March 26, 2012
Think its just an early spring? Think again. Spring is so early this time that the Niagara Falls boat tours will open 3 weeks early this year due to unprecedented warm temperatures and ice-free conditions on Lake Erie and Niagara River! But obviously climate change is not clear to all and some sectors of corporate America still likes to call climate change a “theory” despite hard data over the years that our planet is warming up. Now the deniers and skeptics are taking it one step further by altering curriculum in schools to present climate change science as a “possibility” or “theory” only. You know, just like “evolution”.
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March 12, 2012
While some see the threat of climate change as pitting the needs of the planet against those of progress and business, some brave entrepreneurs will seize the opportunity that efforts to build a more sustainable future will create.
Sir Richard Branson, billionaire-adventurer-entrepreneur, knows something about making money and about seizing opportunities. He founded the Carbon War Room because he sees the opportunities created by the threat. “I have described the increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere as one of the greatest threats to the ongoing prosperity and sustainability of life on the planet,” he says. “The good news is that creating businesses that will power our growth, and reduce our carbon output while protecting resources is also the greatest wealth-generating opportunity of our generation.”
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