Posts Tagged ‘Waxman-Markey’
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Climate change: the good and the astoundingly awful bad news
Photo credit: azrainman When discussing climate change, the old saying needs to be amended to “What do you want first, the somewhat good news, or the astoundingly awful bad news?” The bad news is piling up fast: * The ice …
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Oz Environmentalist Professor Tim Flannery supports disastrous Australian Carbon Trading ETS
As evident from the failed G8 meeting at L’Aquila, Italy, the worst greenhouse gas polluters of the First World support cap-and –trade emissions trading scheme (ETS) approaches to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution despite contrary advice from top climate scientists …
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George Monbiot: US is a failed state on climate change
George Monbiot, Europe’s leading green commentator, joins other environmentalists in attacking the recently passed energy and climate bill in USA. Monbiot says the bill “would be laughable anywhere else” but that unfortunately it’s the best we can expect from the …
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Top experts: Carbon Tax needed NOT Cap-and-Trade Emission Trading Scheme (ETS)
A number of eminent scientists, economists and writers variously argue strongly FOR a global Carbon Tax that will directly put a price on greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution and enable urgently required rapid transformation to a non-carbon economy. They variously argue …
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US House passes Energy and Climate bill, environmentalists says it’s too weak
Photo credit: jurvetson This past Friday the House of Representatives in USA voted yes to the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, a cap-and-trade energy bill, by a vote of 219 to 212. This historic climate change bill …
