March 2008

  Listen, I'm from California. I was the kid putting the brick in the toilet tank at age 7 with my dad who used to tell us, "Don't take fresh water for granted. Don't take electricity flowing from the flip of a switch for granted." So for me, conserving and protecting the environment has always been ingrained. However, for Wall Street, being environmentally sound has, in the past, often been ... read more

  Hey gang, JetBlue (JBLU) has gotten us to the West Coast safe and sound -- and we're already at Bacara, the spectacular, oceanside resort in Santa Barbara that will be the site of the Wall Street Journal's very first ECO-nomics Conference. The conference will bring together company leaders ranging from Dow Chemical to Wal-Mart to G.E. to Cypress Semiconductor and beyond to talk about ... read more

  Good morning from Santa Barbara where the sun is rising over blue skies and a cobalt Pacific ocean. We're going to be live all day from the Wall Street Journal's first-ever ECOnomics conference which brings together CEO's, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists to discuss how to make money by going 'green': reducing carbon emissions, recycling and figuring out ways to create sustainable ... read more

  Lee Scott talks the talk AND walks the walk. I talked to him today, live in Santa Barbara at the Wall Street Journal's first-ever ECOnomics conference. He's a low-key guy who doesn't make bold, dramatic statements. He tells it like it is -- and when it comes to going green, he's calmly, but firmly, telling anyone who asks that, "We're doing it. If it's good for our customers, we'll do ... read more