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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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'Green News Report' - September 8, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Rick Perry, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Hurricanes, Environmentalism, Arctic, Energy Efficiency, Michele Bachmann, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Sustainability, Fox News, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Solyndra, Google, Cap and Trade, Monsanto, Drought, Rggi, Gmos, Chris Christie, The Onion, Barack Obama, Texas, Koch Brothers, Koch Industries, Heatwave, Skeptical Science, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: In our ex...

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Major Cap-And-Trade Program Boosted State Economies

The Huffington Post | Joanna Zelman | Posted 05.26.2011

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If cap-and-trade is truly dead, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is desperately fighting to resuscitate it. RGGI was formed by ten state...

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States Raid Pollution-Reducing Funds To Balance Budgets

AP | NORMA LOVE | Posted 05.25.2011

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CONCORD, N.H. — Two of the 10 Northeast states that agreed to dedicate millions of dollars to reduce carbon emissions and promote green energy have ...

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Green News Report: December 2, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lisa Jackson, Green Jobs, Fracking, Sputnik, United Nations, Epa, Regulation, Innovation, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Coal, Greenpeace, Water Crisis, Offshore Drilling, cop16, Rising Sea Level, Mountaintop Removal, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Steven Chu, Greenhouse Gases, Extinction, Spruce Mine, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Gulf of Mexico, Global Warming Deniers, Cancun Climate Summit, Global Warming, Bp, Massey Energy, Rggi, White House Oil Spill Commission, Research, Carbon Emissions, Sea Lions, Homeland Security, Utilities, Global Temperature, Toxic Chemicals, Cancun, Senate, BRAD BLOG, The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Water, Royal Society, Oil, Green News, Natural Gas, Florida, Endangered Species, Climate Legislation, BP Oil Spill, China, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Happy bir...

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Green News Report: November 30, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Salmon, Google, Chevy Volt, Green Jobs, Fracking, Epa, United Nations, Regulation, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Greenpeace, Water Crisis, Water Contamination, cop16, Marcellus Shale, Rising Sea Level, Haiti Earthquake, Google Earth, Christiana Figueres, Fossil Fuels, Extinction, Greenhouse Gases, Electric Cars, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Bluefin Tuna, Cancun Climate Summit, Global Warming, Rggi, Gmos, Genetically Engineered Salmon, California, Carbon Emissions, Rainforest, Genetically Engineered Foods, Nissan Leaf, Global Temperature, Toxic Chemicals, Cancun, Senate, The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, BRAD BLOG, Water, Royal Society, Green News, Joe Barton, Endangered Species, Climate Legislation, Hydraulic Fracturing, Edward Wegman, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: After fai...

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Why Voting Matters for the Climate Movement

Liz Butler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rggi, Politico, Right Wing, Henry Waxman, Citizens United, Gulf Oil Spill, Center for American Progress, Coal, Dirty Coal, Ed Markey, Proposition 23, votesmart.org, Conservatives, Big Oil, California Prop 23, John Kerry, Elections 2010, Oil, Gotv, Center for Responsive Politics, Climate Change, Global Warming, Voting, 1sky, Green News
Liz Butler

People in the climate movement -- or anyone who believes in what we're doing to avert a climate crisis and bring about an energy revolution -- can push back on Big Oil and Dirty Coal by exercising their right to vote.

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Scott Brown: Don't Forget, It's the People's Seat

James Boyce | Posted 05.25.2011

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James Boyce

Scott Brown is one of my two Senators and as such, he represents me, not a birther Tea party extremist from the West. And the Scott Brown that appealed to Massachusetts voters is actually a defender of the environment.

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Failure at Copenhagen Doesn't Mean Businesses Are off the Hook

Andrew Winston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environmental Regulations, Supreme Court, Epa, Cap and Trade, Copenhagen 2009, Carbon Trading, Mayors-Climate-Protection-Agreement, Climate Change, Toxics Release Inventory, Rggi, National Climate Reporting Plan, Green News
Andrew Winston

Despite the confounded state of international climate policy negotiations, companies will continue to face new mandates to measure, report, and reduce their carbon emissions.

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A Federal Cap-And-Trade System: More From The Summit

Paige Donner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paige Donner

What's interesting about the governor's climate conference is that you normally would think that international negotiations or solutions are all about Heads of State talking to each another.

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The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI): A Step in the Right Direction

Good | Ben Jervey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Cap and Trade, Carbon Tax, Carbon Emissions, The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Environment, Western Climate Initiative, RGGI, Carbon Footprint, Green News

America's first formal crack at regulating industrial greenhouse gas emissions kicked off last week with a much-ballyhooed carbon auction that should ...

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