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  What to make of Bob Corker?

  The Chattanoogan has Republican Senator Bob Corker saying this:

  I could support a simple, transparent cap-and-trade system that focuses on auctioning emission allowances, returns all the revenue generated from those auctions to the American people, and doesn't allow loopholes such as offsets to weaken the market system.

  "I also support exploring the concept of a carbon tax that returns all generated revenue to the American people as a more efficient and transparent way to address carbon emissions."

  Delay tactic? Seen the light?On NRDC and EDF endorse the weak, coal-friendly, rip-offset-heavy USCAP climate plan posted 9 months, 3 weeks ago 7 Responses

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  Shut Down Coal

  So almost a year ago, Gil Friend asked  

  Which is a better investment? Continuing to pour major subsidies (which according to some analysts may exceed the industry's revenues) into to an industry with massive environmental impacts? Or using that budget to acquire, shut down and write off the industry; to pay decommissioning and cleanup costs; to provide transition investment and training to affected communities; and to invest in the renewable fuels and energy sources to fill the gap?

  
  We should keep asking at every mention of the word, shouldn't we?On Guess which 'alternative energy' lobby is biggest? posted 1 year, 3 months ago 9 Responses

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  better term for the conference

  laggards. From the rogers model for the adoption and  diffusion of innovation. On Manhattan Declaration disses IPCC, Gore, any attempts to reduce CO2 posted 1 year, 8 months ago 4 Responses

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  B20

  Maybe next year, Fox Sports will tell US and international audiences about its decision to use B20 biodiesel to power its generators and trucks.The story, obscure for sure, from GRAINNET

  "This initiative is an attempt to reduce our carbon footprint to neutral by 2010," said Michael Davies, Director, Field Operations - FOX Sports. "The All-Star game presents the opportunity to start implementing some of these environmentally friendly practices, part of which is using B20 in our equipment."

  What else are you doing that's environmentally friendly and why not share the good news?On Ichiro! Ichiro! posted 2 years, 4 months ago 4 Responses

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  kicking our butts

  On display, in the rejection this week of G8/EU climate policy positions, in the utterly bizarre sophistry from NASA Administrator Griffin, and in Bush's speech today, is well thought-out strategic communications plan to simultaneously reinforce the distrust of international agreements as unfair, reinforce doubt about human responsibility for climate change, and yet reinforce American leadership to address it. Nowhere in sight is a coordinated response from dysfunctional environmental and social justice communities. No one is connecting the dots, calling them out, exposing their strategy. No one is raising any kind of ruckus. The only conclusion to draw is that thee is no climate movement in this country, just an inchoate choir content to delude ourselves about progress through our daily fix of self-selected, self-reinforcing RSS feeds.  Where is the coordinated action? Where is the "movement's" rapid response team? Where is the full-page ad in tomorrows WSJ screaming "HOW DARE YOU, PRESIDENT BUSH!" signed by real leaders? We are being totally outflanked.On Shockingly, it's the same as the old climate strategy posted 2 years, 5 months ago 10 Responses