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Taking charge of energy prices
Our chance to escape the tightening fossil-fuel vise |
Alan Durning |
20 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| With or without climate policies, energy prices seem set to rise. The question is, Who will get the money? Auctioned cap-and-trade gives us the opportunity to take charge of price increases and share the benefits widely -- even while we safeguard the climate and stimulate local jobs. Big chances like this don't come along often! To see what a golden opportunity this is, we've got to briefly review recent fossil-fuel price increases. Energy prices have been risin ... |
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| Topics: carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, fossil fuels, oil (all these topics) |
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