Environmental Policy

Mitt Antagonists

Edward Flattau | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney Environment, Environmental Policy, Mitt Romney, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney Rnc, Rnc, Mitt Romney Green Policy, Mitt Romney Environmental Policy, Mitt Romney Alternative Energy, Mitt Romney Conservation, Politics News
Edward Flattau

Which environmental policies reflect the real Mitt Romney? Those he displayed as Massachusetts governor, or the ones that the Republican Party is asking him to embrace as a presidential candidate?

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IN Primary: Loss of Moderates No Good for Governing or the Environment

Heather Taylor-Miesle | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Richard Lugar Richard Mourdock, Indiana Primary, Richard Lugar 2012, 2012 Indiana Primary, Environmental Policy, Public Health Policy, Indiana Primary Results, Richard Lugar, Politics News
Heather Taylor-Miesle

In a legislative body like the Senate where compromise and bipartisanship have long been necessary, this is another blow for getting things done.

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Low Prices a Problem? Making Sense of Misleading Talk About Cap-and-Trade in Europe and the USA

Robert Stavins | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Environmental Policy, Economic Policy, EU ETS, Environmental Economics, Cost-Effectiveness, Climate Change Policy, European Union, Economic Stimulus Policy, Global Climate Policy, Rggi, Energy Policy, Energy Economics, Environmental Politics, Cap and Trade, Energy Efficiency, Cap-and-Trade, Green News
Robert Stavins

Since when are low prices considered to be a problem? To understand what's going on, we need to remind ourselves of the purpose (and promise) of a cap-and-trade regime, and then look at what's been happening in the respective markets.

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Walmart's Criminal Problems - Much Bigger Than NewsCorp's

Carl Pope | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Mexico, Human Rights, Environmental Policy, Walmart Class Action Suit, Walmart, Walmart Corruption, New York Times, Wal-Mart, Business News
Carl Pope

Walmart's much heralded commitment to ethical behavior has once again proven to be a pathetically flimsy shield against the driving imperative of its "grow at any cost" business model.

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Lead Ammunition And Polar Bear Trophies Approved By House

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Video, Hunting Public Lands, Public Lands, Environmental Policy, House Hunting Bill, Hunting Bill, Hunting, Lead Ammo, Environmentalism, Polar Bears, Polar Bear Trophies, Lead Bullets, Lead Ammunition, Hunting Bill House, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A hunting bill passed by the House on Tuesday makes it harder to restrict hunting and fishing on public lands and ensures that the ...

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From Mexico to El Otro Lado

Luis R. Cabrales | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Environmental Policy, Environment, Dreamers Blog Series, DREAM Act, Dreamers, Champions of Change, Latino Prosperity, Cultura, Latino Voices News
Luis R. Cabrales

During my ten years working to protect the environment, I have witnessed the power of the law to bring about positive change in communities of color. This has encouraged me to pursue the kind of career I could only "DREAM" of as an undocumented teenager.

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Boehlert's Play Book

Edward Flattau | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Environmentalism, Environmental Policy, 2012 Election, Environmental Politics, Green News
Edward Flattau

In previous White House contests, environmental concerns rarely surfaced in the exchanges between candidates. But the 2012 campaign could be different.

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Three Signs of Hope and One Omen on Climate

Auden Schendler | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Climate Change, Environmental Policy, Carbon Tax, Global Warming, Epa, Denver News
Auden Schendler

Most of us in the movement to solve climate change want to rock in the corner holding our knees, eating Chinese food out of the box. But that's neither productive nor healthy. Instead, we need to find signs of hope.

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Future Block

Edward Flattau | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Environmentalism, Obama, Environmental Policy, Obama Environmental Policy, Green News
Edward Flattau

The Republican Party appears incapable of actively addressing the fundamental challenges posed by the onset of the 21st century.

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Don't Let the Lights Go Out on Environmental Journalism

Alex Formuzis | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Environmentalism, Environmental Policy, Environmental Journalism, Green Reporting, Green Journalism, Environmental Protection, Green News
Alex Formuzis

In the entire state of California, there is now only one AP reporter whose full time on the environment.

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What BP Owes Americans

Jackie Savitz | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Bp, Dudley, Natural Resources, Environmental Policy, Green, Environmentalism, Obama, Pollution, Legal, Gulf Oil Spill, Lawsuit, Politics, Settlement, Contamination, Environment, BP Oil Spill, Toxic Chemicals, Gulf of Mexico, Ocean, Politics News
Jackie Savitz

Given the extreme carelessness of BP and the vast scope of the resulting damage done, a low-end settlement would send the wrong message to BP and the other companies that are drilling in our oceans, telling them that they may not have to pay for future damages they cause.

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Environmental Justice a Form of Social Justice

Warren J. Blumenfeld | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Social Justice, Environmental Policy, Environmental Justice, Environment, Rick Santorum, Sustainable Agriculture, Environmental Sustainability, Global Warming, Santorum Obama, Rick Santorum Obama Theology, Rick Santorum Obama, Green News
Warren J. Blumenfeld

A so-called "free-market" economic system lacking in environmental protections is tantamount to a social system deficient of civil and human rights protections for minoritized peoples.

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Don't Close the Gate on Endangered Species Protection

Noah Greenwald | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Obama Administration, Endangered Species, Environmental Policy, Endangered Species Act, Green News
Noah Greenwald

What if the bald eagle had never made it onto the endangered species list in 1967?

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Reflections on Twenty Years of Policy Innovation

Robert Stavins | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Market-Based Environmental Policies, Efficiency, Environmental Policy, Economic Policy, Distributional Analysis, Environmental Economics, Cost-Effectiveness, Politics, Climate Change Policy, Office of Management and Budget, Market Failure, Regulation, Positive Political Economy and Tagged Acid Rain, Obama Administration, SO2 Allowance Trading, Global Climate Policy, Externalities, Waxman-Markey Legislation, U.S. Senate, Energy Policy, Energy Economics, Cap-and-Trade, Environmental Politics, U.S. House of Representatives, Green News
Robert Stavins

In 2009, the U.S. Congress considered but ultimately failed to enact legislation aimed at limiting U.S. greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions. The bill unde...

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Economics of the Environment

Robert Stavins | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Market-Based Environmental Policies, Common Property Resources, Environmental Policy, Economic Policy, Forest Policy, Free Rider Problem, Distributional Analysis, Environmental Economics, Cost-Effectiveness, Fisheries Policy, Climate Change Policy, Office of Management and Budget, Regulation, Obama Administration, Information Problems, Global Climate Policy, China, Distributional Equity, California, Linkage of Cap-and-Trade Systems, Environmental Politics, Cap-and-Trade, Kyoto Protocol, Natural Resource Economics, Revenue-Neutral Taxes, Korea, Import Allowance Requirement, Water Policy and Tagged Australia, Efficiency, Natural Resource Policy, Politics, Positive Political Economy, Benefit-Cost Analysis, Mexico, Market Failure, Economic Stimulus Policy, European Union, Corporate Social Responsibility, Brazil, Externalities, Japan, Sulfur Dioxide, Energy Policy, Energy Economics, Public Goods, India, Economic Valuation, Green News
Robert Stavins

The Sixth Edition of Economics of the Environment: Selected Readings has just been published by W. W. Norton & Company of New York and London. Throug...

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Keystone Pipeline: Gift Horse or Threat to America

Nigel Barber | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Tar Sands, Keystone Pipeline, Environmental Policy, Energy Policy, Water Pollution, Strip Mining, Alberta Oil Sands, Keystone Leadership, Green News
Nigel Barber

Whatever decision is reached on the pipeline, we need to balance both sides of the debate in a mature way. Yet that may not happen. We are likely to get politics as usual.

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Boom to Bust: China, the U.S., and the Environment

Jason J. Czarnezki | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: China Climate Change, Environmental Policy, China Pollution, Climate Change, Public Health, Green Energy, Pollution, Environmental Law, China, Global Warming, Green News
Jason J. Czarnezki

In both China and the U.S., economic progress should be based on sustainability and improvement of existing resources rather than simply growth and acquisition.

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Keystone as a Political Barometer

Chris Ladd | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Climate Change, Keystone Pipeline, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Alberta Oil Sands, James Hansen, Environmental Policy, Tar Sands, Politics News
Chris Ladd

The Keystone opposition is not about global warming or protecting the environment. The debate over Keystone is a barometer of how difficult it has become for Americans to address any political issue in a rational manner.

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The Platform Opens a Window: An Unambiguous Consequence of the Durban Climate Talks

Robert Stavins | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Durban Platform, Environmental Policy, Durban, Natural Resource Policy, Climate Change Policy, Global Climate Policy, Energy Policy, Environmental Politics, Kyoto Protocol, Cancun Agreements, Copenhagen Accord, Berlin Mandate, Green News
Robert Stavins

The national delegations from around the world now have a challenging task: To find a way to include all key countries in a structure that brings about meaningful emissions reductions on an appropriate timetable at acceptable cost.

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Who Are the Extremists?

Edward Flattau | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Environmentalism, Gop Environmental Policy, Environmental Policy, Keystone Pipeline, Keystone XL Pipeline, Green News
Edward Flattau

The sad truth is that in the Republicans' "green" lexicon, the epithet "extremist" usually applies to those who cite health benefits in support of tough environmental laws that the GOP opposes at the behest of powerful business interests.

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The EPA Gets It Right, But Watch Out for the Republicans

Richard Schiffman | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Al Gore, Congress, Environmental Policy, Environment, Mercury, Alternative Energy Sources, Regulation, Presidential Campaign, Air Pollution, Barack Obama, Republicans, Green News
Richard Schiffman

So the new clean air rules will be a net job creator that will pump up sagging local economies. Great news that should appeal even to cost-conscious Republicans! Well, not exactly.

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The 10 Biggest Environmental Issues Facing The U.S. In 2012

Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Year-in-Review, Energy, Video, Environmental Laws, Environmental Policy, Epa, Vermont Law Environmental Watch List, Keystone Pipeline, Endangered Species, Keystone XL, Coal, Environmental Watch List, Tva, Green News

What are the biggest environmental and energy policy challenges facing America today? A list from Vermont Law School highlights the 10 most important ...

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Jordan Howard

Wind Advocates Lobby To Extend Vital Tax Credit

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Howard | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Natural Resources Defense Council, Video, Environmental Policy, Green Technology, Green News, Environment, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Clean Energy Production Tax Credits, American Wind Energy Association, Green News

WASHINGTON -- A new study commissioned by the American Wind Energy Association says that if the Production Tax Credit, a lifeline for the burgeoning ...

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The Generals Know Best

Edward Flattau | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Climate Change Politics, Environmentalism, Environmental Policy, Climate Change, Climate, Global Warming, Politics News
Edward Flattau

Some of our politicians consider global warming a hoax. Our military leaders consider global warming a threat to national security.

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Understanding the Failure of the UN's Climate Talks

Steven Cohen | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Public Policy, Climate Change, Environmental Policy, Global Climate Policy, United Nations, Global Warming, Green News
Steven Cohen

The U.N climate talks have failed because the issue has become too important for the world's more powerful nations to assign negotiations to the U.N.'s deliberative bodies.

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