Category: Environment

In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.

Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.

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Corporate Environmental Conscience?

The principal reason that the Bush administration rejected the Kyoto Protocol aimed at dealing with global warming was the negative economic impact he believed it would have. He was supported by businesses

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Turning to Nature to Save Energy

At the beginning of the industrial age, mankind marveled at the inventions being developed. Clearly, humans sat atop the food chain and the machines they designed were modern miracles. For the next

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A Step Forward for Electric Cars

The New York Times published an article by John Markoff discussing a new venture to establish a network of “service stations” for electric cars [“Reimagining the Automobile Industry by Selling the Electricity.”

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Globalization and Green Policies in China

Historically countries have ignored environmental concerns in their race to develop their economies. Some analysts have argued that it is only after countries achieve a certain level of prosperity that they begin

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New Nuclear Plants Planned for Texas

I first started discussing challenges associated with the global generation of electrical power in June 2006 [The Energy Challenge]. In that post, I discussed a number of non-carbon-based energy methods for electric

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Is the Coal Rush Over?

Over the past year I have written a number of posts dealing with electrical power generation and alternative sources of energy. For example in June 2006, I wrote a post entitled The

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The Coming Water Wars?

Earlier this month, I wrote a post about potential water problems in the Middle East (Turkey, Kurdistan & Water). Almost all books or articles about possible strategic futures mention potential water crises

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Cooking with the Sun

Africa is a large and geographically varied continent. When most people think about poverty there, however, they picture people living in a hardscrabble and unforgiving desert environment trying to eke out an

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The Growing Carbon Market

Environmental issues are increasingly taking center stage in a number of fora — from Al Gore’s appearance at the Oscars to discussions among leaders of the world’s wealthiest nations at the recent

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Latest Solar Power Developments

Global warming and development are inextricably tied together. The Bush administration rejected the Kyoto Accord because it thought it would hurt the U.S. economy. Although the administration is looking more favorably on

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