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Mr. Right, or Mr. Right Now?
Getting carbon cap and trade right for renewables |
Adam Browning |
07 Jun 2007 |
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| For the 110th Congress, this is not just a question for Saturday night. One of the reasons why federal carbon cap and trade legislation is so slow in coming -- besides coal state mendacity -- is because it is damn complicated. Of the critical design choices, there is insufficient common understanding of implications, to say nothing of agreement. We will only be successful in fighting global warming via a transition to renewable energy. Carbon capture and sequestr ... |
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| Topics: carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, Congress, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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