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Under pressure
E.U. considers pollution charges on imports from U.S. and other climate scofflaws |
Patrick Mazza |
23 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| U.S. failure to enact limits on global warming emissions could cost American companies that export to the European Union. E.U. President Jose Manuel Barroso on Sunday said the European Commission is considering a charge on importers from nations without carbon limits. Companies from those countries may be required to buy carbon emissions allowances on exports into the E.U. This is intended to level the playing field with European companies who are already part ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, economy, European Union, international politics, politics, state politics, United States (all these topics) |
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Gnashing my teeth over globalization
Can economic democracy make the global economy more sustainable? |
Jon Rynn |
07 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Worried about more coal plants, carbon emissions from transportation, and a crumbling infrastructure? Evidence provided by several recent reports point to one of the least explored causes of these problems: globalization, that is, the transfer of manufacturing capacity from developed to developing countries, particularly China. The mechanisms differ. The U.S. and Europe, which could manufacture using environmentally benign techniques, instead use old, polluting techn ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, business, China, climate, coal, economy, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, United States (all these topics) |
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Myths of manufacturing
It can happen here |
Jon Rynn |
20 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Recently Hale 'Bonddad' Stewart, who normally writes informative posts about finance, let loose with a string of myths about manufacturing (both at Huffington Post and Daily Kos) that really got my blood boiling. Nothing like boiling blood to get those fingers moving, I always say! So I thought I would address various myths, most of which Bonddad managed to touch on. Also, I figure that some clarifications might be in order for those that read both my post on the necessity ... |
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| Topics: economy, business, United States (all these topics) |
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