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The dogma whisperer

Posted on July 02, 2008

By Ken JohnsonIn his recent Congressional testimony, James Hansen talked about a perfect storm of climatological tipping points that may soon converge to yield global cataclysm. But another kind of perfect storm is brewing: a technology storm that could rapidly displace fossil fuels and restore global climate sustainability. Effective regulatory policy could provide the kind of incentives and stable investment climate that are needed to facilitate the clean-energy revolution. Unfortunately, the caps and standards approach that is currently in vogue cannot provide the ...

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