Media coverage of COP17, the latest United Nations climate conference in Durban, South Africa that wrapped up on Friday, was sparse in the United States. With no national legislation in this country to address limits on greenhouse emissions, the state of California has taken some steps ahead of the federal government. Last week, NPR aired [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Cap and Trade’
NPR 2-Part Series on California Cap and Trade Legislation
December 12th, 2011 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Eric Wilson, News, Policy 
Tags: California, Cap and Trade, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Sequestration, United Nations 
No Comments »California Moves Forward on Cap and Trade
November 5th, 2011 Justin Manger On October 20th, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) adopted final rules for a state wide cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gases. Once the program commences in 2013, large industrial facilities and power plants will become the main targets. Details for the program still aren’t finalized, but the adoption of rules at least shows the [...]
Posted in Behavior, Business, Justin Manger, News, Policy, Sustainability Tags: California, Cap and Trade, Carbon Dioxide, Electricity Generation, Environment No Comments »New Mexico Regulators Approve Plan to Cap Gas Emissions
December 7th, 2010 Justin Manger Just after California completed its first cap and trade deal, New Mexico seems ready to be one of the next state’s to act in place of the federal government. News has broken that regulators in the state have decided to approve a proposal for capping greenhouse gas emissions statewide. The Environmental Improvement Board voted 4-1 [...]
First Cap-and-Trade Deal Completed in California
December 5th, 2010 Justin Manger Federal Cap-and-Trade legislation is as dead as the “geeks” on The Walking Dead: it’s got a pulse of some kind but mostly lays around barely moving or staggering about in slow-motion until it smells a good meal- in this case any politician brave or stupid enough to come close. There are three possibilities for what [...]
January 2010 Clean Energy and Sustainability Events
January 2nd, 2010 Eric Wilson On or around the first of every month, 2nd Green Revolution updates the green events calendar for the coming month. Last November we began including a post highlighting some of the intriguing events for that month. This month has fewer events, but some intriguing themes have emerged in the post-Copenhagen world. In the United States, [...]
Posted in Education, Eric Wilson, Japan, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Tags: Calendar, Cap and Trade, Washington DC No Comments »Stephen Chu Visits John Stewart on The Daily Show
July 23rd, 2009 Eric Wilson Exhibiting a quick wit and sharp sense of humor, Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu joined John Stewart on The Daily Show earlier this week. In the monologue leading up to the interview, Stewart reviewed the Waxman-Markey bill (officially known as H.R. 2454: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009) passed by the House of [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Renewable Energy Tags: Cap and Trade, Carbon Dioxide, Humor, Low Hanging Fruit, Stephen Chu No Comments »Impact of Climate Change Bill on Rural Farmers
July 11th, 2009 Eric Wilson Over the past century, the number of Americans living on farms has fallen from nearly 40% to less than 2%. As large agribusiness and monoculture farms take over, smaller farmers have had difficulty finding ways to compete. Michael Pollan featured Polyface Farms in The Omnivore’s Dilemma, his treatise on food. By making sure that the [...]
Posted in Business, Eric Wilson, Green Economy Tags: Agriculture, Cap and Trade, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Sequestration, Colorado, Michael Pollan, Offsets No Comments »House Passes Cap-and-Trade Bill
June 29th, 2009 Justin Manger Last Friday, June 26th, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed the “American Clean Energy and Security Act” (H.R. 2998). Though far from becoming law, the 219-212 vote in favor is the first step toward placing a cap on the amount of green house gases industry and businesses can emit. It also sets up a [...]
