Business Spectator: Hurricane Isaac, which was downgraded to a tropical storm as it hit landfall yesterday, acts as a useful reminder of the incredible damage inflicted by Hurricane Katrina and the potential consequences of a warming world. The suburbs of New Orleans are flooding, and the storm has taken out power to 600,000 homes and businesses across Louisiana. At least two dozen people have been killed in Haiti, illustrating the incredible vulnerability of the least fortunate to climate change. In addition, it...
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