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Debunking the GOP Claim that Cap and Trade is an "Energy Tax"

Yesterday, I noted that a debate on cap and trade hosted by Salon produced the same predictable arguments from the “right” perspective — that cap and trade is “a job-killing energy tax” and so forth. I had a little fun with the regurgitated, keyword-laden arguments laid out by Steve Everley of American Solutions , and called them misleading. This evidently drew his ire (or it could have been because I misspelled his name — sorry about that). Either way, he responded to my post with a lengthy rebuttal in th… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Debunking the GOP Claim that Cap and Trade is an "Energy Tax"

Geological Storage of CO2 Emissions Only Viable if Leakage Kept to Less Than 1% in 1000 Years

photo: Alex Proimos via flickr Even with all the serious doubts about its scalability or financial viability, carbon capture and storage repeatedly continues to get talked up as a key part of a future low-carbon energy economy. Adding to the practical issues swirling around CCS is this bit, from research just published in Nature Geoscience

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Geological Storage of CO2 Emissions Only Viable if Leakage Kept to Less Than 1% in 1000 Years

To Cap or Not to Cap (and Trade)?

Photo via Eco Friendly Mag That is the, well, you know. I just finished reading the lively (and aggravating) debate on cap and trade hosted by Salon last week, and it reminded me of what dire straits we’re in when it comes to US climate change policy. Many feel that cap and trade is the best option available to limit carbon emissions, and, yes, there are reasons why many others have legitimate concerns with such a system. But in an ideological debate over the mechanism’s merits — especially … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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