Market‑based policies work to fight climate change, from India to Jamaica
Conservatives worldwide favor carbon pricing, cap-and-trade systems and other innovative environmental plans – just not in the United States.
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Shipping is tough on the climate and hard to clean up – these innovations can help cut emissions
If shipping were a country, it would rank between Japan and Germany as the sixth-largest contributor to global carbon dioxide emissions.
A carbon tax in waiting: we’re not adapting as fast as climate is changing
Obama’s trips to vastly different areas – New Orleans and Alaska – laid bare the rising costs of adapting to climate change, now and in the future.
Americans say they’re worried about climate change – so why don’t they vote that way?
Polls suggest that the majority of Americans think climate change is real, is caused by humans and needs to be addressed. But climate change isn’t a priority when Americans go to vote.
5 lessons from 20 years of climate surveys: Political party matters, but it doesn’t explain everything
Why would a young Republican back solar but reject a carbon tax? Twenty years of survey data shows climate opinion is more complex than party labels suggest.
Janet Yellen as US Treasury secretary can move the needle on climate change – here’s how
The former Federal Reserve chair has the experience and broad respect to get businesses to move on climate change and to lay the foundation for real and lasting progress.
Do climate policies ‘kill jobs’? An economist on why they don’t cause massive unemployment
Multiple studies have found the overall impact on labor markets to be minor, even if some workers will need new career paths.
Can people power drive action on climate change?
Humans have so much influence over the global environment today that we have crossed a major threshold in Earth’s long history, entering a new stage in geological time which some scientists call the Anthropocene…
To slow climate change, the US needs to address nuclear power’s dismal economics
Nuclear power provides 60 percent of US carbon-free electricity generation, but existing plants are aging and only one is under construction. Should government intervene to keep nuclear energy in the mix?
What is the ‘social cost of carbon’? 2 energy experts explain
The social cost helps regulators factor in harm from climate change when they consider new rules and purchases, like buying electric- vs. gas-powered trucks for the Postal Service.
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