We do indeed have a very long road to travel, but change is brewing and it is up to capital market players to chart the path towards a sustainable prosperity, one in which we build an economy within the limits of nature.
The city council said it had been checking the air for "volatile organic chemicals" (VOCs), which can be harmful, but it said amounts being released were within safe limits.
As America comes to terms with the impact of last year's welfare law, which sets time limits so that most welfare recipients must find work within two years, such corporate efforts grow more important.