Articles by Lester Brown
Lester R. Brown is founder and president of Earth Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. Follow EPI: Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn
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The ‘invisible hand’ is blind to climate externalities and the value of natural resources
When Nicholas Stern, former chief economist at the World Bank, released his ground-breaking study in late 2006 on the future costs of climate change, he talked about a massive market […]
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Create jobs, cut emissions, and reduce oil imports by investing in renewables and energy efficiency
Originally posted at earthpolicy.org —– At a time when major U.S. companies are announcing job layoffs almost daily, the renewable energy industry is hiring new workers every day to build […]
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We need climate action on the scope of the WWII mobilization
There are many things we do not know about the future. But one thing we do know is that business as usual will not continue for much longer. Massive change […]
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The flawed economics of nuclear power
Over the last few years the nuclear industry has used concerns about climate change to argue for a nuclear revival. Although industry representatives may have convinced some political leaders that […]
