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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Prasad responds Carbon taxes work when there's substitutability and revenue is locked down for environmental goals	Guest author	27 Mar 2008	Gristmill
This is a guest post by Northwestern University assistant professor of sociology Monica Prasad, who wrote an op-ed in Tuesday's New York Times called "On Carbon: Tax, Don't Spend." It elicited responses from David Roberts and Charles Komanoff. ----- Thanks to David and Charlie for picking up on and responding to my carbon tax op-ed. I've learned a lot from Grist, so I was happy to see this. Some responses to their criticisms. David's beef is with the ...
Topics: business, carbon tax, climate, Denmark, economy, Norway (all these topics)

On carbon: Tax, and spend wisely What investments should be made with carbon tax revenue?	David Roberts	26 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Monica Prasad had an op-ed in The New York Times yesterday called "On Carbon: Tax, Don't Spend." It's ... peculiar. This basic pitch: "if reducing emissions is the goal, then a carbon tax is a tax you want to impose but never collect." That is to say, per the headline, you Don't Spend the tax revenue. Far as I can tell, though, what Prasad calls not spending looks al lot like what the rest of us call spending. She says the revenue from the tax ...
Topics: business, carbon tax, climate, Denmark, economy (all these topics)

Even more of what 'bike friendly' looks like Danish picturebook, Portland video show how to respect bicyclists	Alan Durning	24 Oct 2007	Gristmill
What bicycle-respecting streets, intersections, and neighborhoods look like is largely a mystery to most people, even those who cycle regularly. I've offered descriptions twice before. Since then, two wonderful new tools have been completed. StreetFilms.org, the awesome, New York-based outfit that makes movies about cycling, has posted a 30-minute ode to Portland's bikability (linked above). It makes Bicycle Respect visible. (Other, shorter StreetFilms works on P ...
Topics: bikes, Denmark, placemaking, Portland, urban planning (all these topics)

Ice Free or Die Greenland's melting ice offers new mining opportunities, could fuel independence bid		04 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 6:38 AM on 04 Oct 2007 Even while Greenland's melting ice is slowly destroying the viability of subsistence hunting, it offers new economic opportunities that could ultimately fund the island country's bid for independence from Denmark. Diamond hunters from North America have been coming to Greenland to search for the precious stones in rock uncovered by glacial retreat. Melting ice of ...
Topics: climate change impacts, Denmark, Greenland, news, politics (all these topics)

WSJ on bike living in Europe Excellent writing	David Roberts	07 May 2007	Gristmill
About eleventy-hundred people have written to draw my attention to an article in the Wall Street Journal about bike living in the Netherlands and Denmark. It's worthy of the attention -- it's rare to see biking taken so seriously and written about with such an eye for detail and color, at least in a U.S. paper. Hats off to Nancy Keates. I think WSJ free access ends after a week, so I'll post a big chunk of good excerpts below the fold. People bike while pregnant ...
Topics: bikes, Denmark, green living, Netherlands, placemaking (all these topics)

Great Danes Denmark is a model of energy independence	David Roberts	16 Apr 2007	Gristmill
Back in January, Jonathan Cohn wrote a fantastic piece in The New Republic about Denmark. Conventional economic wisdom says that countries must choose between robust social services and economic growth. But, Cohn wrote, Denmark casts doubt on that notion: Over the last decade, the Danes have turned the conventional wisdom on its head by boasting not only one of the world's most expansive welfare states, but also one of its most robust economies. Given the way aver ...
Topics: Denmark, energy, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

The Melting Plot Thawing Arctic opens new competition for northern territory, resources		10 Oct 2005	Daily Grist
The Melting Plot Thawing Arctic opens new competition for northern territory, resources The melting of the Arctic ice cap is bad news for polar bears, seals, some Arctic natives, and, oh yeah, possibly much of humankind -- but great news for a few countries and companies looking to score bucks. The high stakes include lucrative new summer shipping lanes, easier access to an estimated one-quarter of the wo ...
Topics: Arctic, business, Canada, Denmark, news, Russia (all these topics)

Skeptic Tanked Scientific Panel Dismisses Reports from Danish Environmental Skeptic		27 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Skeptic Tanked Scientific Panel Dismisses Reports from Danish Environmental Skeptic Recent environmental reports produced by Bjorn Lomborg, a Danish environmental skeptic, were found to be unscientific and of dubious value yesterday by a panel of independent Scandinavian scientists. Lomborg created a stir with his controversial book The Skeptical Environmentalist, in which he dismissed a wide r ...
Topics: Denmark, environmental non-government organizations, politics (all these topics)

Trade Wins		22 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
Trade Wins The market for carbon dioxide emissions credits across the world could more than triple this year as companies prepare for the enactment of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. Under Kyoto, companies that reduce CO2 emissions beyond the caps set by their countries can sell credits to firms that do not meet the reduction requirements. So far, about $500 million worth of carbon ...
Topics: business, climate, Denmark, Japan, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics)

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