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Is 450 ppm politically possible? Part 6
What the Boxer-Lieberman-Warner bill debate tells us |
Joseph Romm |
30 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| No, 450 is not politically possible today. Okay, that was clear before. But the debate over the Climate Security Act made it clear that it won't be politically possible anytime soon, for two reasons: The vast majority of conservatives have not budged an inch on climate science even in the face of now overwhelming direct scientific observation and a much deeper and broader scientific understanding of the dangerous impact of unrestricted human greenhouse gas emissio ... |
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| Topics: cap-and-dividend, carbon trading, climate, legislation, politics (all these topics) |
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Why not a revenue-neutral carbon cap?
The silver-lining of Lieberman-Warner's demise |
Peter Barnes |
11 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| 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. The bill sought to allocate a vast ... |
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| Topics: cap-and-dividend, carbon trading, climate, legislation, politics (all these topics) |
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The strange case of Bob Corker
Conservative senator offers two progressive amendments to climate bill |
David Roberts |
02 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| One of the more ambitious and progressive proposals in the climate debate is Peter Barnes' 'cap-and-dividend,' which would take the revenue from carbon permit auctions and distribute it evenly to every U.S. citizen on a monthly basis. Another common progressive/enviro position on climate legislation is that it should minimize the use of offsets, particularly international offsets that originate in programs like the Clean Development Mechanism with a questionable reco ... |
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| Topics: cap-and-dividend, climate, legislation, politics (all these topics) |
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Carbon policy dilemma, 3
Trading efficiency for inevitability |
David Roberts |
30 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This is the third in a series; see parts one and two. To briefly recap: Simplicity, efficiency, and political buy-in are important elements of climate policy, but if you want the first, you can only get one of the other two. Peter Barnes' cap-and-dividend proposal gets simplicity and political buy-in; Sean Casten's output-based standards get simplicity and efficiency. Which should we prefer? The answer depends in part on how you think about climate policy, ... |
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| Topics: cap-and-dividend, carbon tax, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, politics (all these topics) |
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Carbon policy dilemma, 2
Two simple, effective, and diametrically opposed climate policy proposals |
David Roberts |
29 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This is the second in a series; see part one. I said in my previous post that of the three goals of climate policy -- simplicity, political buy-in, and efficiency -- it is possible to get only two at once. You can get simplicity and buy-in. You can get simplicity and efficiency. But when you start trying to get buy-in and efficiency together, you lose simplicity (see: Lieberman-Warner). I'll describe two proposals, one of which focuses on buy-in and one on efficienc ... |
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| Topics: cap-and-dividend, carbon tax, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, politics (all these topics) |
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Carbon tax loses a congressional voice
Dingell takes his 'hybrid tax' off the table |
Charles Komanoff |
16 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The carbon tax camp lost a powerful congressional voice yesterday when Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) announced he was taking 'off the table' the hybrid carbon tax proposal he floated last fall that featured a national carbon fee, supplemental increases in taxes on gasoline and aviation fuel, and a reduction in the mortgage interest deduction for super-large houses. In a prepared statement, the Michigan lawmaker, who for much of his 54 years in Congress has chaired th ... |
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| Topics: cap-and-dividend, carbon tax, climate, energy, gas prices, John Dingell, legislation, politics (all these topics) |
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