August, 2008

Invest in America

by Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus
The Conversation
August 29th, 2008

Four years ago we argued in “The Death of Environmentalism” that greens didn’t need to win the debate over the relative seriousness of global warming in order to enact policies capable of dealing with it. At the time, that claim was viewed as paradoxical and even heretical. But further evidence has been provided here. While [...]

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Goklany Okay with 250-Foot Sea-Level Rise

by Joseph Romm
The Conversation
August 26th, 2008

Before I get to the classic disingenuous conservative argument that is the cornerstone of Goklany’s essay, I must first deal with one of the most astonishing statements ever seen in a serious climate debate. Goklany says: … there is no guarantee that stabilizing CO2 at 450 ppm would optimize human or environmental well-being. For all [...]

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