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The meaning of global warming, part one
Stabilizing the climate requires technology, public investment, and global economic development |
David Roberts |
05 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| The following is a guest essay by Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger, the latest in the ongoing conversation about their new book Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility. ----- Thank you to everyone here who has participated in this discussion. We are grateful to Grist to making the space for this debate, and to everyone who has chimed in. Through agreement and disagreement alike, it is inspiring to find this man ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, politics, tech (all these topics) |
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Putting your inner political superego on hold
A utopian realist agenda |
Jon Rynn |
01 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Recently Nordhaus and Shellenberger (N&S) posted on Gristmill, wrote in The New Republic, and published a book, all with the aim of offering a better alternative to the mainstream environmental agenda. In my estimation, they made three important points: Americans would respond to a positive vision of the future; global warming can only be solved if, in addition to regulatory policies, we embark on a program of public investment; and the public is quite open to the idea ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, placemaking, politics (all these topics) |
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Environmentalism's existential moment
Shellenberger & Nordhaus respond to critics |
David Roberts |
27 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
| The following is a guest essay by Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger, authors of Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility and 'The Death of Environmentalism.' Nordhaus and Shellenberger are managing directors at American Environics and the founders of the Breakthrough Institute. ----- This month the world celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the international treaty that phased out ozone-destroying chemicals. For environ ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, politics (all these topics) |
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