California Launches Pathbreaking Vegan Carbon Offset Program

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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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A Thousand Extra Nuclear Power Plants?

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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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Part 2: Three Reasons Donald Trump Could Be Good News for the Climate

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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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Three Reasons Donald Trump Could Be Good News for the Climate

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Finding Climate Hope in the Fog of Trump Ninety-three days in, Trump’s presidency has already been rough going for anyone concerned about climate change.  We need some hope.  To celebrate Earth Day, let’s look at the potential upside—huge, tremendous, big league potential upside—that Donald Trump brings (however inadvertently on his part) to the effort to […]

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Happy Earth Day–Let’s Make Paris Count

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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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An Early Delivery for Earth Day: A Modest Plan to Save the Planet

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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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