Category Archives: Environment

Why Did Cap-And-Trade Die?

I agree with all of Ezra Klein’s post mortem on cap-and-trade legislation, but it’s missing a rather large and brutal fact: the proportion of American’s who think global warming is real, human-caused, and problematic has dropped alarmingly in a short … Continue reading

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Cap & Trade v. Carbon Taxes

There’s a sort of epic environmentalist civil war that’s arisen over the past few days, ignited by a column by climate scientist James Hansen in which he skewers the House cap-and-trade bill: Because cap and trade is enforced through the … Continue reading

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