Monday, March 01, 2010

Mind your language | David Marsh | Comment is free | The Guardian
If someone really does think that climate change is not happening – that the world is not warming – then it seems fair enough to call them a denier (and I'd love them to explain to me why comma butterflies are flying north to Scotland, for the first time in history, as fast as their jagged little wings will take them).
California is a greater risk than Greece, warns JP Morgan chief - Telegraph
Jamie Dimon, chairman of JP Morgan Chase, has warned American investors should be more worried about the risk of default of the state of California than of Greece's current debt woes.
2006: California's Global-Warming Solution - TIME
The economic benefits are large and calculable. In California, the world's sixth largest economy, the Climate Action Team determined that global-warming reduction would increase income by more than $4 billion while providing 83,000 new jobs. Growth will come from several sources: innovative green technologies will create high-quality jobs and new revenue streams. In addition, companies will have increased purchasing power once they decrease energy costs and reduce imports of fossil fuels. The notion that businesses will leave the state is flawed because all suppliers that sell to California are affected, not only California-based suppliers. The doomsayers just don't get it: we can harmonize economic growth and environmental benefits.
Video: Ben Stein asks if Toyota car recalls are just a "phony problem like global warming?" | Media Matters for America
From the February 28 edition of Fox News' Cavuto on Business:

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