New Book Puts Cost of Saving Planet at $190 Billion

What would it cost to wipe out world poverty, guarantee universal health care, stabilise population growth and roll back the ravages of global warming?

About $190 billion a year, or the equivalent of a third of US annual military expenditure, a prominent environmental economist says in a new book.
"Once you accept that climate change, population growth, spreading water shortages, rising food prices etcetera are threats to our security, it ... Full Story »

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by Beth Jones - Mar. 9, 2008

This nutshells an important but ignored media topic: the NOT-so-high costs of doing something (vs nothing) to combat climate change. It's high time this got more coverage, because people (finally) seem to want to DO something, while the mainstream media would rather give us turbo-capitalism-sponsored bread and circuses, e.g. Britney Spears's latest breakdown or "who's the richest man on earth". Like the heirs of Gates, Buffet, etc. will continue to have it made on a planet in the ... More »

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