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 Stories About: carbon tax AND carbon trading AND climate AND coal AND energy
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Fear of the day
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David Roberts |
03 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| What if the anticipation of carbon legislation has driven more investment away from coal than actual carbon legislation will? |
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| Topics: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, coal, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation (all these topics) |
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Electric shock
Big increases coming in electric costs |
Sean Casten |
14 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| From the 'Things Grist readers already knew' file comes this report from ClimateWire ($ub. req'd) that price shocks are looming for power plant operators, even before the costs of carbon are factored in. A few excerpts below the fold:[F]rom the utility industry's point of view, the coming price on a ton of carbon dioxide pollution couldn't have come at a worse time. ... 'There's one really basic, I think really important fact, which is that we don't really have full t ... |
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| Topics: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, coal, energy (all these topics) |
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Tackling climate: Beltway tone-deafness edition
On subsidizing 'green' energy R&D |
Brian Beutler |
17 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
| In its 'green' issue this week, The New Republic features an excerpt from Ted Nordhaus and Michael Schellenberger's new book, Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility. Their basic point is that the emphasis of the political debate is all wrong. I'm not sure they really understand how things are shaping up, but they're saying that politicians should spend less 'time' talking about regulatory approaches, and more time reiterati ... |
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| Topics: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, coal, energy, innovation, politics (all these topics) |
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