Replacing the WSJ Energy Roundup (from the inbox):
NEW YORK (Jan. 30, 2008)—The Wall Street Journal Online (www.wsj.com) today launched a new blog called Environmental Capital that looks at how businesses and investors are navigating a new energy landscape shaped by growing environmental concern. The Environmental Capital blog is available for free at http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital.
Here is the introductory post: Following the Greenbacks.
The rest of the press release is below the jump.
Keith Johnson, reporter for The Wall Street Journal, is the blog’s lead writer, and Jeffrey Ball, environmental news editor for the Journal, is the blog’s editor and a contributor.
Environmental Capital tracks and analyzes breaking news about the business of the environment; provides daily insight into how industry, government and investors are adapting to issues such as climate change; and explores the debate over how those actions are affecting consumers and the planet. The blog includes regular podcasts from Mr. Johnson and Mr. Ball, recapping events and giving insight into what’s next.
The blog also will draw on expertise from a host of experienced Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires reporters around the world, including experts in oil and gas, electricity, renewable energy, carbon markets, biofuels, energy policy and more. Guest bloggers and columnists also will contribute to the blog.
The blog’s launch coincides with the Wall Street Journal’s first annual conference on the business of the environment, ECO:nomics: Creating Environmental Capital. The conference takes place March 12-14 in Santa Barbara, Calif. Environmental Capital will be on-site blogging from the event.
“The topic of today’s environment and how it impacts all of us – personally and professionally – has never been hotter, and we expect Environmental Capital to appeal to a wide range of interested parties, from executives at traditional and emerging energy companies to investors and policy makers around the world,” said Almar Latour, managing editor of The Wall Street Journal Online. “Our goal is to analyze the latest news and developments, helping to separate hype from reality along the way.”
Keith Johnson and Jeffrey Ball each have spent a decade writing for the Journal. Mr. Johnson, based in Washington, has reported from Europe, increasingly focusing on upheavals in the energy sector. Mr. Ball, based in Dallas, has covered the auto and oil industries and now covers the business of the environment for the Journal.
The new blog is available for free at http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital. For more information about the Journal’s ECO:nomics conference, please go to http://economics.wsj.com.
