Environmental Economics

Reading responses to an article on the tar sands, I am surprised once again by the number of people who believe that our economy depends on the tar sands, and more broadly that economic wellbeing and environmental wellbeing are inherently at odds. I propose the opposite - that except for perhaps the very, very short term due to the costs of transitioning; or if you define the economy by how many bonuses Wall Street types receive, rather than by whether people have jobs, food, homes, health, and time to spend with their loved ones - what's good for the environment is good for the economy, and good for people.