Environment
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Conservation Development: Residential planning with an environmentalist’s eye
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While conservation development schemes hold promise as a method of protecting sensitive lands within residential development, the ordinances that promote them should be improved.
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Evaluating the entire cost of renewable energy sources
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New evidence of a “not in my backyard” attitude, illustrated in a recent study, conflicts with the conception of the inevitability of renewable energy sources as most important future sources of energy.
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American Skeptics: How Special Interests Create Ambiguity on Climate Change
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Much of the controversy over environmental issues in the US can be attributed to interest groups campaigning in the media. A new model strives to show the ways in which these efforts might inform or misinform audiences and their effects on environmental issues.
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Are Water Markets Effective? Despite implementation challenges, water markets hold promise
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An analysis of water markets around the world indicates significant challenges of implementation. In spite of the difficulties, water markets may be a promising means of improving water sustainability.
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Culture and the Environment: How Cultural Values Influence Global Ecologic Practices
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Researchers explore whether links exist between global environmental performance and culture.
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Renewable Energy Policy – Not Just a Domestic Issue
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Supportive renewable energy policy has a significant effect on international trade for solar energy technology components, where early investment is the key to large growth for exporting countries.
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The Real Green Movement?: Taxation’s Impact on Fracking
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New research looks at local governments’ willingness to ban hydraulic fracturing based on their potential revenue.
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A Different Kind of ‘Green’ Motivation in Environmental Campaigns
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A three-part experiment demonstrates how, in some situations, campaigns using environmental and social appeals may be more effective than traditional economic appeals in producing positive behavior changes.
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Behind Public Opinion: What Makes Hydraulic Fracturing Controversial
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Understanding individual perceptions can help explain public opinion polls about hydraulic fracturing.
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Developing Efficiency: Why energy efficiency gains in China may not be fully realized
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The rebound effect, which measures the increased demand for energy from increasing energy efficiency, is found to be strong in Chinese urban residential electricity use.
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Flipping the Script on What Causes City Green Initiatives
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Researchers find new data that contradict their previously held belief that cities push for community-wide green sustainability programs for their cost-saving benefits.