Carbon Emissions

Make the kids pay: The economic effects of climate change on future generations 0
Posted 3 days, 20 hours ago The debate over the economics of climate change boils down to that very calculation: how much are we willing to pay today to avoid climate risks in the future? The simple fact is that as we continue to use fuels that contribute to global warming today, we place major economic burdens on our kids and grandkids tomorrow.
Cleaning up after the enemy of the human race

Is “we’re going to burn the coal anyway” an argument for carbon sequestration? 40
Posted 1 week, 2 days ago A frequent argument one hears in favor of a heavy focus on carbon sequestration goes like this: fossil fuels are fantastic energy carriers, dense, portable, and cheap. People will burn them up no matter what. So we might as well figure out a way to make them low-carbon by sequestering their emissions. It's a way to buy time as we figure out other clean energy options. It's a seductive argument -- it sounds easier to convince people to clean up what they're already doing than to persuade them to do something entirely different. But I don't think it holds up under scrutiny.
Simple lifestyle tweaks key in climate change fight 47
Posted 3 weeks, 5 days ago The United States could cut greenhouse gas emissions by the equivalent of France's total annual emissions by getting Americans to make simple lifestyle changes, like regularly maintaining their cars or insulating their attics.
... is it a good idea to tax workers and businesses more, penalizing hard work, or is it better to essentially tax waste and thereby encourage conservation?

Paterson’s Bold Carbon Gamble 0
Posted 3 weeks, 6 days ago
Ecologists to the rescue

Fixing the bioenergy accounting loophole 2
Posted 1 month ago Dan Lashof knows that most people's eyes glaze over whenever "accounting" is mentioned and others tune out when discussion turns to "climate," so the number of people interested in "climate accounting" may be vanishingly small. But climate accounting may not be as obscure as it sounds.
Investors and companies should pay attention to the service industry that’s emerging to meet these massive new demands for information.

You can only manage what you measure 0
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago A decade ago, health-conscious consumers forced manufacturers to list nutritional information on food packages. We’ll soon be able to make buying decisions based on carbon content too - - taming our waistlines and “waste lines” at the same time.
U.S. headed for massive decline in carbon emissions 4
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago For years now, many members of Congress have insisted that cutting carbon emissions was difficult, if not impossible. It is not. During the two years since 2007, carbon emissions have dropped 9 percent. While part of this drop is from the recession, part of it is also from efficiency gains and from replacing coal with natural gas, wind, solar, and geothermal energy.
Climate roulette

A scary new climate study will have you saying ‘Oh, shit!’ 16
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago They say that everyone who finally gets it about climate change has an "Oh, shit" moment -- an instant when the full scientific implications become clear and they suddenly realize what a horrifically dangerous situation humanity has created for itself.
Lester Brown on his must-read new book “Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization” 0
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago
What can we get for less than the cost of a postage stamp per day?

A Clean Energy Bargain 0
Posted 2 months ago
What can we get for less than the cost of a postage stamp per day?

A Clean Energy Bargain 0
Posted 2 months ago
Directed Buy

Umbra on carbon offsets 7
Posted 2 years, 1 month ago
This Old Greenhouse

Umbra on the greenhouse effect 1
Posted 3 years, 7 months ago