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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Cap-and-trade and fairness for working families A second opportunity to make climate pricing fair	Alan Durning	07 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Climate policy offers an enormous opportunity not only to undo our fossil-fuel addiction and build a stable energy future, but also to reverse the natural unfairness of climate change itself. I've said it before: energy prices are going up no matter what, with or without climate policy. But smart policy can turn rising costs into broadly shared benefits. It can shield working families, fund a shift to a clean future of new technologies, compact communities, and a tr ...
Topics: cap-and-dividend, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics (all these topics)

Cap-and-trade: The economic fairness issue Grandfathering is Robin Hood's evil twin	Alan Durning	31 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Climate change is regressive. Its effects punish the least fortunate the most -- those who've contributed little to and gained little from polluting economies. But the solutions to climate change can be progressive. Done right, they can share fairly the burdens and opportunities of preventing climate disruption. I said 'can.' If poorly designed, climate policy can also be viciously regressive -- a vacuum cleaner sucking up working families' earning. That's why i ...
Topics: cap-and-dividend, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, energy (all these topics)