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Whenever I start to feel like the challenge of preventing climate change might just be insurmountable — this happens often as I read reports at work on the scale of carbon reduction needed — it’s a welcome news to hear that some hair-brained scientist/engineer has broken assumed technical barriers by employing a completely novel method.
Well, [...]

As an energy analyst, I often see in my own work the drastic effect of scope on analysis results.
For example, take a simple-sounding question like, “How much energy is required to produce a ton of iron?”
This is a relatively straightforward analysis if the scope of energy usage includes only the iron plant. You count the [...]

Good news for the future of cap and trade — and our climate — from a couple researchers at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) probably won’t cost as much as previously thought, which will keep the overall price of carbon credits lower because the carbon dioxide emitted from coal power [...]

Not only are ~42 million Americans lacking (health) insurance, but the global climate is uninsured, as well. Thousands of people declare bankruptcy in the U.S. each year because of unaffordable medical expenses, and some of these people even had insurance. In bankruptcy, your debts are erased and you get to start over economically.
Climate bankruptcy would [...]

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is denying climate change and opposing the cap and trade bill with “disingenuous attempts to diminish or distort the reality,” according to PG&E Chairman and CEO Peter Darbee. PG&E recently pulled its membership from the Chamber, and now Exelon Corp. has done the same today.
Why is the Chamber so opposed [...]