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Less-Dependence Day, July 4, 2008

Paula Gordon | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Gas Prices, Cap and Trade, Denis Hayes, Energy Less-Dependence, Carbon Tax, Energy Policy, Politics News

We can start today by focusing on energy, by working to use less of it, and by demanding that carbon be taxed at a level commensurate with the damage it causes. Less-Dependence for All.

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Twenty Years Later: Tipping Points Near on Global Warming

Dr. James Hansen | Posted 06.23.2008 | Green

Read More: Carbon, Warming, Carbon Tax, Fossil Fuels, Dr. James Hansen, Exxonmobil, Global Warming Skepticism, Global Warming, Green News

Yesterday, I testified to Congress about global warming, 20 years after I first alerted the public that warming was underway. There are striking similarities between then and now, but one big difference.

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While Earth Warms

David Victor | Posted 06.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Price Floors, Carbon Tax, Carbon Emissions, High Oil Prices, Greenhouse Gases, Gas Tax, Oil Prices, Climate Change, Oil Politics, Green News

Serious global warming policies require careful political engineering because they imply a radical reorganization of the energy system. Last week's vote is a reminder that those policies could be years away.

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Preaching To The Choir

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 06.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Carbon Tax, Peak Oil, G8 Summit, Global Warming, The Venus Syndrome, Green News

Is global warming a liberal and academic conspiracy? Yes, says Charles Krauthammer (http://nationalreview.com) in his 30May08 editorial. The Wall St...

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Carbon Tax: Canadian Green Party Talks Cap-And-Trade

National Post | Elizabeth May | Posted 06.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Green, Green Party, Carbon Tax, Cap-and-Trade, Elizabeth May, Green News

This week, contributors to the National Post debate the pros and cons of a carbon tax. In today's instalment, Green party leader Elizabeth May argues ...

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Global Warming Symphony #1: The Overture

Carl Pope | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warner-Leiberman, Carbon Tax, Bush, Mccain, Climate Change, Global Warming, Politics News

The Senate doesn't recognize that most American jobs are driven by how effectively we transform energy into useful services, not by how much stuff we can dig out of the ground.

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Large-Scale Green Business Risk

Andrew Winston | Posted 03.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Virgin Airlines, Virgin Airlines Biofuel, Green Business, Carbon Tax, Business News

This kind of risk — a market being redefined out from under you — is a bit scary. But companies that don't keep an eye on all these forces, from shifts in customer attitudes to wide-reaching laws and mandates, will disappear.

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Ex-Bush Speechwriter Frum "Terrified" By Current GOP Landscape

NY Times | DEBORAH SOLOMON | Posted 01.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: American Enterprise Institute, Republican Presidential Candidate, Aei, Bush Administration, Republican Primary, Carbon Tax, Axis of Evil, David Frum, New York Times, Gop, Politics News

As a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and former speechwriter for President Bush, you're surprisingly critical of him in your new ...

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Dingell Is Right About 'No Free Lunch'

Tom Donohue | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics

Read More: Climate Change, Rep. John Dingell, Carbon Tax, US Chamber of Commerce, Cap-and-Trade, Gas Tax, Politics News

A number of political leaders have proposed "cap-and-trade" systems and taxes on "big corporations" and "the wealthy." This is an attempt to convince the general public that climate change can be addressed in ways that are free. Don't believe it!

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Fiddling as the Planet Warms

Bill Curry | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Energy Independence, Ipcc, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Al Gore Nobel Prize, Oil and Gas Industries, Renewable Energy, Chris Dodd, Department of Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Science Denial, Energy Industry Global Warming, Global Warming Cabinet Position, Sustainabale Economics, Oil Industry, Energy Industry, Chris Dodd Global Warming, Carbon Tax, Climate Change Presidential Candidates, Bush Climate Change, Climate Change, Al Gore, Republican Party Global Warming, UN Climate Change, Global Warming, Deus Ex Machina, Politics News

The energy industry's most effective argument is that moving to renewable energy hurts our economy. It's a lie. All the propaganda and official deception has put the country in a trance.

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