Things categorized as 'Climate policy'
Posted on November 15th by Tom Yulsman.
Despite the findings of a new report, I wouldn't bet on it
UPDATE 10/16/10: I've added some comments from Judith Curry, a scientist at Georgia Tech and author of ...
Posted on October 8th by Tom Yulsman.
United Nations climate change negotiations in China make little progress
Who was it who said that insanity is "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results"?
Oh yes, ...
Posted on March 15th by Tom Yulsman.
I participated in a discussion on NPR's "To the Point" program today, hosted by Warren Olney, about the politics of climate change. Other participants included Frank Newport, editor ...
Posted on December 14th by Tom Yulsman.
The demonstrations and arrests in Copenhagen raise the question of whether the conference is more theater than substance.
With China, India and other developing nations boycotting the climate talks in ...
Posted on July 9th by Tom Yulsman.
At the G-8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy today, leaders of the world's 16 biggest polluters failed to reach agreement on specific targets for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.
The failure ...
Posted on July 8th by Tom Yulsman.
At the G-8 summit today, the world's major industrial nations agreed to prevent global temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius — and simultaneously shot down failed to agree ...
Posted on June 30th by Tom Yulsman.
Under an EPA ruling today, the State of California will be able to impose strict limits on emissions of greenhouse gases from cars and trucks.
The Bush administration had turned ...
Posted on June 26th by Tom Yulsman.
One way or another, history will likely be made today when the House of Representatives votes on the Waxman-Markey climate and energy legislation.
The bill may not be up to the ...
Posted on June 25th by Tom Yulsman.
In shorter run renewables don't grow under the plan — but nukes and coal do
Nukes may be one winner in climate and energy legislation now being considered in the ...
Posted on June 22nd by Tom Yulsman.
More flaws in the Waxman-Markey climate legislation emerge
I've come back from vacation to find that the cap-and-trade debate rages on — today with Paul Krugman of the Times entering the ...
Posted on May 24th by Tom Yulsman.
UPDATE 5/27/09: See Roger Pielke, Jr.'s description of Joe Romm's 180 degree turn on cap-and-trade policy, particularly the use of offsets. Two excerpts:
I’ve come to depend upon Joe Romm for ideological ...
Posted on May 22nd by Tom Yulsman.
Study in the Journal Climate received very little press attention
The roulette wheel on the left, produced by MIT researchers and based on a new study, depicts different probabilities ...
Posted on May 21st by Tom Yulsman.
Two days ago, I drank the cap-and-trade Kool-Aid, spiked by a generous portion of climate modeling. I wrote that if the legislation likely to pass a House committee today ...
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