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Obama's Team Has Fought Each Other On Environment Since 1997

New York Times | JOHN M. BRODER | Posted 01.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Carol Browner, Kyoto Protocol, Carbon Emission, Obama Environment, Environment, Larry Summers, Obama's Cabinet, Barack Obama, Green News

Mr. Summers, then the deputy Treasury secretary, said at the time that there was a compelling scientific case for action on global warming but that a ...

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The Top 5 Environmental Newsmakers of 2008

Maura Judkis | Posted 12.30.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Cap and Trade, T. Boone Pickens, Alternative Energy, Electric Cars, Sarah Palin, James Hansen, Green Living, Al Gore, Barack Obama, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Green News

Here are five of the most environmentally newsworthy people of the year, both good and bad. Who would be on your list?

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Increasing Agreement on Carbon Taxes -- Goodbye 2008 Conventional Wisdom

Dan Rosenblum | Posted 12.30.2008 | Green

This convergence of opinion from Left and Right signals an extraordinary opportunity to obtain bipartisan support for a revenue-neutral carbon tax.

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The New York Times Wrong-Headedly Propagandizes for an Obama Gasoline Tax

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 12.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Gas Prices, Cap and Trade, Thomas Friedman, State of Hawai, President-Elect Obama, Gas Purchase Permits, World War II, Gas Rationing, Fuel Voucher Program, Gas Tax, Newyorktimes, Obama Oil, Obama Gas Tax, Business News

A better solution would be a "free market" variation of the gas rationing program that served the nation so well in World War II, bringing a shared sense of mission and dignity to the home front.

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Cap And Dividend Latest Subject Of Green Cartoons

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 12.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Cap and Dividend, Cap and Trade, Cap and Return, Cap and Rebate, Carbon Economy, Green Living, Green Cartoons, Green News

Here's an entertaining, possibly emerging trend I should have predicted: cartoons used to explain green issues or technologies. Last week, someone se...

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Climate Lessons from Kyoto to Sacramento to Poznan

Mike Sandler | Posted 12.17.2008 | Green

Read More: European Emissions Trading, AB 32, Cap and Trade, Poznan, Emissions Trading, Climate Change, Green News

Based on the outcome of the last international agreement, the Kyoto Protocol, we shouldn't wait around for an international treaty to save the day.

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Message from Poznan: Time for Mass Mobilization to Stop Global Warming Emissions

Betsy Taylor | Posted 12.15.2008 | Green

It's going to take a lot more than the... chaotic process I watched in Poznan over the past two weeks for us to cut global warming emissions as deeply and quickly as scientists say is necessary.

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Senator Evan Bayh: Friend of Obstructionist Republicans

Josh Nelson | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Evan Bayh, Blue Dog, Senate Republicans, President Obama, Obama Administration, Democrats, Global Warming, Cap and Trade, Climate Change, Barack Obama, Energy Policy, U.S. Senate, Senate, Senate Democrats, Harry Reid, Universal Healthcare, Politics News

Now that Democrats are likely within reach of 60 votes on major progressive priorities, Sen. Bayh is determined to sabotage his party.

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Obama's Global Challenge

Marco Trbovich | Posted 12.11.2008 | Green

America's energy future is a goods news, bad news joke. The good news is that America has enough domestic resources to meet its energy needs. The bad news is, the resource is coal.

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Cap and Trade Under Attack -- Say It Ain't So, Mr. Nader

Bill Chameides | Posted 12.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Cap and Trade, Carbon Tax, Carbon Markets, Ralph Nader, Climate Change, Global Warming, Wall Street Journal, Green News

After eight long years in the legislative desert, we have a president and Congress committed to passing climate legislation. But any celebration is premature.

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Preparing for the Coming Global Warming Skeptic Onslaught

Jeremy Jacquot | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Global Warming Skepticism, Cap-and-Trade, Global Warming, Barack Obama, Green News

Unless we are ready to fight back, the Obama administration could lose a historic opportunity to finally start turning the corner on climate change.

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

Paige Donner | Posted 11.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Climate Change, California EPA, Cap and Trade, Carter Roberts, Copenhagen 2009, World Wildlife Fund, Kyoto Protocols, Natalia Anderle, Dan Pellissier, Henry Derwent, Co2, Emissions, Barack Obama, Rggi, Governor Schwarzenegger, Federal Cap and Trade, Miss Brazil 2008, Wwf, Linda Adams, Energy Independence, BrasilInvest Group, Ethanol, International Emissions Trading Associationa, Deforestation, Mario Garnero, United Nations Association Brazil, Governor Schwarzenegger Environmental Policy, Barack Obama Environmental Policy, President Elect Obama, Business News

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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Sen. Boxer To Propose Cap-And-Trade, $15B Energy Innovation Bills

Grist | Posted 11.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Cap and Trade, Barbara Boxer, Boxer Climate Bills, Energy Innovation Stimulus, Enervy Innovation Bill, Innovation, Energy Policy, Green News

Today, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, announced that she will introduce two pieces of gree...

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Governors' Global Climate Summit: Thinking As One Planet

Paige Donner | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sebelius, Cap and Trade, World Wildlife Fund, S Renewable Energy, Blagojevich, Governors' Global Climate Summit, Brazil, Nature Conservancy, Executive Order, Renewable Energy, Environm, Eu, Carb, Beverly Hilton, Flex-Fuel, Jim Doyle, Barack Obama, Ental Defense Fund, Canada, Schwarzenegger, Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Indonesia, Poland, Algae Biofuels, Environment, Climate Change, Redd, Copenhagen, Deforestation, China, Crist, Politics News

What was heard at the Governor's Global Climate Summit, held earlier this week in Los Angeles, was a chorus of international voices.

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Goldman Sachs Invests In Company That Delivers Clean Power to Developing Countries

Green Inc. | Kate Galbraith | Posted 11.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Clean Power, Goldman Sachs, Carbon Credits, Developing Countries, E+Co, Cap-and-Trade, Green News, Carbon Offsets, Bluesource, Green News

Goldman Sachs has recently invested in another carbon-offset company, in the latest sign of investment banks' interest in the area. On Monday E&Co, a...

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President Obama's Climate Challenge

environment360 | Bill Mckibben | Posted 11.05.2008 | Green

Read More: James Hansen, Environmental Policy, President Obama, Global Warming, Climate Change, Carbon Footprint, President Elect Obama, Carbon, Cap and Trade, Green Energy, Nations Climate Change Conference, Green News

And so our eight-year interlude from reality draws to a close, and the job of cleaning up begins. The trouble is, we're not just cleaning up after a f...

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Biofuel Jets: No Longer A Flight of Fancy

Green Inc. | Kate Galbraith | Posted 10.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Biofuels, Alternative Energy, Boeing, Renewable Energy, Environment, Airplanes, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Green Technology, Green News

Will aircraft one day run on fuel made from algae or grass? It seems like a flight of fancy, but with Europe planning to cap greenhouse gas emissions ...

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Nobody's Talking Cap-And-Trade Now, But Goldman Sachs Bets On It

Wall Street Journal | Jeffrey Ball | Posted 10.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Carbon Offsets, Cap-and-Trade, Environment, Carbon Credits, Green News

It looks like the financial wizards at Goldman Sachs are betting that the U.S. government is going to impose a cap-and-trade system for global-warming...

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Environment Slips As Key Factor In Virginia Presidential Vote

Mark Meier | Posted 10.21.2008 | Home

The presidential race in Virginia is heating up--so is the environment. In the same week that an autumn heat wave brought 80º days to the Commonwealt...

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Climate Change Action a Casualty of the Economic Crisis? Not So Fast.

Carla Wise | Posted 10.17.2008 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Cap-and-Trade, Economic Crisis, Green News

Pundits say that the focus on stabilizing the economy will make it impossible to pass an effective law to cap greenhouse gas emissions. Here's why this isn't anything more than pessimism.

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Green Bubble Burst?

David Roberts | Posted 10.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Keynesian Economics, Financial Crisis, Economic Stimulus, Climate Change, Economic Stimulus Package, Cap-and-Trade, Economic Crisis, Business News

Does the financial crisis mean the next president will need to trim his ambitions and focus on reducing the deficit? Or does it call for substantial public spending to get the economy moving again?

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Economic Crisis May Slow Green Efforts

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 10.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Greenhouse Gases, Climate Legislation, Climate Change, Climate Action Partnership, Green News

WASHINGTON — The economic free fall gripping the nation may bring down one of the main environmental objectives: capping the greenhouse gases th...

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

Good | Ben Jervey | Posted 10.01.2008 | Green

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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Carbon Trading Catching On

Chicago Public Radio | Gabriel Spitzer | Posted 09.25.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Cap and Trade, Chicago Climate Exchange, Richard Sandor, Green Exchange, Chicago Greenhouse Gas Trading, Carbon Trading, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Chicago Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Chicago News

While the financial markets flounder, one exchange in Chicago had a record day this week. The Chicago Climate Exchange hosted its biggest trading day ...

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Blowback: Is Wind Power The New Ethanol?

The Atlantic | Matthew Quirk | Posted 09.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Energy, Wind Power, Texas, T. Boone Pickens, Cap-and-Trade, Alternative Energy, Green News

These are boom times for wind power. T. Boone Pickens, the wildcatter turned oil baron, is building the world's biggest wind farm, in the dry scrub of...

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