Climate Capitalism
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Climate Capitalism: Capitalism in the Age of Climate Change is a 2011 book by L. Hunter Lovins
and Boyd Cohen. It presents positive stories and examples of how profit-seeking companies are helping to save the planet. However, reviewer Gail Whiteman is unconvinced by the argument that naked greed and market forces will drive businesses to cut their greenhouse gas emissions.
Hunter Lovins
L. Hunter Lovins is an author and a promoter of sustainable development for over 30 years, is president of Natural Capitalism Solutions, a 5013 non-profit in Longmont, Colorado and the Chief Insurgent of the Madrone Project...
and Boyd Cohen. It presents positive stories and examples of how profit-seeking companies are helping to save the planet. However, reviewer Gail Whiteman is unconvinced by the argument that naked greed and market forces will drive businesses to cut their greenhouse gas emissions.
See also
- Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution
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- Climate change controversy
- Climate change policy of the United States
- Media coverage of climate changeMedia coverage of climate changeMedia coverage of climate change has significant effects on public opinion on climate change, as it mediates the scientific opinion on climate change that the global instrumental temperature record shows increase in recent decades and that the trend is caused mainly by human-induced emissions of...