America and Small Business

WASHINGTON – August 3 – Contrary to popular perceptions, the United States has a much smaller small-business sector (as a share of total employment) than other countries at a comparable level of economic development, according to a new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) . The CEPR researchers observe that the [...]

Proposed Forest Carbon Incentives Program Act of 2009

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s111-1576

Catching Up

A busy few months……
We’ve begun to work with Richard Pritzlaff and the Biophilia Foundation on an exciting business development in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Richard and his partners have been buying farms (primarily in Maryland) for several years. The farms are reconfigured to reduce nutrient runoff and enhance wildlife habitat and other ecosystem services while [...]

Carbon Tariff?

A letter from ten U.S. Senators to President Obama.
http://brown.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/ClimateChange_Manuf.pdf

Oregon Ecosystem Service Market Legislation

http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measures/sb0500.dir/sb0513.en.html

Peak Oil

http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/006417.html

Factory Farms and Antibiotics

A well-researched article on factory farms, antibiotic use in animals, and the implications to humans.
http://baltimorechronicle.com/2009/080309Keiger.shtml