Reducing Carbon Emissions Won’t Halt Economic Growth
The big obstacle to reducing carbon emissions isn’t economic costs, but inertia and the impact on powerfully placed special interests.
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Could This Lawsuit Be the Straw That Breaks the TPP’s Back?
TransCanada has filed a $15 billion lawsuit against the US under NAFTA or scuttling its cross-border pipeline. The TPP gives foreign investors even stronger rights.
Read more...Utilities Getting Regulatory Support for Screwing Solar Customers
Utilities, with regulatory backing, are working hard to turn homeowner investments in solar into economic white elephants.
Read more...France To Build 621 Miles Of Solar Roads
Solar roads sound too “gee whiz” to work. But it would be terrific if they did.
Read more...Which Presidential Candidates are Most Friendly to the Energy Industry?
A rundown of how nice the various top presidential candidates are likely to be to Big Energy.
Read more...The Greenhouse 100
A ranking of the top greenhouse gas producers in the US.
Read more...Flooded Cities
Major cities are often located in low-lying areas that are flood-prone. Worse, after being flooded out, people and businesses tend to return even when relocating is the better choice.
Read more...TTIP and Climate Change: Low Economic Benefits, Real Climate Risks
The TTIP could jeopardize the ability of the European Union and the United States to put in place the proper regulations to meet climate targets.
Read more...Gaius Publius: It Wasn’t Just Exxon — They All Knew
Exxon was not the only oil major that knew decades ago about global warming and chose to launch an agnotology campaign.
Read more...10 Foods That May Disappear Thanks to Climate Change
If you think climate change will help food production, think again. Many of the foods under threat are dietary staples.
Read more...Will China Be the Enforcer of the Paris Climate Agreement?
Yves here. While China has made impressive strides in technologies that reduce carbon emissions, I have trouble squaring that with their plans to build more coal-fired electricity generating plants. By Gaius Publius, a professional writer living on the West Coast of the United States and frequent contributor to DownWithTyranny, digby, Truthout, and Naked Capitalism. Follow […]
Read more...Ilargi: CON21
To halt the demise of the planet, you can’t rely on the same people who cause it.
Read more...Gauis Publius: Making the US a Petro-State – White House Keeps Alive GOP Hopes for Lifting the Oil Export Ban
Why lifting the oil export ban is “appeasement” of Big Oil and needs to be stopped.
Read more...Present Day Benefits of Climate Policy
Poor framing of climate change and climate policy issues are making costs appear much higher than they are and are thus deterring action.
Read more...Gaius Publius: How to Think About the Paris Climate Talks
The Paris climate talks are destined to be too little, too late, and here is a framework for understanding why.
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