Posted by Andy Stevenson in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
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→
Posted by Andy Stevenson in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman's recent article "Show Us the Ball" claims that a carbon tax would not only be simpler and more transparent, but have fewer special provisions, accommodations, or loopholes than a cap and trade system. The...continued→
Posted by Andy Stevenson in Curbing Pollution , Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
It is often asserted that a carbon tax would be simpler, more transparent, and have fewer special provisions, accommodations, or loopholes than a cap and trade system. The fallacy, however, is to compare a "real-world" cap and trade design with...continued→
