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Response to Washington Post Op-Ed: No Time to Cap and Delay

May 20, 2009

Posted by Andy Stevenson in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
energyandclimate2009, globalwarming, waxmanmarkey

The editorial by David Sokol titled "Let's Have Cap and No Trade" suggests that the US can achieve the same 83% cut in our greenhouse gas emissions by allowing companies either to participate in a program that caps dangerous carbon...continued

"Cap and Invest Now" Gives Congress a Way to Solve One of Bernanke's Conundrums

March 4, 2009

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

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bernanke, capandinvest, capandinvestnow, climate, creditcrisis, globalwarming, lord stern, stiglitz

After reviewing the Financial Times op-ed written by Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz and the LSE's Lord Stern entitled  "Obama's Chance to Lead the Green Recovery" and then hearing Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke recent testimony on his concerns...continued

The US Economy Needs What the Phillies Have

November 5, 2008

Posted by Andy Stevenson in Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
capandinvest, capandtrade, globalwarming, innovation, markettransformation, revenuerecycling

The Philadelphia Phillies won their first world series since my favorite player of all time Mike Schmidt played third base for the team nearly 30 years ago. Looking back on the teams' success, I am struck that one of the...continued

Setting Nordhaus and Shellenberger Straight on Climate Economics

October 1, 2008

Posted by Andy Stevenson in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment

Tags:
climate, gasprices, globalwarming, markettransformation, nordhausshellenberger, ocsdrilling, oilconsumption

In their LA Times article "The Green Bubble Has Burst"   Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger make two broad claims about the economics of the energy / climate change debate. The first is their assertion that "Drill baby drill" had anything...continued