Climate Policy

The Nature Conservancy is pleased to announce that Karen Wayland has accepted the position of Director of Climate Change Policy, effective April 4, 2011. “We are pleased to welcome Karen Wayland to The Nature Conservancy,” said Mark Tercek, ...
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In climate policy debates, it's a matter of faith among some in the environmental and economics communities that “price is king.” No less an authority than Alan Blinder has referred to carbon prices as a “miracle cure,” key to inducing massive ...
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Indeed, in its current form, S. 482 could actually increase the risk that the Supreme Court will empower trial lawyers and activist judges to 'legislate' climate policy. To belabor the obvious, trial lawyers and activist judges are even less ...
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Planning policies should discourage the construction of new homes and businesses in areas that are already susceptible to flooding and which are likely to become even more threatened as the climate changes. Policy-makers should also move faster and ...
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China will trial carbon trading in a number of key cities as a way of reducing emissions at the lowest cost, the man responsible for Beijing's climate change policy says. Xie Zhenhua is in Canberra this week for talks with his Australian counterpart, ...
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by Brian Merchant, Brooklyn, New York on 03.29.11 Above, you will find a very reasonable conservative politician discussing climate policy. I'm posting this video to invite you all on a nostalgic journey back to the halcyon days of the American climate ...
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As investors we prefer long-term certainty on energy and climate policy to be able to predict investment risks and opportunities. While we realize that complete certainty is not feasible, inconsistent and volatile clean energy and climate policies have ...
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Brad Johnson has the story of just how far Muller will go to smear Gore: >> Unlike Koch, Muller recognizes that fossil fuel pollution is threatening civilization, Muller argues that existing climate policy is corrupt and misguided, ...
Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality... - http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/

"Under his (Carson's) leadership, CSEE's mandate was re-energized to include a crucial role in the elaboration of public policy on energy and environment as well as informing the climate change debate in Canada and internationally," reads the school's ...
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It also suggests that the narrative in the United States, which has been marked by partisan bickering and general paralysis over energy and climate policy, continues to weaken its position as a locus for investment. ...
Green - http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/