Quotes and Pointers
Many of us fortunate enough to have lived in the developed world since the second world war have grown up assuming that standards of living will continue to rise generation by generation. But climate change will not only halt this process, it will reverse it – and most probably for ever. There is no doubt that the fate of our civilisation hangs in the balance.
If I have grandchildren one day, I could not bear it if they asked me: “Why did you not do something when it was possible to make a difference?” These business leaders have asked themselves that same question and have had the wisdom to recognise that we are doing this for those who come after us. Let us all join them by “stiffening the sinews and summoning up the blood” to overcome this unprecedented challenge.
Out and About on the Net with Twitter Lines
Oxygen Suppliers Fight to Keep a Medicare Boon--Rule of Thumb...If companies troll on TV for medicare patients then they are being paid too much.
The real scoop on the Texas science curriculum director's resignation -- Its comforting to know Kansas is no longer the most backward state in the union on this issue. Its less comforting when I think about how much attention publishers pay to the Texas textbook market.
US leading index growth rate hits 4.5-yr low -- ECRI said its Weekly Leading Index fell to 138.1 in the week ended Nov. 23 from a downwardly revised 139.1 in the prior week while its annualized growth rate fell to minus 1.8 from minus 1.2 percent to its lowest since March 14, 2003
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