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US business community urged to support Green economic expansion

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New York - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was in Chicago Friday to urge hundreds of business leaders there to help usher in a new era of 'green economics', where addressing the problem of climate change becomes not a cost but an opportunity for growth.

"As businesspeople, you will appreciate the power of markets and innovation to change the world. In this, the UN is your partner," said Ban in an address Thursday evening to the Economic Club of Chicago.



US business community urged to support Green economic expansion









New York - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was in Chicago Friday to urge hundreds of business leaders there to help usher in a new era of 'green economics', where addressing the problem of climate change becomes not a cost but an opportunity for growth.

"As businesspeople, you will appreciate the power of markets and innovation to change the world. In this, the UN is your partner," said Ban in an address Thursday evening to the Economic Club of Chicago.

He stressed that any solution to climate change should involve shaping the world's economic future. "We have experienced several great economic transformations: the industrial revolution, the technology revolution, our modern era of globalization. We're now on the threshold of another - the age of green economics."

The Secretary-General cited a report by the UN Environment Program estimating that global investment in zero-greenhouse energy will reach $1.9 trillion by 2020. This can serve as "seed money for a wholesale reconfiguration of global industry," he said.

"With the right financial incentives and a global framework, we can steer economic growth in a low-carbon direction. This is the bottom-line. Done right, our war against climate change is an economic opportunity, not a cost," Ban said. Used tags: , , , ,


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North America gets its first carbon tax

Thursday 28 February 2008 at 10:51 pm


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North America gets its first carbon tax







By Brad Knickerbocker








Taxing carbon-spewing machines to slow global warming certainly has an eat-your-peas aspect to it: "Trade your SUV for a hybrid or we'll make you pay!"

Then again, tax policy can have a huge and positive impact on individual and group behavior. In part, high cigarette taxes explain why rates of smoking among Americans have plummeted. more

China's carbon dragon

Tuesday 26 February 2008 at 11:59 pm


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China's carbon dragon




Try this statistic on for size: If China's economy continues to grow
at its current pace, and the Asian giant doesn't cut its rate of
energy use, by 2030 it could be emitting as much carbon into the
atmosphere as the entire world does today.

And here's another: As you read this, China is bringing on line
coal-fired power plants - major sources of greenhouse-gas emissions
- at the mind-boggling rate of two per week. more

Soaring energy prices bad news for the economy

Thursday 21 February 2008 at 11:50 pm


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Soaring energy prices bad news for the economy






By Ron Scherer





New York - Once again, concern is rising about the price of oil and gasoline.

On Tuesday, the price of oil hit a record $100.01 a barrel, up some $14 in eight trading days. It's the second time since late December that the price has hovered at the $100-a-barrel level.

The sharp rise is already showing up at the gas pump: Between Tuesday and Wednesday, the price of gasoline rose 4 cents a gallon, reports GasPriceWatch.com. Since Feb. 9, gasoline prices nationally are up 10 cents a gallon, for an average price of $3.05 a gallon. more

Internet helps Americans save more energy every year

Tuesday 19 February 2008 at 1:13 pm


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Internet helps Americans save more energy every year




By Mark Clayton





The rate at which the United States is becoming more energy-efficient has soared since 1995, when the computer-based Internet and communications revolution began soaking into US society.

That conclusion - from a groundbreaking study by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) last week - stands in sharp contrast to recent concerns that the computer backbone of the Internet was gobbling up huge amounts of energy. more

Lakes Mead and Powell could run dry by 2021

Saturday 16 February 2008 at 2:18 pm


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Lakes Mead and Powell could run dry by 2021




By Peter N. Spotts






Lake Mead and Lake Powell, which supply water and power to millions in the American Southwest, stand a 50 percent chance of running dry by 2021 unless dramatic changes take place in how the region uses water, according to a new study.

Causes include growing population, rising demand for Colorado River water, which feeds both lakes, and global warming, according to scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif., who conducted the study. more

US business community urged to support Green economic expansion

Monday 11 February 2008 at 3:56 pm


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US business community urged to support Green economic expansion




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New York - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was in Chicago Friday to urge hundreds of business leaders there to help usher in a new era of 'green economics', where addressing the problem of climate change becomes not a cost but an opportunity for growth.

"As businesspeople, you will appreciate the power of markets and innovation to change the world. In this, the UN is your partner," said Ban in an address Thursday evening to the Economic Club of Chicago. more