{"id":2026,"date":"2006-04-09T22:58:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-09T22:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2006\/04\/09\/business-and-climate-change-news\/"},"modified":"2006-04-09T22:58:00","modified_gmt":"2006-04-09T22:58:00","slug":"business-and-climate-change-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/business-and-climate-change-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Business and Climate Change News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seems to be quite a week for this&#8230; Earlier in the week, I <a href=\"http:\/\/sustainablog.blogspot.com\/2006\/04\/british-airline-executive-argue-for.html\">pointed<\/a> to the op-ed by airport executive Mike Clasper arguing for carbon taxes in the UK.  Something similar was going on in the US, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/news\/muck\/2006\/04\/06\/griscom-little\/index.html?source=rss\">a Grist story this week<\/a>: companies ranging from GE to Duke Energy to Wal-Mart were arguing for a carbon cap-and-trade system in front of Congress.  And at Marketwatch.com (via <a href=\"http:\/\/strategiesforsustainability.blogspot.com\/2006\/04\/sleeping-giant-starts-to-wake-up.html\">Sustainable Log<\/a>),  columnist Thomas Kostigan<a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/News\/Story\/Story.aspx?guid=%7B991B3634%2D3011%2D4ABE%2DBF17%2DE36E1E178DDF%7D&amp;siteid=mktw&amp;dist=nwhwk\"> makes a strong case for green business practices<\/a>, including on of my favorite points:<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div> In many ways &#8220;going green&#8221; makes perfect economical sense. Carbon emissions come from energy. Save energy and &#8212; here&#8217;s what skeptics take issue with &#8212; lower the amount of heat on the planet that can lead to global warming. How much you believe or participate is up to you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div> But think about this: Americans spend about $1 billion a year on power for TVs, DVD players and computers when those appliances are turned off. That, according to one blog I read, is enough money to provide health insurance for half a million kids.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>    It&#8217;s connections like these that people can&#8217;t argue with &#8212; whether they believe in global warming or not.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>   <\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Perfect economical sense&#8221; &#8212; oh, yeah!  The corporate world seems to be catching on&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Categories: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/business\" rel=\"tag\">business<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/globalwarming\" rel=\"tag\">globalwarming<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/sustainability\" rel=\"tag\">sustainability<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/greenbusiness\" rel=\"tag\">greenbusiness<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seems to be quite a week for this&#8230; Earlier in the week, I pointed to the op-ed by airport executive Mike Clasper arguing for carbon taxes in the UK. 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