2008 haben amerikanische Konsumenten die Ausgaben für nachhaltige Produkte verdoppelt.

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In 2008 American consumers doubled their spending on sustainable products

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The high cost of oil is driving the public and politicians to adopt policies that the environmentalist movement has opposed for the past 40 years.
Paul Kennedy is listing the multiple global reversals in reaction to global warming and even despite of it:

The major return of many governments to nuclear power – with dozens of new [...]

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