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Peter Barnes' cap-and-dividend plan is fatally incomplete
An effective climate plans needs to incorporate intelligently regulated energy efficiency standards |
Joseph Romm |
05 Jan 2008 |
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| Andy Revkin at the NY Times has given a lot of ink to the cap-and-dividend plan (see here and here) by Peter Barnes, a founder of Working Assets. Revkin says Barnes 'has long studied various bills and proposals for cutting emissions of carbon dioxide to limit global warming. He sees fatal flaws in every one.' I don't see any fatal flaws in either Obama's plan or Mrs. Clinton's -- they are both terrific and comprehensive, unlike Barnes'. His goal is the same as their ... |
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| Topics: energy efficiency, carbon trading, energy, climate, politics, cap-and-dividend (all these topics) |
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