How market forces are winning the climate change battle
by The Daily Eye Team March 18 2015, 11:56 am Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 33 secsGreenhouse gases have stopped rising, and it's not hurting the global economy after all
Despite the stereotype of a business lobby warning about the prohibitive costs of cutting back on greenhouse gases, there are increasing signs that capitalism and market forces are actually rescuing us from climate change.
Surprising new data from the International Energy Agency shows that while the global economy continued to grow in 2014, the amount of carbon dioxide produced didn't.
According to the IEA report, this is "the first time in 40 years in which there was a halt or reduction in emissions of the greenhouse gas that was not tied to an economic downturn."