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The Climate Post: Waxman-Markey, Bonn, and carbon counting
The U.S. Congress fast-tracks climate legislation, international negotiators hash through the first “negotiating text” for year-end global talks in Germany, and big businesses start counting their carbon. The pile of […]
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Our peak oil future? Electric vehicle startup unveils Chinese-made, $45K ‘economy’ car
Open one of those minimalist black boxes that contain a shiny new iPod and you’re greeted by five words — “Designed by Apple in California.” In much smaller print would […]
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GM sells Hummer to China — the second mistake by those clueless new owners?
China’s Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company has agreed to buy the Hummer brand from GM for less than $500 million, according to a source familiar with the transaction -- well off its peak value of a decade ago.
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Nobelist Krugman slams Reaganite Feldstein on global warming economics
Nobel prize-winning NYT columnist Paul Krugman has been doing some terrific writing on the economics of climate action (see Climate action “now might actually help the economy recover from its […]
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Advice for the Chinese manufacturer who just bought Hummer
Tough enough to drive over the Great Wall?GM.comI can’t say as I know exactly what’s going through the minds of the top executives at Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company […]
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Offsets are still counterfeit carbon credits
The arguments in favor of counterfeit carbon credits still fail no matter how often they are repeated Common talking points(TP) and replies(R) TP) Cap-and-trade will be too expensive if we […]
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Has Obama saved Detroit from itself — or is that simply impossible?
You’re all gonna own a part of GM, so please, fellow owners, let me know what you think! Readers of Climate Progress understand two inescapable realities that the overwhelming majority […]
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With green home venture, Sierra Club mixes profits with passion
Photo illustration by Tom Twigg / GristIt’s not unusual these days for big green groups to get in bed with business, but one of the oldest and most-respected environmental organizations […]
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University president quits Massey board after green group campaign
After a 14-week campaign by green groups, Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee stepped down from the board of directors of mountaintop-removal mining company Massey Energy today. Ohio Citizen […]
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So how much would a $20/ton carbon price really cost?
First I said that we shouldn’t confuse wealth transfers with economic pain. Then I said that a $20/ton carbon price works out to a 1.4 cent/kWh rate increase. Astute readers […]
