Walters: California an economic model of green prosperity? Not quite
(WorldNews Environment)

A significant sub-theme of Gov. Jerry Brown´s climate change conference in San Francisco this month was that California is a living model of how a nation-state can go green while experiencing economic prosperity. Some Californians take it a step further, contending that going green is itself an economic spur. Certainly California´s current economy is, at least superficially, booming. The state´s official unemployment rate is 4.2 percent, a record-low level, reflecting tens of thousands of new jobs being added each month - nearly 50,000 in July alone, according to the most recent employment report. California´s total economic output...