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Senate’s Climate Bill Puts Green Collar on Carbon

October 5, 2009

Posted by Andy Stevenson in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
ACES, carbonmarkets, carbontrading, energyandclimate2009, energyspeculation, energytrading, greenpricecollar, kerryboxer, pricecollar

Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer have introduced a "green" price collar on carbon under their draft climate bill that should be applauded by emitters and environmentalists alike. A green price collar that will; 1) maintain the integrity of the...continued→

Strong Regulation to Keep Carbon Markets Program Viable

September 15, 2009

Posted by Andy Stevenson in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
carbonmarkets, carbonregulation, carbontax, carbontrading, climateandenergy2009, josephmason, marketmanipulation

In a recent WSJ article entitled "Cap and Trade: Recipe for Disaster", Louisiana State University economist Joseph Mason outlines his concerns that special interests have already taken control of the European carbon markets and that the US carbon markets are...continued→