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Climate change and the economy: Public policies like cap and trade and a carbon tax could have big impacts on our wallets.
Local Tech Wire — seconds ago
Editors note: Dr. Mike Walden is a William Neal Reynolds Professor and North Carolina Cooperative Extension economist in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics of N.C. State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He teaches and writes on personal finance, economic outlook and public policy. RALEIGH, N.C. - . . .
Green Deals go into the Red
Wealth-Bulletin.com — seconds ago
Europe's top ten green moguls Last year’s green deals have gone into the red, leaving the weight of frustrated ambition resting uneasily over the sector. In the red corner, clean energy deals totalling $13.3bn (€9.5bn) in the first quarter were 53% lower than the equivalent period in 2008, according to . . .
18.JUN.09 Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Climate Change Legislation
Shelby County News — seconds ago
Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Climate Change Legislation Date: 18. JUN.09 FOCUS ON AGRICULTURE Shelby County Farm Bureau Manager Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Climate Change Legislation The talk on Capitol Hill is not to expect climate change legislation to become law this year, but do expect Congress . . .
Walking in the shadow of Britain's biggest powerhouse
Times Online — seconds ago
Volts. Dorothy Thompson is unfazed. These are the boots I usually wear to walk the dog, she says, almost oblivious to the tree-trunk-sized cable overhead, which feeds 7 per cent of Britain's electricity supply to the National Grid. Ideally, perhaps, she would be marching across the nearby Yorkshire Moors, within . . .
Why is the EPA suppressing this global-warming report?
New Jersey Online — seconds ago
APEPA administrator Lisa Jackson: Why won't she release that report skeptical of global-warming? As research for an upcoming column on the many drawbacks of the cap-and-trade bill now before the Senate, I spent some time speaking with Christopher C. Horner of the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Horner is author of ' . . .
Murdock column: "Green Tax" better than cap and trade
Lima News — seconds ago
You cannot fight something with nothing. This simple fact should be chiseled in stone above the House and Senate Republican cloakrooms. House Republicans energetically debated the cap-and-trade bill's myriad shortcomings last week. Alas, they never presented a riveting alternative that would have rallied free-marketeers and further split Democrats, who lost . . .
Celebrating the End of American Independence
Canada Free Press — seconds ago
July 4th 2009, Federal government, rob fellow Americans of freedom, liberty and hard earned prosperity JB Williams Bio 2009 marks the end of an era in which the United States of America led the world in prosperity, power, individual liberty and freedom. The US Constitution no longer stands as the . . .
'The tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime'
Ashland Daily Tidings — seconds ago
'Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.' — Mark Twain You ready for the Fourth tomorrow? The run, the Air Force flyover, the big parade, the pedestrian-jam lining the park, too much food, the satisfied gasps underneath the fireworks? At some point, . . .
Climate Change Tax
Knox Village Soup — seconds ago
NEWCASTLE (July 2): Last week the House passed the Waxman-Markey bill or the climate-change bill or the cap and trade bill or whatever you want to call it. Now itâs up to the Senate to come up with its own version of the 1000+ page monstrosity , and letâs hope . . .
Let's Do SomethingAnything
REASON Online — 7 minutes ago
Facts. Costs. Consequences. Who cares? We're in the middle of pretending to save the planet, baby. If it's about helping 'the environment,' suspend reason and salvation is yours. As I'm sure you've heard a lot of smart and compassionate folks tell you lately, doing somethinganything!is better than doing nothing. So . . .
Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award 2009
Cambridge Network — 9 minutes ago
Judith won for her research into Polices for Delivering Energy Efficient Urban Environments in Developing Countries. She was specially commended among the three winners and has been invited to attend a further awards ceremony at Dow in the US. Judith's research is a component of the MPhil in Engineering in . . .
Tila Tequila to Obama: End DADT
Advocate.com — 14 minutes ago
Bisexual reality TV star Tila Tequila -- who once dubbed herself the reason the California Supreme Court ruled to allow same-sex marriage throughout the state -- now has her sights set on overturning DADT. The star of A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila took to her blog this week . . .
Cap-and-trade’s big sucker punch
Norristown Times Herald — 1 hour ago
The recently passed House bill on global warming is a 1,500-page political sucker punch that could give family finances a bloody nose and ultimately flatten the economy while proponents pretend it will save the planet. In and of itself, it won’t do an inch of good. Assume if you want . . .
Lincoln tours Flint Creek Power Plant
Benton County Daily Record — 1 hour ago
Daily Record photograph by Sarah Nader Plant manager Dan Lee gave U.S Sen. Blanche Lincoln a tour of the Flint Creek Power Plant in Gentry on Thursday. GENTRY - U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., toured the Flint Creek Power Plant on Thursday and got onthe-spot information about northwest Arkansas' energy . . .
India, Japan make 'progress' in CEPA negotiations: Krishna
DNA India — 1 hour ago
Sagar Kulkarni / PTI Tokyo: India and Japan have made 'progress' in talks to conclude 'a high quality and mutually beneficial' Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) to cement their strategic partnership, mainly in the field of trade, external affairs minister SM Krishna said here today. Krishna, who is on a . . .
Not all scientists agree that we're warming up
Indy.com — 2 hours ago
In regard to the June 25 article, 'Climate change hits home,’’ global warming was presented as a proven fact. In fact, it remains an arguable supposition, which more and more respected climate experts are questioning. For example, quoting June 25 The Wall Street Journal, “the Northeast U.S. is experiencing the . . .
N.J. 'tea party' rallies to be held on July 4
Star Ledger — 3 hours ago
Robert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerA crowd of more than one thousand attended a tax day tea party on the Morristown Green in April 2009. Taxpayers are rallying against government spending, high taxes and the passing on a trillion dollar debt to the American children of the future on July 4. MORRIS -- . . .
A small, imperfect, right step
Edmund Evening Sun — 3 hours ago
EDMOND Last week the U.S. House of Representatives passed landmark environmental legislation that for the first time will put a price on carbon emissions. The measure, which passed on a mostly party-line vote, now faces an uncertain fate in the Senate. But to many mainstream economists, the problem with this . . .
CCS:The vital technology against carbon emissions
CommodityOnline — 4 hours ago
I think we’re all agreed on the importance of Copenhagen delivering something really meaningful, given the scale and urgency of the greenhouse gas challenge. And I hope we agree that there isn’t a single technology or policy answer – a silver bullet – that will solve all our problems at . . .
Change farming to cut CO2 emissions by 25 per cent
The Ecologist — 5 hours ago
Soil be back! A change in agricultural practices could play a big role in mitigating carbon dioxide emissions globally Green Directory General Food & Drink Health & Beauty Travel More articles about Investigations | Food and Farming | Science and Technology | CCS | agriculture | soil | carbon | . . .
