Policing carbon markets
Carbon markets have emerged in recent decades as one of the most important tools for curbing industrial greenhouse gas emissions, but they present a number of novel enforcement challenges when compared
Cap And Trade
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Consequences of alternative U.S. cap-and-trade policies: controlling both emissions and costs
The U.S. Congress continues to debate a potential cap-and-trade program for the control of greenhouse gas emissions. The economic effects of such a bill remain in dispute, with some arguing that a cap-and-trade program would create jobs and improve economic growth and others arguing that the program would shift jobs overseas and hit households with large energy price increases.
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G8 climate scorecards 2009
The new analysis presents recent and expected emission developments of each country and various other indicators, and gives an overview of the most important activities by the federal governments to respond to the threat of climate change.
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Still needed: A climate plan--looking past cap and trade
There is a myth in America that markets, not plans, are the key to success. Markets will supposedly decide our climate future on their own once we institute cap-and-trade legislation to put a market price on carbon emissions. But this is silly: both markets and planning are essential in any successful large-scale undertaking, whether public or private.
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Breaking the climate deadlock: technology for a low carbon future
This report from the
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Green States Line up Behind U.S. Climate Bill
States that have set the U.S. agenda on addressing greenhouse gas emissions are lining up behind a federal climate bill, fearing signs of dissent would weaken a plan that still faces hurdles.
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China Welcomes U.S. Climate Bill, Says More Needed
China's top climate change official on Friday welcomed a U.S. climate change bill but said Washington needed to take stronger action to ensure success at year-end talks to settle a global framework on warming.
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Border taxes linked to cap-and-trade laws
Cap-and-trade legislation passed by the House of Representatives late on Friday will make it easier for the US to impose import tariffs against countries that do not control their own carbon emissions.
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Cap-and-trade mess
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to limit greenhouse gases. The White House lobbied hard for it:
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The House and Global Warming
American politicians, from both parties, insist that they want to combat global warming and reduce this country
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Emission reductions under Cap-and-Trade proposals in the 111th Congress
This analysis provides an assessment of reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions relative to total U.S. emissions that could be achieved by cap-and-trade proposals currently submitted in the 111th Congress. This assessment is an update to a previous analysis released on May 19, 2009 and includes an assessment of the substitute to H.R.