9/29/2009 1:56:57 AM EST Economics can have a significant role in ecological preservation. For example, countries that sell the right to take a certain number of fish to fisherman have found that the fishermen ha ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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9/13/2009 10:48:24 PM EST Prior posts have noted the pro’s and con’s of emissions trading programs and carbon taxes. Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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9/6/2009 2:54:55 PM EST In the natural carbon cycle, plants absorb CO2 as they grow. When they die and decompose, the CO2 returns to the atmosphere. If, however, the plants are subjected instead to pyrolysi ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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8/28/2009 12:21:46 PM EST With the cancellation of a coal-fired powerplant in Utah in July, the Sierra Club asserted that there have been 100 such plants have "been shelved" since 2001, when approximately 150 ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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8/28/2009 12:00:27 PM EST As noted previously, when addressing a 1,200-page bill , it takes some time to fi ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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8/25/2009 2:05:53 AM EST Prior posts have noted the development by EPA of its finding, as required by the CAA, that CO2 poses a danger to public health and welfare, and its submittal to and approval by the White House ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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8/25/2009 1:20:34 AM EST When faced with a 1200+ page bill, it sometimes takes more than a little time for various provisions to come to be "appreciated", especially when they are added at the last moment. Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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8/25/2009 12:57:48 AM EST Prior posts have followed the life and death and rebirth of FutureGen. Now, Southern Co. and American Electric Power Co. have given notice that they are pulling out of FutureGen, reducing ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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8/22/2009 3:04:41 PM EST Time for the monthly update on environmental legislation moving through the California legislative process, legislation that has a chance of reaching the Governor's desk. Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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8/19/2009 11:31:38 AM EST A prior post noted that the lobbying firm Bonner & Associates had been identified as the source of forged letters sent to Congress which allegedly were in opposition to GHG legislation then pe ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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8/16/2009 1:55:20 PM EST Prior posts have described the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and its members, procedures, requirements, and auctions. The most recent auction of 30.8 million CO2 allowances had a cle ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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8/15/2009 8:02:28 PM EST The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has petitioned EPA for a formal hearing on the agency's proposed finding that GHG emissions from vehicles endanger public health and welfare. The endangerment ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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8/4/2009 9:01:46 PM EST Prior posts have noted the conflict between cap-and-trade advocates and environmental justice advocates; prior posts have also noted the trade-offs between a cap-and-trade system versus a carb ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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7/20/2009 9:58:27 AM EST The old problem. The ozone hole. The solution? Replace CFC's with other, more ozone-benign chemicals. The result? Considerable success in terms of preserving the ozone lay ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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7/16/2009 2:34:42 PM EST Prior posts have followed the development of various local cap-and-trade programs, and questioned the nature of the House version of the program. Hearings in the Senate have brought to th ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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