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U.S. Emissions, Econ Growth Headed Toward Divorce
2015-04-30 01:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Call them a couple: The U.S. economy and energy consumption, along with the greenhouse gas emissions they create, have always grown and plunged together. But as the U.S. embraces energy efficiency and renewables, those things aren't dancing to quite the same beat anymore. In fact, they're "decoupling,' and could be heading toward a permanent divorce. New data from the U.S. Department of Energy shows that overall U.S. energy consumption is slowing and is not expected to grow much at all over the...
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Study finds econ costs climate change hugely underestimated
2015-03-31 01:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Look at most climate change projection graphs and you will see a smoothly rising red line of increasing temperature, melting ice and other impacts. But climate does not work that way. Studies of the paleoclimate record indicate that when heat energy is rapidly added to the atmosphere -- as humans are doing today -- the climate can experience tipping points, with abrupt shifts and potentially disastrous results. Researchers who have studied economic climate change impacts have until recently...
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Forest Trends recasts preservation debate, econ benefit conservation
2015-02-22 20:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times: Michael Jenkins believes there`s more than one way to hug a tree. The president of the Washington-based nonprofit Forest Trends is trying to recast the long-running debate between developers and environmentalists over how to preserve and profit from the world`s forests. This means emphasizing redefining conservation as something that deals with more than just ecology and also with economics and business development. "What we tried to do when we started Forest Trends was to say, 'How can...
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UPDATE 1-Investcorp eyeing U.S. econ growth, falling euro for buys
2015-02-02 09:19:43| Jewelry - Topix.net
Alternative investment fund Investcorp will continue making investments in the U.S. services and consumption-related sectors and real estate on the back of the country's improving economy, a top executive said on Monday. Investcorp is also interested in European companies, which could benefit from the falling euro, Chief Financial Officer Rishi Kapoor said.
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Vinny Anand: Econ Major to Real Estate Agent to Actor/Comedian
2015-01-02 21:20:37| Real Estate - Topix.net
When I was a kid, my mom said any time a camera was around, I would run around in front of it like a madmana who knew that would turn into a profession? I started out as an economics major at George Mason University and graduated into the corporate lifestyle with a job at an IT Firm with a nice salary, pension and even health insurance . My life was comfortable, and it was killing me! I was slowly dying inside and realizing the trap society was trying to ensnare me in.