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Former Bush Treasury Secretary: We Can Prevent A 'Climate Crash' With A Carbon Tax
2014-06-24 12:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Energy Collective: There is an amazing op-ed in Sundays New York Times, The Coming Climate Crash: Lessons for Climate Change in the 2008 Recession. Whats amazing isnt so much the content -- the climate crisis is real, were close to crossing catastrophic and irreversible tipping points, we have the technology to start slashing carbon pollution now, and we need a carbon price to jumpstart the process. Youve heard it many times from the nations and worlds top scientists, from Al Gore and Bill McKibben, and...
Top court mostly upholds Obama bid to curb carbon emissions
2014-06-24 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday largely upheld the Obama administration's authority to curb greenhouse gases from major emitters like power plants and refineries in a ruling that nonetheless exempted some smaller sources from the regulation. On a 7-2 vote, the court rejected an industry-backed argument that most emitting facilities should not be regulated for greenhouse gases under one particular air pollution program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). But industry could claim...
Policy Brief By Brattle Economists Provides Insights Into EPA's Proposed Carbon Emission Standards For Existing Fossil Units
2014-06-23 08:47:05| pollutiononline News Articles
Economists atThe Brattle Groupissued a policy brief today that examines the primary features and implications of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed CO2emissions standards for existing fossil units under the Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 111(d)
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Study: Carbon Tax Would Create Jobs If Refunded To Households
2014-06-22 02:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CleanTechnica: While the argument is often (incorrectly) made that the actions needed to adequately address greenhouse gas emissions and climate change are too expensive to realistically be taken, the reality appears to be quite a bit different, as study after study seems to show. Continuing in that tradition is a recent study from Regional Economic Models Inc (REMI) that has found that taxing carbon can not only reduce greenhouse gas emissions but also add jobs to the economy. The idea is that, if revenue...
New carbon rules wont hurt US economy
2014-06-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Californian: n early June, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed a long-term plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants. The agency describes its Clean Power Plan as a common-sense way to reduce risks to public health and the economy posed by climate change. It argues that the new rules will maintain an affordable, reliable energy system while also cutting pollution and protecting our health and environment now and for future generations. As expected, critics argue falsely...
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