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Climate Change: The Crisis That Will Define the 21st Century Economically and Politically

By Nicholas Varilone on March 5, 2010 12 Comments 48C, 48C: Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit, Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit, Carbon Cycle, carbon dioxide, CH4, Climate Change, CO2, Copenhagen Summit, economic problems, economically viable, GDP, global climate change, global economy, global mean temperatures, greenhouse gas, greenhouse gas emissions, Gross Domestic Product, mass migrations, methane, N2O, Nicholas Stern, nitrous oxide, Obama administration, renewable energy, Stern Review, United Nations Climate Change Conference

The debate surrounding global climate change has been a very hot button issue for the past few years. In most cases the average person doesn’t know enough about the science behind this issue to make an informed decision. The fact is that climate change will become a major issue within the next two decades and will have a host of environmental as well as economic impacts in the United States. Climate change will play a major role in the way our economy functions as well as the way our legislators make decisions.

New Report Shows That California Leads in Green Jobs, Investments and Innovation

By Tracey de Morsella on March 12, 2009 Comments Off on New Report Shows That California Leads in Green Jobs, Investments and Innovation 2009 Green Innovation Index, California, California Global Warming Solutions Act, Collaborative Economics, energy productivity, Green tech venture capital investment, Gross Domestic Product, Next 10

The 2009 Green Innovation Index, which was released last week, showed that in spite of the global financial crisis, that total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) produced per unit of energy (energy productivity) is 68 percent higher in California than the rest of the nation. This generates billions for the economy. Since 2005 green jobs in California have grown at a rate ten times faster than total job growth. Green tech venture capital investment nearly doubled in one year, hitting an all-time high of $3.3 billion in 2008, capturing 57 percent of the national total.