Not exact matches
Cap and trade may seem like the big offer on the emission reductions table at the moment — one mention of alternatives like a straight carbon tax send many people (the average American
in particular) into apoplectic fits — but Annie «The Story of Stuff» Leonard wants you to take a closer look.There are so many
troubling details
in how cap and trade is
currently proposed — free permit giveaways to polluters, massive potential for bogus offsetting projects, the ever - present potential of distracting us from making
real changes — that we really need to consider other options.
Picking up on Pete's point
in # 123 that he is
troubled by not knowing exactly what climate scientists are trying to tell us about where we
currently stand
in regard to tipping points and todays ABC article on the acceleration of climate change which includes the comment: «But many experts confide privately what they aren't yet ready to announce publicly: Change is accelerating at a dramatic rate» (URL below) I would find it very helpful if someone from
Real Climate could tell us the summary message you want to get across to the public regarding tipping points — is it the «alternative version» I set out
in # 75 above or is it a modified version of this, if so it would be great if you could post the modified version up here — I would love to hear it.
Loan availability
in this sector, which already holds approximately 45 percent of commercial
real estate loans, according to Deloitte Development, will largely depend on how many
troubled loans a bank
currently holds and how much pressure it is under from regulators to boost reserves, says Steve Roth, executive vice president
in the Chicago office of Grubb & Ellis.