back.
Advertising agencies, as satirized on the television series "Mad Men," are rooted in, and drive, consumerism. "Mad Men" won a few Golden Globe awards this past week. I suppose it's only a matter of time before CorpWatch gives one of these agencies its tongue-in-cheek Geenwashing Academy Award.
Stock markets have been catching up to reality over the last few sessions. Up until recently there had been an argument that even if the U.S. economy performed poorly, there would be a decoupling and other countries would be alright. This assumption is now being questioned, leading to a global market meltdown.
SEC considers rules change for reporting oil sands value.
In 2000, Ford Motor Company (F – $5.92) sponsored Time Magazine‘s Earth Day edition, Heroes for the Planet, and issued a statement declaring that it would henceforth spend as much on its environmental image as it would promoting a new model car. Ford also promised to reduce emissions.
Starwood (HOT – $38.97) has announced the introduction of “element, inspired by Westin,” a new hotel brand with an identity deeply rooted in well-being and environmental sustainability.
Photo:Mrs.McD, Creative Commons, Flickr Big Oil likely to see big profits. Again.
Some people who have been taking certain antidepressants might begin to ask that question after reading an article on The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) today. The story goes that these drugs might not be as effective as the companies would have you believe.
I have a list of about 100 movies I’ve never gotten around to seeing so I know all about putting things off. But even I managed to make time for this 20 minute fast-paced video about stuff. It sounds like a weird premise but that’s literally what it’s about. Our stuff. Where it comes from.…
Corporate social responsibility is more than a buzz word. For better or worse, it has joined mainstream business lingo and is changing the landscape of the private, public, and social sector. This week's Economist delves into the many facets of CSR in its special report on the issue. The articles range in topic from the…
An old Chinese tale goes that a scholar traveling to a foreign country has not eaten for days, and is dying of hunger. He comes across a gang in the boondocks, and one of the guys feeds him a bowl of rice. Then he finds out that they are bandits. "I'd rather die than eat…
I fondly remember the first (and only) time I went to the International Auto Show in Detroit. On that blustery Saturday morning in January 1997, I had recently begun my last semester of college and I was lamenting with a couple of friends about how we had never been to the largest and most famous auto show in…
Are Americans losing influence in the oil prices arena?
On March 1, 2007, the tiny nation of Molossia became the first to ban incandescent bulbs, beating out even those forward-thinking Californians and Brits, the internationally recognized champions of future (and sometimes failed) causes.
The U.S. Congress recently passed an energy bill that requires incrementally phasing out incandescent bulbs over the next six years, beginning with 100-watt bulbs in 2012 and ending with 40-watt bulbs in 2014.
Oil prices may be down, but 2008 could still be a good year for Big Oil stocks.