Green Options » reductions http://greenoptions.com/tag/reductions Posts tagged 'reductions' Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:42:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Obvious Alert: Reducing Carbon Emissions Could Help US Economy http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/03/19/obvious-alert-reducing-carbon-emissions-could-help-us-economy/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/03/19/obvious-alert-reducing-carbon-emissions-could-help-us-economy/#comments Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:42:17 +0000 Joshua S Hill http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/03/19/obvious-alert-reducing-carbon-emissions-could-help-us-economy/ carbon-emissions-economy2.jpgIn a day and age where the word recession is being thrown around like a football, when asked to make financial sacrifices you’re more likely to get a kick in the crotch then a handshake. But unlike what the critics would have us believe, cutting carbon emissions could actually economically help the US, and similarly other countries in the same position.

A theoretical US policy to cut carbon emissions by up to 40% over a 20 year period could still result in increased economic growth; this, according to an interactive website created by the Yale School of Foresty and Environmental Studies.

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