Posted by Andy Stevenson in Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
A brief Politico article last week titled "Time for a Price Collar on Carbon" argued that a price ceiling should be included in the Senate version of climate legislation as a way to better ensure the bill's passage. While the...continued→
Posted by Andy Stevenson in Curbing Pollution , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
The House of Representatives is expected to make a landmark decision on our energy and climate future as early as tomorrow. The 1,200 page American Clean Energy and Security (ACES) Act will establish a cap and trade system for greenhouse...continued→
Posted by Andy Stevenson in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
At 70 feet across, Deutsche Bank Asset Management's new "carbon counter" billboard is advertised as the world's first real-time calculator of global greenhouse gas emissions. This billboard, together with its web-based counterpart, were created as a way to not only bring...continued→
Posted by Andy Stevenson in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
The coal lobby can't catch a break these days. First utilities reduce coal demand in favor of increasing purchases of cheap natural gas, then the EPA proposes its endangerment finding on carbon dioxide pollution, then mountaintop removal gets called into account...continued→
Posted by Andy Stevenson in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
While Newt Gingrich is expected to continue his war against climate legislation in favor of "drilling here, drilling now", this is a fight he is going to lose. In fact, climate change legislation, like the draft bill submitted by Representatives...continued→
Posted by Andy Stevenson in Green Enterprise , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
While President-elect Obama's $775bln economic stimulus plan should be applauded for including many important provisions for green jobs over the next three years, his messaging on why green jobs are a critical component to our economic recovery seems to be...continued→
Posted by Andy Stevenson in Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
The following is a list of 10 reasons why enacting a "cap, invest now and recover" strategy, that uses revenues from future carbon auctions to finance low carbon initiatives today, should be passed in 2009 and can provide the additional stimulus needed to help re-power the US economy....continued→
Posted by Andy Stevenson in Moving Beyond Oil
The current economic crisis, precipitated by the collapse of the housing market and ensuing credit freeze, presents challenges for the U.S. economy unlike any seen in a generation. Facing the prospect of a deep, multiyear recession, we must focus our...continued→
Posted by Andy Stevenson in Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment
Many are now arguing that the fight to limit climate change is being upended by the global economic slowdown. As Elizabeth Rosenthal's NYT article Economic Slump May Limit Moves on Clean Energy correctly points out, with the threat of a global recession taking...continued→
Posted by Andy Stevenson in Moving Beyond Oil
Following up on Jad Mouawad's excellent article on Exxon Mobil, Green Is for Sissies, I thought it would be useful to comment on how the "Exxon Way" of discipline, patience, and long-term vision could be put into practice over the next few...continued→
