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Doubt climate change? Then support carbon taxes
2014-10-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Taxing greenhouse gases is a policy that deserves serious consideration -- the kind of consideration it just isn't getting in the U.S. The approach makes sense in theory and, where it has been tried, has worked in practice. The record shows that a well-designed carbon tax can cut harmful emissions in the most economically efficient way: by letting market forces coordinate the effort. Fears that a carbon tax set high enough to make any difference would harm the economy are contradicted by the evidence;...
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Alaskans need a much more robust response to climate change
2014-10-04 03:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Alaska Dispatch: There is no Planet B, Climate Change is a Health Crisis, Pricing Pollution is the Solution, and Jobs, Justice, and Clean Energy. These are but a few of the hundreds of messages held aloft by an estimated 310,000 to 400,000 marchers in the Peoples Climate March held in New York City on Sept. 21. The march, organized by a broad coalition of over 1400 organizations from labor, social justice, and indigenous peoples to the medical and environmental community, was joined by over 2,500 concurrent...
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Tax Options May Become Reality To Help Improve Climate Change Problem
2014-10-04 01:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Weekend Santa Cruze: Climate change is a global issue and while it is easy to make judgments or suggest ideas for ways to alter energy use, the real problem is how this generation is going to take responsibility for making those necessary changes. But at the United Nations climate change summit, this week, hundreds of international corporations and insurance companies and pension funds had an idea: they are calling on the world leaders gathering at the summit to aggressively take on the problem by making it more costly...
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India's mixed climate change forecast
2014-10-04 00:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: AT THE start of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modis trip to the United States, the signals werent good that the worlds third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases would change its tone on climate change. In the end, there was a little more room for encouragement . Mr. Modi, who won a crushing electoral victory in May, declined to attend last months United Nations climate summit in New York. When he did address a separate U.N. gathering, he earned the criticism of some observers when he seemed...
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US retail project promotes sustainable change
2014-10-03 16:15:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) has unveiled a toolkit designed to help retailers and manufacturers drive sustainable change in their organisations.
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