cap and trade

Pioneering Cap-and-Trade Program to Fade into the Sunset (Reuters) Emphasis added.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jgtia8XJDhtzR-ed3ZzuVOLC4DvQD9GBVB4G0 LIARS. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124588837560750781.html The Obama administration is composed of socialist liars. In fact, the folks pushing this legislation are criminals who stand to make...

Senate Dems to W.H.: Drop cap-and-trade (Politico) It might pass in abbreviated form if there's enough pork barrel bribery, but it's worth it for the planet, right?

The Story of Cap & Trade pA6FSy6EKrM I'm not quite sure what the politically realistic alternative is, though. I know that many of the attempts made so far have been completely ineffective and even had perverse consequences, as is mentioned in the video. I don't trust "offsets." She's...

I know Australian politics is not huge here, and I would not normally start a thread about it, but the immediate consequence of this is that the Senate, where the Opposition and independents have the balance of power, will now vote down the carbon trading scheme. As a G20 country and 13th...

Link In other news: Buying carbon offsets is too expensive for Congress. But it won't be too expensive for your local power plant. That's because your local power plant will just pass the cost on to you. You don't mind, do you?

On my commute this morning I was listening to the BBC daily newspod and a bit about carbon offsets. A fellow was angry that British Airways had not made it very easy for its passengers to voluntarily buy carbon offsets. Personally, I would not buy carbon offsets because I am not sure if it would...

So an interesting article came out today on MSNBC that questioned the new carbon craze that is spurring a new market. First, they mention Gore says that he offsets his 10,000 square foot house carbon foot print by buying carbon offsets. Should the guy who is taking every opportunity he has to...