Green Matters – January 6, 2021

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January 6, 2021

Economy: making the irrational, rational.

  • U.S. home prices rise at fastest pace in more than 6 years (cnbc)
  • Does working from home make employees more productive? (economist)
  • There were only four US bank failures in 2020 (calculatedrisk)
  • What happened to Europe’s economy after the Black Death (bloomberg)
  • What to expect in 2021 according to prediction markets (economist)

 

Carbonomics: changing global climate policy.

  • World’s oceans in distress, but radical reduction in greenhouses gas emissions can make a difference (spiegel)
  • Could we ever pull enough carbon out of the atmosphere to stop climate change? (space)

 

Environment: the not so silent crisis.

  • New rules to tackle ‘wild west’ of plastic waste dumped on poorer countries (guardian)
  • Wall Street Eyes Billions in the Colorado’s Water (NYT)

 

Cryptocurrencies: the future of money.

  • Bitcoin is breaking records because bigger investors are buying it now, says PwC (cnbc)
  • Federally chartered banks and thrifts may participate in independent node verification networks and use stablecoins for payment activities (occ.gov)

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