Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

How Energy Secretary Steven Chu lost his battle with Washington

02/2/2012 by Charles Komanoff

How Energy Secretary Steven Chu lost his battle with Washington (TNR)


Top energy-efficiency group wants U.S. to consider carbon tax

01/23/2012 by Charles Komanoff

Top energy-efficiency group wants U.S. to consider carbon tax (ACEEE statement)


Keystone-Pipeline Slayer McKibben: A Portrait

01/18/2012 by Charles Komanoff

Keystone-Pipeline Slayer McKibben: A Portrait (Boston Globe Magazine)


Obama Holds the Line (for now), Rejects Tar Sands Pipeline

01/18/2012 by Charles Komanoff

Obama Holds the Line (for now), Rejects Tar Sands Pipeline (NYT)


Pollution Taxes Can Help Pay for Payroll Tax Cut

01/18/2012 by Charles Komanoff

Pollution Taxes Can Help Pay for Payroll Tax Cut (NYT op-ed)


Climate Deniers Hit New Low With Vicious Attacks on Scientists

01/17/2012 by James Handley

Vicious Attacks on Climate Scientists are Denialists’ New Low (Steve Valk, Huff Post)

Filed under News,Politics,Science

Good riddance to ethanol subsidies

01/4/2012 by James Handley

Good Riddance to Ethanol Subsidies (SF Chronicle)


Why Isn’t There a More Massive, Activist Climate Movement?

12/29/2011 by Charles Komanoff

Why Isn’t There a More Massive, Activist Climate Movement? (Ted Glick – Grist)


Why The Patron Saint Of “Reagonomics” Supports A Carbon Tax

12/19/2011 by James Handley

Why The Patron Saint Of “Reagonomics” Supports A Carbon Tax (NPR)

Filed under Carbon Tax,News,Politics

A Carbon Tax With a Twist to Please GOP — Maybe

12/14/2011 by James Handley

Supply-Side Guru Laffer: Swap Income Tax for Carbon Tax (NH Public Radio)

Filed under Carbon Tax,News,Politics