Legislative Leftovers: Cap and Trade
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Our two-part series, Legislative Leftovers continues today with a look at what remains to be done on the cap and trade climate change bill now that Congress in recess for the rest of August. We'll be joined by New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert and the Washington Post's environmental reporter Juliet Eilperin. They’ll explain how cap and trade works, whether it would help to reduce carbon emissions contributing to climate change, and the status of the current bill.
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Comments [3]
Elizabeth Kolbert figured it out! The problem is capitalism!
Subjecting preservation of the environment (or health care, or housing for the poor, or education, or affordable clean water) to the profit lust of Wall Street beasts is bound to fail.
What about incentives for cleaner factories/reactors?
P.S. Ms. Kolbert & I were classmates in High School.
won't a simple carbon tax be best?
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