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The heart of the matter | Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist

posted by Ian Wilker on November 13, 2007

tags:
globalwarming, climatechange, framing, economics

Grist's David Roberts: "People think tackling climate change means pain. If we can change enough minds about that, the rest of the arguments will be rendered moot. If we can't, all else is for naught."

The New Yorker : "High Costs," on the UK Govt's Report on Economics of Global Warming

posted by Ian Wilker on November 10, 2006

tags:
carbon, economics, environment, globalwarming, climatechange, climate, science

Authored by Sir Nicholas Stern (former World Bank chief economist; current head of the UK Gov'ts Economic Service), the landmark "Stern Review" concludes that the benefits of strong early action far outweigh the costs of ignoring it. The NYer summarizes.

Ian Wilker
Ian Wilker
NRDC alumnus
Asheville, NC
I was website managing editor at NRDC for six years, through the end of 2006....
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