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Breath fresh air - miss good news

June 23rd, 2008

I was fishing Wednesday, and I had an all day meeting on Friday (which unfortunately was on a river, so I couldn’t use NewsGator Go! to stay abreast). Saturday I pulled another all-dayer - there was no business talk but there was plenty of discussion regarding “life aquatica” and how to fool them. Some folks might think I missed a lot:

Interestingly, Forbes threw in a note - people aren’t visiting national parks like they use to.

Maybe they’re too busy keeping up with the news.

Environmentalists should embrace the markets

December 12th, 2005

I like the outdoors as much as the granola-eating types, but get a bit aggravated when I see folks pounding the tables over it. It is a product of short-term thinking. It takes decades to create climate change, but moments for markets to react. And markets do react.

Lumber, oil and other commodities whose harvesting affect the climate are already hovering around historical highs. Top-end costs drive down demand, and the harvesting shifts gears. But that is usually not enough.

Insurance industry, enter stage left.
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