(Reuters) -Billionaire investor George Soros said on Wednesday he would guarantee $50 million to help slow deforestation and contain climate change, bolstering Norwegian plans for a partnership of rich and poor states to save forests. Soros announced the move a day before about 50 nations meet in Oslo to seal a deal on protecting...
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There is increasing discussion among environmentalists, economists and fiscal conservatives about the benefits of replacing income taxes with carbon taxes. More income is a good thing–all else equal–but income taxes can discourage income and encourage inefficient expenditure, and many parts of the income tax code are believed to be unfair and inefficient. More carbon...
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The cheapest way to reduce carbon in the atmosphere is by providing birth control methods for women who want them. $7 contributed toward the purchase of contraceptives (and instructions on how to use them effectively) can prevent the emission of one ton of atmospheric carbon dioxide. This compares to approximately $32 per ton for...
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Last semester I had two West African students in my physics classes that had moved with their family to Tracy, California. In case you haven’t heard of Tracy, it’s a bedroom community town about 20 miles from the campus and even further from nearly all sources of employment. Both students were well on their...
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If you can get past Annie Leonard’s annoyingly condescending tone and overly simplistic arguments, this can be a very basic introduction to the idea of “cap and trade.” Clearly there are problems with the idea; however, I doubt it will destroy our entire economy.
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Source: Mother Jones Mark Schapiro reports on “the byzantine politics of paying countries to save trees.” Amid the blizzard of acronyms you’re likely to hear a lot as global climate talks heat up is REDD, which is United Nations lingo for Reducing Emissions From Deforestation and Forest Degradation. In other words, finding ways to...
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If cap and trade passes it will cost you $.77 a gallon? Really? Based on what? Cap and Trade is not exactly the hot topic being chatted up around the water cooler these days. But there is probably good reason for that: Iraq, Afghanistan, Wall Street, Health Care. That is as more than enough...
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The state of the Renewable Energy Market in North America is surprisingly quiet, but there is an accelerating trend towards green energy. On September 13th-16th, the Renewable Energy Markets 2009 Conference was held in Atlanta to discuss the major issues facing the industry. It was put on by the Center for Resource Solutions with...
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