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Posts made in May, 2012

Legislating Sea Level Rises Out Of Existence

Hey, if the California Air Resources Board can create an entire cap and trade industry just by inventing emissions 340% higher than any actual evidence, it can go the other way.  Science is all postmodern and relative that way - once you let people you agree with make stuff up, anyone can do...

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Legislating Sea Level Rises Out Of Existence

Hey, if the California Air Resources Board can create an entire cap and trade industry just by inventing emissions 340% higher than any actual evidence, it can go the other way.  Science is all postmodern and relative that way - once you let people you agree with make stuff up, anyone can do...

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Farm Schism: Can You Be Successful And Still Be Called Fair Trade?

The fair trade movement  is in its seventh decade but has an internal problem.  Fair trade, as a concept, sought originally to make sure small people got a fair deal - a Mennonite visiting Puerto Rico saw the poverty levels of people there and decided to help them make more money, rather than advocating to give them government handouts (I know, I know, zany religious types)....

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Why Everyone Should Love a Carbon Tax

Why Everyone Should Love a Carbon Tax

Even during a time of national concern over the economy, a recent study published in Nature Climate Change concluded that the average American would be willing to spend up to 13% more on electricity bills to support clean energy. In the past several decades, Americans have shown a willingness to help the environment if they know new laws will actually help. And today, they especially like the...

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Why Everyone Should Love a Carbon Tax

Why Everyone Should Love a Carbon Tax

Even during a time of national concern over the economy, a recent study published in Nature Climate Change concluded that the average American would be willing to spend up to 13% more on electricity bills to support clean energy. In the past several decades, Americans have shown a willingness to help the environment if they know new laws will actually help. And today, they especially like the...

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