by Peter Barnes
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Our carbon pricing system should not be a shotgun marriage
Why two climate bills are better than one 8
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago Two different House committees are considering climate legislation -- and that's not a bad thing. Read More -
Utility players
Beware utilities seeking free pollution permits 3
Posted 7 months, 3 weeks ago America's electric utilities are waging a no-holds-barred campaign to get 40% of carbon emission permits allocated for free. Why aren't Obama and Congressional Democrats fighting back? Read More -
Green unity
How Obama can revive the economy and heal the planet 6
Posted 1 year ago A few days before the election, Barack Obama told Time's Joe Klein:Finding the new driver of our economy is going to be critical. There's no better driver that pervades all aspects of our economy than a new energy economy ... That's going to be my No. 1 priority when I get into office.
That's exactly the right choice for numerous economic, geopolitical, and ecological reasons. By spawning "a new energy economy," Obama can create millions of new jobs, decrease our dependence on foreign oil and avert catastrophic climate change. But the politics of launching that new energy… Read More
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Why not a revenue-neutral carbon cap?
The silver-lining of Lieberman-Warner’s demise 11
Posted 1 year, 5 months ago The demise of the Lieberman-Warner climate bill may not be a bad thing if it spurs environmentalists and politicians to ask: Is this the best way to cap carbon?Let's be clear what Lieberman-Warner was. Yes, it contained a carbon cap. But mostly it was about spending or giving away trillions of dollars. It was, as Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) put it, "the mother and father of all earmarks," and every lobbyist in town was at the trough. Read More
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Creating an Earth Atmospheric Trust
A system to control climate change and reduce poverty 19
Posted 1 year, 10 months ago The following is a guest essay.-----
Stabilizing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere at a level that will fulfill the mandate of the UN Framework Concentration on Climate Change to avoid "dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system" will require drastic departures from business as usual. Here we introduce one attractive response to this challenge that may seem visionary or idealistic today but that could well become realistic once we reach a tipping point regarding climate change that opens a window of opportunity for embracing major changes.
No silver bullet exists capable of solving the complex and… Read More
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