By Emily Reyna, reposted from EDF While millions of Americans recover from the Sandy-Nor’easter extreme weather event combo, and even as President Obama’s remarks about action against a “warming planet”linger, all eyes will be on California this coming Wednesday. This is when the next big event in the climate change conversation … [continued]
Bill Gates has started to notice that the climate is a potential problem.”We need energy miracles” he said at TED. “The microprocessor and internet are miracles. This is a case where we have to drive and get the miracle in a short timeline.” It’s always encouraging when someone with the … [continued]
Success in lowering emissions in the RGGI states has resulted in talk of tightening the pollution limits to further reduce greenhouse gases. In January, six of the nine participating states – Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New York, Delaware and Rhode Island – announced they will permanently eliminate 72 percent of the … [continued]
South Africa this week proposed a national carbon tax as part of the country’s national budget, becoming the latest major economy to move toward charging for emissions. But, a large swath of emissions would be exempt until 2020.
Mexico, the world’s 15th biggest greenhouse gas emitter – and ravaged by its worst drought in 80 years – is close to passing legislation to create a domestic greenhouse gas emissions trading system able to cap and cut carbon emissions.
In yet another resounding success for cap & trade policies, today carbon dioxide pollution capped by the 10 participating RGGI states of the US Northeast has been reduced to its all-time low of a mere 124 million short tons.
Power plant CO2 emissions in the states that participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) cap & trade dropped 34% below the cap in 2011, according to a new report from Environment Northeast, at Point Carbon News.
So… are they cowering in caves, like Rush Limbaugh says?
1. Cap & Trade “has created 3,800 jobs and nearly $500 million in economic activity for Massachusetts since 2008.” That’s the verdict of a recent study on the matter, Inside Climate reports. Nothing surprising to those who follow the effects of cap & trade, but would probably surprise a … [continued]
Time for another round-up. This one’s on some of the top cleantech policy stories I’ve seen around in the past week or so. 1. Spain Now Allowing Net Metering for Small Power Plants! “Spain’s government passed a decree [last] Friday designed to make it easier for small power plants to … [continued]
QUICK NEWS: If you haven’t heard yet, California’s cap-and-trade program is finally fully, fully approved. Here’s the quick summary from the LATimes:
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, one of the Republican party’s many two-faced liars (who says he is promoting renewable energy but is, in fact, doing everything he can to fight its growth), recently announced that he was pulling the state out of the Northeast’s climate change and clean energy cap-and-trade program, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Well, it turns out, Governor Christie may not have the power to do so soon… but it’s going to be a close call.
