Cap and Dividend

The Cantwell-Collins CLEAR Act Helps Consumers, the Climate, and the Economy

Mike Sandler | Posted 12.14.2009 | Green


Mike Sandler

A proposed anti-global warming bill would help the U.S. make a fair, affordable transition to a clean-energy, low-carbon economy, and avoid the pitfalls of other climate bills that pander to the coal-burning utilities.

Copenhagen Meets 2012 With Purple Oceans and Green Skies

Mike Sandler | Posted 12.07.2009 | Green


Mike Sandler

The Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012, and if we don't do something BIG to really start reducing greenhouse gas emissions after that, we are screwed in a big, Emmerich-movie-like way.

Could Dividends Help North Dakota Say "Yes" to a Carbon Cap?

Mike Sandler | Posted 08.31.2009 | Green


Mike Sandler

I don't blame Dorgan and Pomeroy for being sceptical of the "postage stamp" strategy. Their state will face major costs, and the strategy puts supporters at risk in the 2010 or 2012 elections.

Waxman-Markey's "Postage Stamp" Costs Transfer Wealth from the Poor to the Rich

Mike Sandler | Posted 08.09.2009 | Green


Mike Sandler

Fuel and electricity costs are highly visible, but under Waxman-Markey, the benefits to consumers will be mostly invisible.

Free Allowances to Utilities Are Not Dividends to Consumers

Mike Sandler | Posted 07.25.2009 | Green


Mike Sandler

It would be as if the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 legislated monetary policy through 1940. Ridiculous, right? I mean, who had the crystal ball to predict that Great Depression thing?

What Are the Carbon Costs in Your State?

Mike Sandler | Posted 05.28.2009 | Green


Mike Sandler

Unfortunately, the economics of estimating how much climate policy might cost households has almost as many variables and feedback loops as climate science.

Waxman-Markey vs. Van Hollen: Two Approaches to Climate Change

Mike Sandler | Posted 05.09.2009 | Green


Mike Sandler

Two climate change bills were introduced last week. If we liken these two bills to race horses, they have just left the gate and they have many laps still to go

Cap And Dividend Defined: The "Third Way"

good.is | Posted 04.10.2009 | Green


Enter the Great Third Way, more formally known as cap-and-dividend. The cap part is familiar--a set number of pollution permits would be auctioned off...

Family Income and Climate Security: We Can Have Both

Mike Tidwell | Posted 03.30.2009 | Green


Mike Tidwell

A cap-and-dividend system would move energy markets toward clean fuels while generating billions of dollars in monthly dividend checks shared equally by all American families, guaranteed.

Civil Rights and Carbon Emissions

Mike Sandler | Posted 02.22.2009 | Green


Mike Sandler

If environmental protection is a "luxury," then developing countries should emit as much as they need to, then when they're wealthier, create environmental laws to deal with the mess.

Cap And Dividend Latest Subject Of Green Cartoons

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 01.18.2009 | Green


Here's an entertaining, possibly emerging trend I should have predicted: cartoons used to explain green issues or technologies. Last week, someone se...