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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

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Supplementarity refers to the idea that the role of offsets in an emission reduction program should be secondary to reduction efforts at regulated emission sources. A 2008 EPA study analyzed the economic impacts of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008 (S. Tags: Climate Change Perspective Policy. 2) Supplementarity.

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MAEAA Web Links

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EV Technical Files :Some handy info on the EV Album website EPA Fuel Economy :complete list of the EPA fuel economy results for recent years MotorPerformance Data : Graphs and drawings of Baldor, GE, and PrestoliteEV motors. DeepCycle Battery FAQ : Everything you need to know. So You want To Build an ElectricCar: Where to begin.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Beginning in 2005, we excerpted individual statements of intentions by carmakers, but by the start of 2008, the number of comments became too numerous for us to track. When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I See our frequent comments at our news archive. But its ready now.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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A free car on a four-year plan in France is another idea mentioned by Shai Agassi, CEO of Project Better Place. EPA declares CO2 a “threat to public health&# Alternative Energy Stocks The Time is Right for Gas-guzzler to Dual-mode EV Conversions Joel Makower: Two Steps Forward The Seven Sins of Greenwashing: Is Everybody Lying?

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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Based on calculations by the International Energy Agency (IEA), 75% of the growth in the world’s energy demand from 2005 to 2030 will come from developing countries. Mr. Soros’ ideas could receive more attention in the coming months as rich countries struggle to work out in detail how they can finance any pledges they make in the coming days.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Environmentalists and industries resurrected the idea in recent years as a centerpiece of measures to address global warming and growing oil imports. The program will reduce emissions fifteen percent below 2005 levels by 2020. Representatives Henry A. Waxman of California and Edward J. Supplementarity. On February 24, 2009, the U.S.

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