]> http://www.greenedia.com/popular/articles/energy-policy Energy Policy - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/78646?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 Reader Jason Welker received the following question from a high school student:It's very interesting how this whole marketing pollution rights works. In this way the commons in the tragedy of the commons becomes privatized, and companies are fo... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:23:55 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/78646?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78786?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 Filed under: Legislation and Policy, Carbon Capture, European UnionAs we have explained before, Europe wants to become a green continent and is taking various actions to accomplish this target. One of these efforts is the widespread use of carbon cap... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:38:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78786?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78813?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 Recently, we noted that the end of the United States' economic embargo against Cuba could be bad news for the Caribbean nation's impressive successes in environmental protection. In the meantime, however, Cuba continues to enact cutting edge environ... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:43:37 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78813?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/open-the-future/78560?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 After empire, then what? -- Mike Treder looks at what happens when empires fall.International peace, security, and stable all are strengthened by economic ties; financial integration and interdependence tend to promote harmony and tolerance. But if w... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:06:43 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/open-the-future/78560?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/78552?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 So what does a multi-million dollar PR campaign trying to put a green shiny face on the dirtiest energy sector look like?The Washington Post ran a story last week about a $35 million PR spin/advertising effort being launched by a coal industry-funde... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:09:49 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/78552?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/78472?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 The international dimension of climate in Hell and High Water (paperback now at Amazon):The international fairness issue is the emotional home run. Given the chance, Americans will demand that all nations be part of any international global war... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:08:27 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/78472?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78474?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 This week is Carnival of the Green # 111 and it's being hosted by TREEconomist, a site that's dedicated to the analysis and discussion of environmental economic policy. So head on over to their site to check out a round up of green news and events fr... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:40:32 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78474?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78261?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 Filed under: MPG, Legislation and Policy, North AmericaNow that the energy bill and its attendant fuel economy standards has been passed here in the U.S., it looks like the Canadian government wants to officially adopt the same standards. Canada has ... Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:33:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/78261?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/77930?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 The sub-prime meltdown hit me personally when my bank calmly informed me one day last fall that they had ceased to be, and, due to the bank's apparent policy of making questionable loans that were simply unsustainable for too many borrowers, ha... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:59:56 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/77930?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/78307?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 Industry friendly ???think??? tanks have been working up a sweat this week in North Carolina to derail bipartisan climate action. The John Locke Foundation issued two press releases in the last week citing a peer-review hatchet-job by the Beacon H... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:50:16 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/78307?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/77842?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 The beginning of the solutions discussion in Hell and High Water (paperback now at Amazon):This analysis suggests that the United States could reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by between 10 and 40 percent of the 1990 level at very low cost. Some ... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:18:56 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/77842?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-bulletin/77783?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 Staff, Energy Bulletin. FTC asks if carbon-offset money is well spent Global warming 'changing world economy'Worldwatch's Prugh discusses 2007 trends California joins EU in airline CO2 caps... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:06:40 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-bulletin/77783?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77706?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 I'm not sure if this will be of general interest, it relates to school choice, but it looks like our local school district is considering restricting the ability of parents to move their kids to the school of their choice. In the past you could move ... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:30:03 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77706?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/77730?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 Filed under: Diesel, Emerging Technologies, Flex-Fuel, LightweightConsidering that the internal combustion engine has been around for so long, you could be excused if you thought that there were no more big gains to be found when it comes to the effi... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:05:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/77730?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77707?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 Thomas Palley sends us his latest:Investing in China: Fool's Gold?, by Thomas I. Palley: Americans tend to disregard history. Henry Ford declared bluntly, History is bunk, while Gore Vidal calls the U.S. the United States of Amnesia. Usua... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:59:34 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77707?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/new-scientist-technology/77669?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 A project funded by the Library of Congress aiming to preserve early computer games, electronic literature like online novel 253, and virtual worlds like Second Life has just kicked off at Stanford University. Because they're breaking new ground, one... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:10:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/new-scientist-technology/77669?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77538?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 This is Axel Leijonhufvud on Keynes and the Effectiveness of Monetary Policy. According to this, Keynes held monetary policy in higher regard as a stabilization tool than I thought. However, as noted below:All Keynes' arguments ... dissolve entirel... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:27:24 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77538?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77539?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 Jeff Sachs has ideas about how to solve the crisis in the drylands, but first this is Dani Rodrik noting that Sachs' views on distributing insecticide treated bed nets for free to populations threatened by malaria appear to have been vindicated:Jef... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:15:17 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77539?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/77515?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 Kansas is no stranger to controversy, to being pulled in opposing directions. During the Civil War, Bleeding Kansas, as the state was called, was trapped in the middle of the country - at the tender border between the Confederacy and the Union - and... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:34:03 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/77515?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77508?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 By Joseph RommThink Progress has the whole story, but I'll repeat it here, since, tragically, it may represent the shape of things to come in climate politics for many years, making it hard for Republicans to do the moral thing on climate: Last... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:14:42 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77508?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/california-energy-blog/77507?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 So last week it was reported that a failed backup generator at the San Onofre Nuclear Power plant had prompted a federal investigation. At the time, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it no longer issued fines except for deliberate acts of miscon... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:22:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/california-energy-blog/77507?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/77516?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 Think Progress has the whole story, but I'll repeat it here, since, tragically, it may represent the shape of things to come in climate politics for many years, making it hard for Republicans to do the moral thing on climate:Last weekend, former Mass... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:27:01 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/77516?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/77396?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 MarketWatch looks at the particulars.... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:02:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/77396?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/77441?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 Filed under: Diesel, Mercedes Benz, Legislation and Policy, Detroit Auto ShowBack in October, Mercedes-Benz made something of a splash in California when they re-introduced the E320 to the California market. It was the first new diesel available in t... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:48:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/77441?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/77410?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 Perhaps the most politically relevant excerpt from Hell and High Water (paperback now at Amazon):There is no doubt that the time to act is now. It is now that timely action can avert disaster. It is now that with foresight and will such action can be... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:16:45 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/77410?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77334?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 Whenever I read about thinkers like Adam Smith or Karl Marx and their evolutionary approach to modes of production, e.g. their explanations for the transition from feudalism to capitalism, I always wonder if capitalism is the end of the road, the las... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:29:09 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77334?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77318?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 Bush tax cut mythology - Paul Krugman BlogBig Brain Theory: Have Cosmologists Lost Theirs? - New York Times EU launches new Microsoft antitrust probe - FT Fact Check, Reality Check? New GDP Data - Arvind Subramanian Financial forces run amo... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:06:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77318?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77298?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 Arvind Panagariya of Columbia University with a discussion of how India could speed its transition to a modern economy :What India must do to modernise, by Arvind Panagariya, Vox EU: A key advantage claimed for the outward-oriented development strat... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:14:24 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77298?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/77258?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 The latest in the line of states making global warming policy a reality could be Maryland, whose state legislature will soon be considering its own Global Warming Solutions Act to create a cap-and-trade program and reduce the state's emissions.Since ... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:51:05 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/77258?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77249?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 By David RobertsRomney and McCain are campaigning furiously in Michigan, and it's tight. Romney, for whom Michigan is make-or-break, seems to have decided it's in his best interests to sell fantasies: Mr. Romney criticized the energy bill signed ... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:47:26 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77249?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/california-energy-blog/77248?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 The Center for Biological Diversity has officially sued the Department of Energy over the proposed Southwest energy corridor that would run through Arizona and California.The lawsuit claims that the plan's fast-track federal approval process for the ... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:43:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/california-energy-blog/77248?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77240?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 Externalities from privatization of toll roads make the social costs of privatization far higher than the private cost, enough so that the benefits from privatization are questionable when all costs are fully accounted for:Toll road privatization may... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:19:39 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77240?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77254?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 By Ryan AventIt was just a fleeting moment amid the hours of presidential debate that have taken place through this longest of election cycles, but it nonetheless warmed my heart. No-longer-a-candidate Bill Richardson, in response to a question on cl... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:24:04 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77254?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/77197?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 Filed under: Diesel, Mitsubishi, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Detroit Auto Show, LightweightAlong with the new Ralliart, Mitsubishi unveiled their eco-image Concept-RA yesterday at the Detroit Auto Show. Strangely, RA doesn't stand for an ancient Egyptia... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:53:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/77197?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77186?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 2008 will be very busy both for business and policy-makers and much of what happens this year will have a strong bearing on the future, especially as concerns climate change. You are the key to a low-carbon future. If Bali will do what I hope it w... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:25:12 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77186?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77111?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 Paul Krugman says we can learn something about the character of the presidential candidates by examining their plans to stimulate the economy:Responding to Recession, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times: ...[O]ver the next few weeks we'll be hearin... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:15:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77111?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/77071?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 Filed under: Car Buying, Government/Legal, GreenTen months ago, Bob Lutz said GM cars would be $5,000 more expensive if the Bush administration got its way with fuel standards by raising fuel economy 4% every year through 2017. Bush didn't get his wa... Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:26:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/77071?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77054?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 Barney Frank says we've gone too far down laissez-faire boulevard:Why America needs a little less laissez-faire, by Barney Frank, Commentary, Financial Times: As we prepare for this autumn's election, the results are in on America's 30-year experimen... Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:18:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77054?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/terrablog/77017?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 Even a year ago, it would have been hard to imagine that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) the federal agency responsible for protecting consumers from misleading marketing claims would have any reason to wade into the world of climate chang... Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:35:44 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/terrablog/77017?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/77028?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 Filed under: Diesel, Etc., Legislation and Policy, UKSMMT, the trade association for the UK motor industry, has just released British market statistics for 2007. The highlights of this report are that the UK market has gone up (by 2.5 percent) overal... Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:42:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/77028?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/76978?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 Filed under: Legislation and Policy, USAThe video above shows the tragic Minnesota bridge collapse. There were many calls for an increase in gas taxes then and people like Representative Dingell have also called for an increase. Now, the Wall Street ... Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:32:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/76978?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/76955?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 Filed under: Ethanol, Legislation and Policy, USASelma Mayor Charles Hester thinks opponents to a new ethanol plant should be lynched. Charles remarks were caught on video, which you can see above. You can also see it on local news stations WRAL, A... Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:28:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/76955?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/76956?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 Filed under: Saab, Legislation and Policy, Green Daily, European UnionFriends of the Earth Europe thinks that some of Saab's latest ads are nothing but greenwashing, and has publicly warned the automaker to withdraw them or face legal challenge. FoEE... Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:56:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/76956?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/76927?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 The modest success of Ron Paul prompts Michael Kinsley to examine the practicality of libertarian ideas and the value of the questions they ask. Here's part of his longer essay:Libertarians deserve a listen, by Michael Kinsley, Commentary, LA Times... Sat, 12 Jan 2008 04:17:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/76927?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/76907?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 If Moody's, the credit rating agency, can't get this analysis right, how can it possibly handle the evaluation of complex financial instruments? Or is it the case that, as Dean Baker wonders below as he points out the flaws in the analysis, analytica... Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:24:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/76907?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sierra-club/76892?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 Los Angeles, CA -- Well, the chair set aside for EPA Administrator Steve Johnson is empty at Senator Barbara Boxer's hearing here on EPA's decision to deny California the right to implement its pioneering carbon dioxide air pollution standards for ve... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:42:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sierra-club/76892?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76869?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 In October 1929, visionaries from all over Europe, including Swiss architect Le Corbusier and Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius came together in Frankfurt to attend the second International Congress of Modern Architecture (CIAM). Attendees at the 1929 c... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:14:54 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76869?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/76851?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 The Obama FilesDismissing climate change as a polarizing political issue is a stunt, crafted by people who are more self-interested than truly conservative. We ought not to get caught in that trap.I raise the issue in response to Chris Mooney's tho... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:38:22 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/76851?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76841?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 By Tom PhilpottAs I wrote last week, the real winners in the ethanol boom aren't corn growers or even ethanol makers (though the latter will do just fine). Rather, it's the companies that make the inputs needed for growing vast quantities of corn. ... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:41:02 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76841?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/76811?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58 In a laughable Margaret Wente column (forgiving the redundancy) in the Globe and Mail this week, we were called upon to feel sorry for Carleton University professor Dr. Tim Patterson:Prof. Patterson never set out to be a global-warming dissenter. I... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:34:21 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/76811?rsstype=populararticles&cid=58