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Parlez-Vous Cap-and-Trade?

Douglas A. Kysar | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Cap and Trade, Obama Cap and Trade, California Cap and Trade, California Quebec Cap-and-Trade, California Canada Cap-and-Trade, Cap-and-Trade, California Air Resources Board, Green News

California's goal is not merely to create linkages with foreign cap-and-trade systems, but also to inspire and cajole its own federal government, and indeed the world, to act.

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'Green News Report' - January 31, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Chevy Volt, Fracking, Economy, West Virginia, Epa, Renewable Energy, Mitch Daniels, Regulation, Conservation, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Coal, Pipeline, Canada, Tar Sands, Video, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, California Air Resources Board, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Nanotechnology, Environmentalism, Subsidies, State Department, Barack Obama, Energy Efficiency, BRAD BLOG, Keystone XL Pipeline, Conocophillips, Green News, Food, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydraulic Fracturing, China, Republicans, Exxon Valdez, Muppets, Eric Bolling, Exxon Mobil, Invasive Species, Rick Santorum, Snakes, Fox News, Florida, Bill O'Reilly, Wind Energy, United Nations, Drought, Heat Wave, Electric Cars, Illinois, Texas, James Hansen, Gmos, Green News

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Rebate Debate Over Utility-Sector Cap & Trade Revenues

Mike Sandler | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Cap and Trade, California Public Utilities Commision, Climate Change, California, California Air Resources Board, Green News

If you've been wondering whatever happened to Cap & Trade in California, it's not your fault. The topic has bounced around several state agencies, and it was tied up in the courts for awhile.

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'Green News Report' - January 26, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Fracking, Economy, West Virginia, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Conservation, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Pipeline, Canada, Tar Sands, Video, 2012 Presidential Election, Oil Spill, Sotu, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, State of the Union, Global Warming, Energy, Environmentalism, Subsidies, State Department, Barack Obama, BRAD BLOG, Keystone XL Pipeline, Green News, Food, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydraulic Fracturing, China, Republicans, Chevy Volt, Mitch Daniels, Navy, Green Energy, Military, California Air Resources Board, Wetlands, Nanotechnology, Dept of Defense, Energy Efficiency, Mississippi River, Mining, Conocophillips, Green News

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Let California Show the World How

Jennifer Gennari | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Durban Climate Talks, California Air Resources Board, Mary Nichols, Global Warming Solutions Act, Walkable Cities, Urban Centers, Durban Conference, UN Climate Change, Mountain View CA, San Francisco Impact, San Francisco News

Climate talks are moving more slowly than glaciers now. Rather than wait, elected officials and local advocates have taken matters into their own hands. And the newest innovator on the block is the City of Mountain View.

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The Promise and Problems of Pricing Carbon

Robert Stavins | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Clean Energy Standards, Environmental Economics, Obama Administration, International Carbon Tax, Global Climate Policy, Environmental Politics, Cap-and-Trade, California Air Resources Board, Efficiency, Emission Reduction Credits, Japan, Energy Economics, Tarnishing of Cap-and-Trade, Market-Based Environmental Policies, Environmental Policy, Climate Change Policy, Clean Development Mechanism, Offsets, Kyoto Protocol, Leaded Gasoline, Carbon Taxes, North American Climate Initiative, Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Energy Policy, Clean Development, Harmonized Carbon Taxes, Green News

In the U.S., political polarization has decimated what had long been the key political constituency in the Congress for environmental action, namely, the middle, including both moderate Republicans and moderate Democrats.

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California Should Lead Again on Emissions Standards

Dan Becker and James Gerstenzang | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Fran Pavley, Auto Industry, Gas Prices, Fuel Economy, President Obama, Fuel Efficiency, Emissions, California, Epa, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Polllution, Climate Change, Jerry Brown, California Air Resources Board, Gas Mileage, Environmental Protection Agency, Global Warming, Green News

By moving ahead with its own rules, California can bolster the administration's negotiating position with the auto industry. If it declines to send a clear signal now, it risks being hobbled for years by whatever weak action Washington chooses.

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Cap and Trade Is So 2009: Time for an Alternative?

Mike Sandler | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: AB 32, Cap and Trade, Climate Change, California Air Resources Board, Green News

California's reconsideration of carbon pricing provides a chance to create an alternative that can serve as a model for the world.

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Green News Report: March 31, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Co2, Fracking, United Nations, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Chernobyl, Electricity, Radioactivity, Germany, Fossil Fuels, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Contamination, California Air Resources Board, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Green Party, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, California, Dolphins, Fukushima, Environmentalists, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Toxic Chemicals, Japan Earthquake, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Sustainability, Endangered Species, Toxic Waste, Japan, Hydraulic Fracturing, China, Natural Disasters, Iaea, Joshua Tree, Genetically Modified Food, GMO Foods, Barack Obama, Pennsylvania, Natural Gas, BP Oil Spill, Airlines, Organic Farming, PG&E, Waste, Bp, Pacific Gas & Electric, Energy Efficiency, Monsanto, Waste Management, Tim Pawlenty, Smart Meter, National Parks, Green News

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Green News Report: March 29, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Co2, Epa, Arctic Ice Melt, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Electricity, Radioactivity, Fossil Fuels, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Contamination, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Fukushima, Environmentalists, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Arctic, Toxic Chemicals, Japan Earthquake, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Sustainability, Endangered Species, Toxic Waste, Japan, Russia, Fracking, United Nations, Clean Energy, Canada, Shipping, Chernobyl, Rising Sea Level, Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Germany, California Air Resources Board, Green Party, Forests, Deforestation, Massey Energy, Dolphins, California, Texas, Superfund, Protests, Angela Merkel, Hydraulic Fracturing, China, Green News

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Despite Deficit, Brown Wants $63 Million For Caltrans

California Watch | Marie C. Baca | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California Budget Deficit, Caltrans, California Budget Crisis, Jerry Brown, California Air Resources Board, Los Angeles News

This story comes courtesy of California Watch. By Marie C. Baca Nestled within Gov. Jerry Brown's program-slashing budget proposal lies a $63 m...

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Green News Report: January 25, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Bees, Oil, Natural Gas, Wind Power, Co2, Cap and Trade, Pesticides, House of Representatives, Fracking, Australia, Gasland, Epa, Agriculture, Regulation, The Oscars, Green News Report, Biotech, Coal, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Pipeline, Offshore Drilling, Drought, Rising Sea Level, Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Mountaintop Removal, Fossil Fuels, Colony Collapse Disorder, Big Oil, Greenhouse Gases, California Air Resources Board, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Usda, Global Warming Deniers, Coal Mining, Global Warming, Interior Department, California, White House Oil Spill Commission, Biofuels, Carbon Emissions, Environmentalists, Environmentalism, Texas, Subsidies, Toxic Chemicals, Superfund, Energy Efficiency, Fuel Cells, BRAD BLOG, Keystone XL Pipeline, Green News, Sustainability, Food, Fox News, Hydraulic Fracturing, BP Oil Spill, Extreme Weather, Upper Big Branch Mine, China, Green News

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Getting "Gas"-y at the Oscars; Freakin' Frackin'; Natural disasters are expensive; Catastrophic flooding, drought around the world.

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California Renewable Energy Push Could Blow Across West

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brian Schweitzer, The West, Fossil Fuels, Renewable Energy, Rocky Mountains, California Air Resources Board, California, Smarter Ideas, Energy Debates, Denver News

BILLINGS, Mont. — Montana and other states in the West could wind up being the unintended beneficiaries of an aggressive push to decrease fossil...

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About California's Proposed Cap & Trade Regulation

Mike Sandler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cap and Trade, Climate Change, California, ab32, California Air Resources Board, Green News

An alternative strategy for climate protection advocates would be to ask for a delay.

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Prop 23: It's About Our Future

Hunt Ramsbottom | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Renewable Energy, AB 32, Green Economy, Clean Energy, Proposition 23, Greenhouse Gases, California Air Resources Board, Los Angeles News

A "Yes" vote on Prop 23 jeopardizes both economic growth and the improvement of air quality in California, and delays the reduction in the emission of detrimental greenhouse gases.

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Green News Report: September 30, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Salmon, Moratorium, Capitol Hill, Oil Sands, Oil Spill Response, Australia, Epa, Factory Farms, Renewable Energy, Obama Administration, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mary Landrieu, Mudflats, Coal, Offshore Drilling, Proposition 23, Mark Begich, Mountaintop Removal, Big Oil, Extinction, Climate Science, James Cameron, California Air Resources Board, Genetically Modified Food, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Vatican, Gulf of Mexico, Global Warming Deniers, Coal Mining, Solar Power, Global Warming, Bp, John McCain, Koalas, California, White House Oil Spill Commission, Environmentalists, Avatar, Lobbying, Biochar, Nissan Leaf, Energy Policy, Appalachia, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Endangered Species, Climate Legislation, BP Oil Spill, Wildlife, Green News

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Green News Report: September 28, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Capitol Hill, Fracking, Australia, Oil Spill Response, Michael Mann, Epa, Renewable Energy, Obama Administration, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Coal, Water Crisis, Pipeline, Offshore Drilling, Mountaintop Removal, Big Oil, Climate Science, California Air Resources Board, PG&E, Scotland, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Gulf of Mexico, Global Warming Deniers, Coal Mining, Global Warming, Bp, California, White House Oil Spill Commission, Environmentalists, Lobbying, Justice Department, Energy Policy, Appalachia, BRAD BLOG, Halliburton, San Bruno Fire, Green News, Sustainability, Natural Gas, Climate Legislation, Hydraulic Fracturing, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, BP Oil Spill, Wildlife, Green News

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Future Cars, Now: The Next Steps To Fight Global Warming

Dan Becker and James Gerstenzang | Posted 05.25.2011

Getting the next generation of cars right isn't just good for the planet. It's good for American jobs. It's good for the economy. It's even good for the carmakers.

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Greed Puts Climate in Dire Straits: Offsets for Nothin' and Permits for Free

Mike Sandler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cap and Dividend, Dire Straits, Cap and Trade, ab32, Carbon Offsets, CLEAR Act, Maria Cantwell, California Air Resources Board, Green News

All of this talk of offsets needlessly complicates the basics of a carbon permit system. Polluters pay, and people get the money. That's the way you do it.

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Let California Lead: the Green Economy and Lessons from 1990's Zero Emissions Vehicle Mandate

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toyota, Green Jobs, California, Gm, Andrew Card, George W. Bush, Green, Rethink Reviews, Zero-Emission Vehicles, Pollution, Green Energy, Suvs, AB 32, Who Killed the Electric Car, Jonathan Kim, Ev1, General Motors, Toyota Prius, Greenhouse Gases, California Air Resources Board, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Green Energy Economy, Hummer, SUV Sales, Global Warming, Green News

California has always represented a better future, and we seem more impatient to get there than anyone else. The examples are endless: the settlers ri...

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AB 32 Opponents Vulnerable on Pollution's Health Hazards

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Air Particulates, University of Massachusetts, American Lung Association, Nrdc, AB 32 Implementation Group, University of Southern California, NRDC Action Fund, Particulate Matter, AB 32, California Air Pollution, Meg Whitman, Dennis Tootelian, Lung Cancer, University of California, Smog, California Air Resources Board, Asthma, Center for Resource Solutions, Respiratory Illness, Air Pollution, A.B. 32, Ozone, Sanjay Varshney, Los Angeles News

Opponents of legislation that seeks to reduce greenhouse gases in California to 1990 levels by 2020 are asking us to put short-term economic interests ahead of people's health and safety.

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Commerce Residents Choke on Fumes

Terry Gardner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Commerce, Cancer, Dirty Air, Train Pollution, Air Pollution, Railroads, California Air Resources Board, Green News

No one should have to hold their breath at home to avoid inhaling diesel fumes.

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Chamber of Commerce and Car Dealers Fight California Emissions Rules

nytimes.com | Jim Motavalli | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, National Automobile Dealers Association, California, United States Chamber of Commerce, California Air Resources Board, Epa, Air Quality, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Green News

The United States Chamber of Commerce is joining with the National Automobile Dealers Association to try to derail California's ability to regulate gr...

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How California is Breaking the Petroleum Habit

Mary Nichols | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California Fuel Rule, Low Carbon Fuel Standards, National Low Carbon Fuel Standard, California Air Resources Board, Green News

The California Low Carbon Fuel Standard is starkly simple. It requires that all transportation fuels have, on average, ten-percent less carbon intensity than today's gasoline by 2020.

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Arbitrary, Thy Name is ARB: The Flaws in the California Air Resources Board Carbon Reduction Proposal

Bob Dinneen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Indirect Land Use, Cellulosic Ethanol, California-Air-Resources-Board, Gasoline, Biofuels, Crude Oil, Oil, Ethanol, Deforestation, Green News

In the debate over how best to reduce carbon emissions, there are some who claim, without much scientific support, that continuing to burn petroleum is better than shifting to renewable biofuels.

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