Background Materials

"The death of environmentalism," Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus
"Conference Board: Evidence grows that global warming is a priority," Wall Street Journal 9/8/04
"Feeling the heat: American bosses are starting to take global warming seriously," The Economist, 5/12/05
"Ex-activists find grass is greener on corporate side" Wall Street Journal 11/17/04
"Special Report: Environmental economics," The Economist, 4/21/05
"Rebuffing Bush, 132 mayors embrace Kyoto rules," New York Times, 5/14/05
"Climate Change Strategy: The Business Logic Behind Voluntary GREENHOUSE Gas Reductions" Andrew J. Hoffman
"DANGEROUS ADDICTION 2003 Breaking the Chain of Oil Dependence" Daniel Lashof Roland Hwang
JOBS AND THE CLIMATE STEWARDSHIP ACT How Curbing Global Warming Can Increase Employment Principal Authors James Barrett, Director, Sustainable Economics Program, Redefining Progress, Washington, D.C. J. Andrew Hoerner, Director, Research, Redefining Progress, Oakland, CA Jan Mutl, Assistant Professor of Economics, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Frankfurt, Germany Contributing Authors Alison Bailie, Tellus Institute, Boston, MA Bill Dougherty, Tellus Institute, Boston, MA Analysis conducted on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council
HEADLINE: Homeland Insecurity The New York Times March 17, 2005 Thursday BYLINE: By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
HEADLINE: Geo-Greening by Example The New York Times March 27, 2005 Sunday BYLINE: By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN