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Category Archives: Costs, Benefits and Risks
Public intellectuals
(May 1, 2008) Foreign Policy/Prospect lists the world’s top 100 public intellectuals, “the thinkers who are shaping the tenor of our time,” as it describes them. Now it’s up to us to select the best from among them, by choosing our five favourites. Continue reading
The real climate Martians
(April 26, 2008) Fred Singer, one of the world’s renowned scientists, believes in Martians. I discovered this several weeks ago while reading his biography on Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia. “Do you really believe in Martians?” I asked him last week, at a chance meeting at a Washington event. The answer was “No.” Continue reading
Europe’s Coal Renaissance
(April 24, 2008) Coal is back, despite — and perhaps also because of — attempts to beat it back. Continue reading
Europe’s Banana Republic
(April 11, 2008) Iceland wants to be the world’s first carbon neutral nation, an honour that will be bestowed on it by the United Nations’ Environment Program if it bests rivals Costa Rica, New Zealand and Norway. If Iceland wins, credit will rest in part with the country’s banana industry, the most vibrant in Europe. Continue reading
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Taking the temperature on climate change
(March 25, 2008) Public support for global warming, by some measures, is overwhelming. By other measures, public support more resembles lip-service. As, for example, when the public is asked to put its money where it’s mouth is. Continue reading
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Kyoto’s latest victim
(March 20, 2008) Climate change continues to wreak havoc throughout the world, Egypt being the most recent example. In the last year, bread prices have climbed 36%, leading to rioting by the hungry. Bread riots are also occuring in Yemen and Pakistan, as they have in other countries over the last year, while in other nations food protests have taken other forms. Continue reading
The Polluter Overpay Principle
(March 12, 2008) The UK is clobbering well-engineered automobiles in a move to re-engineer society. A Land Rover will soon face a tax of £950 when purchased, and then an additional £455 per year. Saab owners are hit less hard (£425 in year one, then £270) and Audi owners even less (£155 and £155). Continue reading
Grantmakers Against Global Warming
(March 5, 2008) The $200-million per year currently spent fighting global warming isn’t enough, says “Design to Win: Philanthropy’s Role in the Fight Against Global Warming,” a report funded by six philanthropies. To get the job done, at least $800-million per year is needed. Continue reading
The pro-carbon tax
(February 20, 2008) Governments are proposing carbon taxes to discourage people and industries from activities that emit carbon dioxide. This is a feeble use of the tax system in fending off the catastrophe that governments see coming. There are other, more powerful ways in which governments could, and should, use the tax system if they truly want to discourage CO2 emissions. Continue reading
The Carbon Harvest
(February 13, 2008) Global warming is the biggest threat that farmers face, and not because carbon dioxide threatens their crops — carbon dioxide is actually a boon to crops, and increases yields. Continue reading
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