Posted by Ned Farquhar in Solving Global Warming
“Careful there. You’re going to ELECTROCUTE yourself!” That’s my mother, when I was about five, six, seven, eight, even nine. I was playing with electricity. That’s what advocates of giant high-voltage transmission systems might be doing as well. David...continued→
Posted by Ned Farquhar in Solving Global Warming
The President’s speech tonight to a joint session of Congress opens some very big doors for the West. We don’t have to choose between door number one, door number two, and door number three. For the first time in memory,...continued→
Posted by Ned Farquhar in Solving Global Warming
WBRT report: Let's go back and do what we did before. I just listened to the WBRT (Western Business Roundtable) webinar about its new report on the Western Climate Initiative (WCI). Some quick reactions, while I spend a...continued→
Posted by Ned Farquhar in Solving Global Warming
From a press release distributed Friday, February 13, I learned that the Western Business Roundtable will today release a report that is "highly critical" of the Western Climate Initiative. (I blogged on it in September 2008 - it's a seven-state...continued→
Posted by Ned Farquhar in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
Yesterday the price of oil rose $25. In one day. Some might ascribe that rise to the shaky financial markets, to fear and anxiety about the global economy. Underlying that obvious connection, however, is the equally obvious fact that...continued→
Posted by Ned Farquhar in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
The Western Climate Initiative (WCI, at http://www.westernclimateinitiative.org/Useful_Links.cfm) may not be perfect. Nothing in the Western U.S. ever is. But in its announcement of a new framework for a regional cap and trade program to control global warming emissions (and help toward...continued→
