Climate Policy

Common sense would suggest that this marks the end of climate policy lacking a sound scientific basis and political feasibility. However, the global warming industry gravy train has so many passengers that the climate summit circus ...
Tom Nelson - http://tomnelson.blogspot.com/

Despite the vetoes, the signing of the National Policy on Climate Change bill, which Brazil has imposed upon itself voluntarily, is still a historic achievement--particularly amongst more developed nations where the notions of similar ...
TreeHugger - http://www.treehugger.com/

As a result of both climate change and non-climate-change forces, fresh water supplies in many parts of the United States are approaching a state of crisis. This Article suggests that both the law and public policy should embrace that ...
Land Use Prof Blog - http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/land_use/

"What they're proposing is simply not allowable if we want to avoid the perils of unconstrained anthropogenic climate change," said Pushker Karecha of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies. "The bottom line is that there's one ...
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Arguing for a “natural” policy of letting forest fires burn, the Northwest Ecosystem Alliance said in 2001 that “Because we have vigorously enforced a no-burn policy in these forests, many have become clogged with thick clusters of ...
Climate Change Fraud - http://www.climatechangefraud.com/

Its permit auctions are competitive and open, and the public can readily see where all the revenue goes: 75 percent to everyone equally and 25 percent to climate-related programs. Moreover, because offsets are not allowed, ... Cantwell- Collins is essentially the policy Obama campaigned on—it auctions 100 percent of pollution permits and protects middle class families by returning higher carbon prices directly to them. If health care reform passes and Obama gets his mojo ...
Smart Taxes Network - http://smarttaxes.org/

News from the polar regions in December 2009 included new biological discoveries in the Arctic and a focus on climate change and policy with the Copenhagen climate talks. Missed these stories the first time around? Read on! ...
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears - http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/polar/

This may well have ramifications for EU climate policy, probably in the form of a renewed call for an EU wide carbon tax. Additions: translated press release, original press release by the Constitutional Court ...
The Irish Economy - http://www.irisheconomy.ie/

Competitive Enterprise Institute Energy Policy Analyst William Yeatman debates the impact of the UN Copenhagen climate conference (COP-15) and the future of climate change policy. Select rating, Poor, Okay, Good, Great, Awesome ...
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The two websites - enviro-canada.ca and ec-gc.ca - carried out an elaborate spoof two weeks ago, aiming to highlight the lack of progress in Copenhagen - and to call out Canada in particular for its 'terrible' climate policy. ...
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