Renowned for his appreciation of fine wines, Quinlan, the son of an army officer, kept an expansive cellar of vintages at Claridge's – one of three prime Mayfair hotels he co-owned with fellow Irishman and property developer Paddy McKillen and the wealthy Green family from Manchester.
Perhaps it was President Obama's, Rahm Emanuel's, or another political operative's idea to leave the environmental constituency hanging out there in limbo for so long, so that the party could raise funds from Tom Steyer and his wealthy green friends.
That will give wealthy greens a chance to tout their eco-friendly credentials without sacrificing style.
And then there's the price; at close to £30k for a city car, the i3 is still something of an indulgence and I suspect it will be bought as a second car for "wealthy greens" in the suburbs rather than as a true emission-free solution for an urban population.
Vince, Britain's wealthiest green energy businessman, told the Guardian he had discussed his ideas with the shadow energy secretary, Caroline Flint, and the energy secretary, Ed Davey, but said he had given up on David Cameron, whom he claimed was in hock to the Ukip wing of his party.
We can therefore interpret that the census tracts in Phoenix with a higher proportion of elderly residents were likely to be wealthier, greener, and better educated than what Reid et al. (2009) found at the county scale for the nation overall.
Our budget is in surplus, and of course we claim credit for keeping our city healthy, wealthy and green.
The new laws are particularly generous to wealthy, dedicated greens, who can save tens of thousands when they install expensive solar, geothermal or even wind power systems to reduce the carbon footprints of their mansions.
Since the Supreme Court's disastrous Citizens United decision in 2010, big money has flooded into politics at levels never seen before, giving the ultra-wealthy the green light to use their megabucks to fund the kind of "political free speech" that's capable of drowning out everyone else's.
In the shadow of magnificent shuttered properties, many owned by foreign oligarchs, dictators, kleptocrats and royals, the protesters waved hastily made banners opposing Hidalgo's plan to transform Baron Haussmann's grand Avenue Foch, a one-time walkway for the wealthy, into a "green corridor" for the masses.
They are too wealthy to care about green lists, and are quite happy to feature regularly on lists of the biggest and most profitable.
