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Prosperity, growth improving our environment
Submitted on 7.29.2008
Here’s good news that may have escaped attention. The environment worldwide is getting better and better, largely because of economic growth, efficiency and innovation. So says the 2008 Index of Leading Environmental Indicators, an annual report on worldwide air and water quality and climate change by the Pacific Research Institute, a San Francisco free-market think tank.
Let Energy Technologies Stand Alone
Submitted by Thomas Tanton on 7.23.2008
Late last month, the California Energy Commission and Public Utility Commission touted “feed-in tariffs” as yet another approach to spur development of renewable electricity sources. These “renewables” remain a favorite of government despite dismal economics and poor performance.
Index of Leading Environmental Indicators 2008
Submitted on 7.7.2008
To borrow the blunt language of Generation X and the “Millennials,” Does the United States suck on the environment?
Cap and Trade for Climate Change
Submitted by Natalie Sirkin on 7.1.2008
Rightly or wrongly, Global Warming offers disaster for our planet. Countering it has become a consuming concern. Emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) focus on carbon dioxide. “A reduction in carbon emissions has become an end in itself,” observes Bjorn Lomborg, whose Copenhagen Consensus found 36 better ways to accomplish the goal.
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