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Back from Davos, Esty sees rise of greener free market

Staff Reporter
Published Friday, February 8, 2008

Global business leaders, who convened last month in Davos, Switzerland, are beginning to see the green in going green.

The free market — for so long the source of environmental damage — has emerged as a promising agent of environmental protection in the 21st century, said Dan Esty, a joint professor of environmental law and policy at the Law School and the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.

Esty returned last week from his ninth trip to the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, where he presented a study of environmental performance worldwide. In a phone interview...

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