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Cap and Trade Part 4: Forests, Farms, and Offsets

Bill Chameides | Posted 07.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon, Offsets, Cap and Trade, Economics, Climate, Climate Change, Agriculture, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Ecosystems, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Forests, Global Warming, Green News
Bill Chameides

Many people have a hard time accepting that one can emit CO2 from a power plant in Ohio and offset those emissions by capturing methane on a North Carolina hog farm.

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U.S. Climate Bill Part of Solution but Not the Whole Solution

Bill Chameides | Posted 07.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Cap and Trade, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, China, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Temperatures, Global Warming, Climate Change, Climate Disruption, Green News
Bill Chameides

Co-written by Bill Chameides and Prasad KasibhatlaThe climate deniers have a new argument: don't pass climate legislation because it doesn't cut emiss...

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Cap and Trade Part 2: Walking the International Tightrope

Bill Chameides | Posted 07.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Thomas Friedman, Cap and Trade, Global Economy, Economics, Economy, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, United States, Policy, China, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Legislation, Politics, U.S. Congress, Climate Change, Paul Krugman, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Global Warming, Green News
Bill Chameides

Any international climate treaty that omits an eventual cap on China's emissions will be a treaty that fails to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference on the climate.

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Apartment Building Associations Promoting Energy Inefficiency?

A. Siegel | Posted 07.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Architecture, Green Building, Energy, Cap and Trade, Building Codes, Apartment Buildigns, Energy Efficiency, Building, Waxman-Markey, Green News
A. Siegel

Those struggling to delay action to turn the tides on Global Warming's rising seas come from many angles and bring to the table many truthiness-laden arguments.

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Manufacturing America's Clean Energy Future

Phil Angelides | Posted 07.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama Energy Policy, Obama Clean Coal, Cap and Trade, Carbon Emissions, Manufacturing, Clean Energy, Clean Energy Economy, Energy Policy, Green News
Phil Angelides

If we truly want to curb climate change and fix the economy, we need to adopt a strong carbon cap.

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Cap and Trade Part 1: It's About the Cap, Stupid

Bill Chameides | Posted 07.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Politics, Cap and Trade, Global Economy, Climate, Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Policy, Business, Legislation, Global Warming, Green News
Bill Chameides

Where the climate is concerned, don't be fooled: it's ultimately about the "cap" not the "and trade" part.

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Hats off to a Bright Green Future

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 07.06.2009 | Green

Read More: UC Berkeley, Green, Cap and Trade, Graduation, Solar, Green News
Cameron Sinclair

Roland Saekow, a recent UC Berkeley graduate, helped to pass the Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) legislation on campus, which generates $200,000 annually for green projects at Berkeley.

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The Terminator's Salvation for Allocation in Waxman-Markey

Mike Sandler | Posted 06.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Climate Change, Henry Waxman, ab32, Edward Markey, Waxman-Markey, Governor Schwarzenegger, Terminator Salvation, Green Energy, Green News
Mike Sandler

A group of robots (lobbyists) run by evil machines (coal-fired powerplants) have infiltrated the highest levels of government (Congress' Energy and Commerce Committee).

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The Wonderful Politics of Cap-and-Trade: A Closer Look at Waxman-Markey

Robert Stavins | Posted 06.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama Administration, Cap and Trade, Climate Change, Environmental Politics, Green News
Robert Stavins

Despite all the hand-wringing in the press and the blogosphere, the politics of cap-and-trade systems are truly quite wonderful, which is why these systems have been used, and used successfully.

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Memo to Media: Don't be Suckered by Bad Analyses from the Breakthrough Institute

Joseph Romm | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Breakthrough Institute, Climate Change, Media, Global Warming, Waxman-Markey, Green News
Joseph Romm

If you convince the media you are, say, part of the progressive environmental movement, you can get all the media attention you want by then trashing your supposed allies.

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Washington Post Columnist Steven Pearlstein Gets Climate Bill Wrong

David Roberts | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon Tax, Waxman Markey Bill, Cap-and-Trade, Waxman-Markey, Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Complementary Policies, Green News
David Roberts

Pearlstein's hyperbole is par for the course these days. Lots of people have taken to exaggerating the complexity and opacity of the Waxman-Markey bill based primarily on its page length.

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GOP: Defending the Little Guy from Corporations Since a Couple Days Ago

David Roberts | Posted 06.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Renewable Energy, Energy, Us Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), Cap and Trade, Republican Party, Republicans, Business News
David Roberts

Republicans are no longer "pro-business," they're pro some businesses, specifically old-line energy companies and utilities.

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Speaking with Americans about Energy and Climate: From the Think Tank to the Kitchen Table

Drew Westen | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Renewable Energy, Polls, Environment, Cap and Trade, Green Energy, Green Energy Economy, Framing, Energy Politics, Politics News
Drew Westen

What we found is that when we talk in plain, values-oriented language, we solidly move people, motivate them to action, and beat the industry's well-crafted messages by 20-40 points.

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Jeff Muskus

McCain Abruptly Flips On Climate Change Legislation

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senator John McCain, Energy Bill, Mccain, Climate Change, Cap-and-Trade, John McCain Climate Change, Mccain Twitter, Politics News

Sen. John McCain now appears to oppose climate-change legislation, an abrupt switch that could seriously threaten any movement on such a bill. "Near...

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Indiana Governor: Cap and Trade Unfair to Hoosiers. Really?

Bill Chameides | Posted 06.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Mitch Daniels, Cap and Trade, Waxman-Markey, Economics, Climate Change, Global Warming, Indiana, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Green News
Bill Chameides

Daniels's argument about cap-and-trade dollars going to social programs that would harm Indiana's economy is specious.

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Do We Have a Cap? Midwest Governors and Climate Leadership

Henry Henderson | Posted 06.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon, Cap and Trade, Midwest Governors Association, Illinois Governor, Minnesota, Carbon Cap, Midwest, Climate, Nrdc, Minneapolis, Governor Quinn, Clean Energy, Climate Legislation, Clean-Energy-Investments, Energy Policy, Green Energy, Green News
Henry Henderson

D.C. should take notice that the Midwest is opening the road to a reinvigorated economy and clean energy future.

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Does the Public Need to Understand "Cap-and-Trade"?

David Roberts | Posted 06.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Polls, Cap and Trade, Climate Change, Rasmussen Poll, Carbon Emissions, Rasmussen, Green News
David Roberts

Our ship is sinking and we're involved in a heated debate about the kind of wrench to use to tighten the bolts on the lifeboat. How about first we all agree that we need to get off the damn ship?

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Cap-and-Trade vs. Carbon Tax: A Bird in Hand Is Worth Two on Alpha Centauri

David Roberts | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cap and Trade, Kevin Drum, Carbon Tax, Andrew Sullivan, Cap-and-Trade, Renewable Energy, James Hansen, Climate Change, Carbon Taxes, Politics News
David Roberts

grist.orgI find it really hard to believe, but the perennial "carbon tax vs. cap-and-trade" debate is still going on. It goes on and on and on and it ...

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Green News Report - May 7, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, House of Representatives, Cotton, President Obama, Factory Farms, Department of Interior, LED Light Bulbs, Big Ag, Globalization, Bats, Green News Report, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Climate Change Legislation, Energy Efficiency, Compact Flourescent Lightbulbs, Green News, Wildfires, Polar Bears, Climate Change, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Ethanol, Auto Industry, Bush Midnight Regulations, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

In Today's Audio Report: Fires and bats and bears -- Oh My!; Congress to offer Cash For Clunkers; Some Democrats side with Republicans in stalling cli...

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Republican Incoherence on Climate Change

David Roberts | Posted 06.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Hardball, Cap and Trade, This Week With George Stephanopoulos, George Stephanopoulos, John Boehner, Climate Change, Mike Pence, Republican Party, Chris Matthews, Republicans, Green News
David Roberts

Republicans are completely a mess -- a familiar mess, trapped between their increasingly loopy base and the American mainstream. Their base is full of flat-earthers that don't believe the scientific consensus.

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Ecoflation -- Business Beware

Diane Francis | Posted 06.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Green, Environment, Cap and Trade, Environmental Degradation, Green Living, Carbon Taxes, Green Energy, Cap-and-Trade, Carbon Sequestration, Reuters, Business News
Diane Francis

Consumers will pay more for everything, a form of green inflation, notably in developed countries where environmental activists and laws are demanding responsiveness to concerns.

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Rep. Pence Caught Lying About Green Jobs Bill

Josh Nelson | Posted 06.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Policy, Politics, Green News, Henry Waxman, Mike Pence, Green, Cap and Trade, Global Warming, Energy, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Climate Change, Political News, Green News
Josh Nelson

Less than an hour after the Think Progress interview Mr. Pence appeared on MSNBC again and repeated his discredited "$3,100 energy tax" lie. Watch the incredible video below.

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Jason Linkins

Mike Pence Uses Bogus Numbers To Raise "Tax Hike" Alarm (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cap and Trade, Video, Environmental Policy, Carbon Emissions, Barack Obama, Andrea Mitchell, Mike Pence, Politics News

Media Monitor Susan flags a segment from this afternoon's coverage on MSNBC. In it, Congressman Mike Pence (R-Ind.) appeared, holding forth with Andr...

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