Stephen Marglin is a professor for Economy at Harvard and an adviser of the World Future Council. To him the report of Sir Niclas Stern is just the beginning of linking ecology with economy. The United States still wait for their Stern-Report, he says during our interview.Economists tend to seek small solutions for the challenges of climate change. There has not been a whole picture developed yet. The exclusive look at society with the economist's eye alone however will not provide the answers needed Stephen Marglin points out in our interview and in his new book "The Dismal Science. How Thinking Like an Ecologist Undermines Community".

Pittsburgh has had a hard time in finding ways out from the decline of steel industry. Today the capital of Pennsylvania has gained reputation as eco-city.
Downtown Pittsburg, PAKathleen McGinty is the ambitious minister of environment in the State. She believes in renewables and is taking care of the solar facilities in the city.Pennsylvania is the second largest energy producer in the United States. Most of it is still delivered by coal plants and five nuclear power plants. This is about to change - according to the political agenda of McGinty and her boss, Governor Edward G. Rendell. Until 2020 about 18 percent of the states energy shall be generated by renewables, is McGinty's vision. Besides solar power, wind force is meant to do the job. There are already 7 wind parks containing 122 turbines in the State.However, coal will play a vital role in the energy mix of Pennsylvania. This is why CO2 sequestration is pushed at the moment. By 2012 a first power plant using Carbon Capture and Storage technologies.
Kathleen McGinty"What we see in California at the moment to many Americans seems a bit to radical", Mc Ginthy said. "If we in Pennsylvania do the same, a vast majority will be convinced that this is the right thing". Interview with Kathleen McGinty