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Cap-and-Trade

Carbon Tax for Businesses and Families in the Near Future?

August 16, 2011

According to the Center for American Progress (CAP), the new debt ceiling deal may just lead to an imposed carbon tax in the near future. The reasoning behind the group’s presumption is mainly due to the fact that…

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Wesleyan University to Hold National Conference on Pricing Carbon Emissions

September 14, 2010

Wesleyan University, along with the Price Carbon Campaign, a grassroots organization of climate-policy supporters, is holding a conference that will probe new, contemporary methods to pricing carbon emissions. “Pricing Carbon: The Wesleyan Conference” will kick off November 19, 2010, and will draw to a close November 21. “Wesleyan University’s College of the Environment was established in 2009 to help students become better stewards of our fragile…

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Big Money Involved In Cap-and-Trade Bill

July 22, 2010

One of the most controversial and hot-button topics in Washington over the last year has been the cap-and-trade bill. The last few decades have seen a great awakening of American consciousness to the need for a greener planet. After years of wild excess and reckless consumption, even the average American consumer is beginning to realize that we must care for our planet. Regardless of whether an individual believes fully in the merits of global warming, no one can intelligently argue…

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BP Proves Why Old Models Fail

May 11, 2010

Why it matters:
Because a lot of policy makers, including our President, have proposed more offshore drilling.
Recap:
You know in movies like “There Will Be Blood” where the guy is drilling for oil and he strikes a rich, gooey pocket and a [...]

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New Jersey Raises 9.1 Million to Fund Clean Energy Projects

March 16, 2010

New Jersey has collected around $9.1 million to fund clean energy projects during a quarterly auction of carbon allowances held earlier last week. The auction generated $87,956,944, with most of the proceeds going toward zero interest loans and…

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Leo Says: This Is Our Moment … We Agree

March 9, 2010

Why it matters:
Because the future is what you make it. (Inspirational enough for yah?)
Recap:
This past September, Senators John “Lightnin’” Kerry (D-MA) and Barbara “The Unifier” Boxer (D-CA) introduced Senate Bill 1733. Senate Bill 1733. That sounds awesome! What’s that? They’re [...]

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Three Leading U.S. Corporations Reject Pro-Climate Bill

February 18, 2010

Three influential corporations which were participating in America’s pro-climate bill recently resigned, attributing their exit to disapproval of presently discussed Congressional plans to cap greenhouse gases. BP America, Caterpillar, and ConocoPhillips state that their exit is due to biased cap-and-trade provisions, with coal-fired power plants to…

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Reducing CO2: ‘Cap and Trade’ or ‘Fee and Dividend’?

December 25, 2009

Earlier this month (Dec. 7, 2009), two Op-Ed columns appeared in the New York Times–one, by Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman, supporting ‘cap and trade’ strategies for reducing carbon emissions, and the other, authored by NASA’s James Hansen advocating a new approach that he calls ‘fee and dividend’. So, which is the most effective policy to pursue and implement?

The following is a break down of the two carbon-cutting strategies:

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Cap and Trade Deception, a Failed Model

December 8, 2009

Why it matters:
Cap and trade will only be effective if done with transparency and integrity, as a means to address global warming…not if it’s treated like another housing bubble.
Recap:
Annie Leonard, who brought us ‘The Story of Stuff”, a brilliantly concise [...]

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Fear’s Role in Climate Change Issues

December 4, 2009

Fear. It is a simple emotion. It is a feeling. But it can also create something complicated — in what it makes us think and do. Fear drives many decisions in the world, and may often cause us to make the wrong decision.

The important thing is realizing the difference between thoughtful awareness of negative ramifications and the actual feeling of fear.

On the following pages, I delve into the relationship between fear and the climate change decisions we are making everyday on individual and larger systematic levels. Additionally, I delve a little more into the issue of fear itself.

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