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CARB declares it the “perfect complement to the state’s LCFS and Cap-and-Trade programs” From Tweet to Policy, in Under 2 Years The California Air Resources Board (CARB) launches its pathbreaking Vegan Carbon Offset Program (VCOP) today. Initially derided by one state lawmaker as “the dumbest idea to come out of the pandemic,” the concept caught […]
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The Energy Challenge Is Huge–But Only Half as Huge as Pielke Estimates.
I’m reviving my dormant blog out of fear that I’m missing something, perhaps something obvious. So, take your mind off of the coronavirus pandemic and relax by worrying about the climate instead. (Who’d have thought?) Then let me know if I’m off base. Here’s the situation:
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In my last post, I asserted that despite Donald Trump’s already atrocious environmental and climate policy, his election could ultimately turn out to bring good news for the climate. That post looked at the first of three reasons for hope: that Trump’s win forces progressives to rethink climate policy. With Trump now apparently on the verge of pulling the United States out of the Paris Agreement, let’s look at two additional reasons for hope during this trying time.
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When it comes to climate change, Paul Ryan’s statements and policies reflect those of Donald Trump.
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Reading the Paris Agreement, one cannot help but hear the echoes of the 1992 Kyoto Protocol. The Paris Agreement, enumerating many fundamental points remaining to be worked out (again) as it is implemented (from emissions monitoring to international carbon trading to technology transfers) leaves the reader with a sense of déjà vu. Haven’t we been down this road before?
We have. But that may be a good thing.
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The Greenland ice sheet is melting “freakishly early” this spring. Climate change has exacerbated this year’s El Nino such that it is causing “gruesome” and “unprecedented” coral death. New studies suggest that the West Antarctic ice sheet could disintegrate within decades instead of over hundreds or even thousands of years, leading to more rapid ocean level rise. […]
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Over the past year, the momentum has shifted in the climate debate. Everything has changed. Instead of debating whether we need to take climate change seriously, it is time for policymakers and citizens alike to ask what we need to do to put the full strength of the American economy to work solving the climate crisis.
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Representative Chris Van Hollen of Maryland wins the first annual Cap Carbon Now Legislator of the Year Award for introducing the Healthy Climate and Family Security Act of 2014, a cap-and-dividend bill. Yes, Van Hollen introduced similar legislation in 2009 and it died in committee. But the fact that Van Hollen has reintroduced a cap-and-dividend […]
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Five years ago tonight, in Rio de Janeiro, 216 passengers and 12 crew members boarded Air France flight 447 bound for Paris. The overnight flight takes about 11 hours. Many passengers would have been sleeping – some stretched out flat and comfortable in business class, others wedged in with their necks aching in economy – […]
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The current debate over “fugitive methane emissions” from natural gas systems – meaning emissions of unburned gas from the drilling site and from leakage in the natural gas transportation and distribution pipelines – illustrates the need for a broad-based climate policy. Pure Cap-and-Dividend answers this need, covering as many anthropogenic (human-caused) sources of greenhouse gas […]
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