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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

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coal-fired power plants) would either be required by the emissions cap. From a global climate change perspective, it does not matter where or from what source the reduction occurs: the effect on the atmospheric concentration of GHGs would be the same. Although Congress could address GHG emissions with alternative policies—e.g.,

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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According to a report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the margin of error in measuring emissions by DOEs can be as high as: 10% for the cement and fertilizer industries; 60% for the oil, gas, and coal industries; and. 100% for some agricultural processes.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

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I said I would consider it, but that I was really hoping to establish a precedent, legally speaking, beyond Torrance. If we followed Gainsville Florida’s lead and voted in feed-in tariffs people would be renting roof space to put up more solar. THE HOLY GRAIL OF SOLAR: $3 A WATT, CHEAPER THAN COAL. And this is boring.

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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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Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. According to the IEA, global energy demand will grow 55% by 2030.

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

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Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. Representatives Henry A. Waxman of California and Edward J. Reduced Output.

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