Sandbags have not been enough to stop the daily leak of 400 tons of radioactive water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear reactors.
GDP: Gaging Dematerialized Progress
Should education spending be counted as an expense or as an investment (as it is in many other countries)?
Celebrating Crisis: Towards a Culture of Cooperation
Humanity, like all other species of Earth before and with us, is evolving.
Ag Subsidies, Commodity Trades and Food Security
Big Ag subsidies make developing countries’ farm sectors less competitive, undermining fair trade and global food security.
Safe Energy Project Presentation
World Business Academy Founder Rinaldo S. Brutoco presents the moral and economic case against nuclear power, with a focus on the risks at the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant.
Big Data, Big Brother
Your computer is watching you.
This is THE Time
The Academy’s Founding President, Rinaldo S. Brutoco, kicked off the event with a presentation on the existential threat posed by climate change.
The Hydrogen Solution
In the United States, unlike in Europe and Asia, discussion of hydrogen energy and fuel cells as systemic, game-changing technologies is largely absent. That needs to change.
Permanently Closed: San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station
Groups including World Business Academy’s Safe Energy Project successfully lobby for closure (Click here for the Academy press release) Today a major goal of the World Business Academy’s Safe Energy Project has been achieved – Southern California Edison (SCE) has finally given in to public and regulatory pressure and decided to permanently close the San […]
Is an International Crackdown on Tax Avoidance On the Way?
The ongoing clashes between governments and multinationals over tax avoidance have fueled momentum for international tax cooperation and global tax reforms.
Polluters Get Free Ride with $1.9 Trillion in Fossil Fuel Subsidies
A new report by the International Monetary Fund concludes that the best way to fight climate change is to get rid of $1.9 trillion in global fossil fuel subsidies. All told, these subsidies amount to 8% of government revenues.
Solar Achieves Grid Parity
A new report concluded that the cost of unsubsidized solar power is about the same as the cost of electricity from the grid in India and Italy.