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Climate solutions : a citizen's guide

Author: Peter Barnes
Publisher: White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., ©2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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A practical guide to turning around the effects of global warming while promoting a more efficient and fair economy.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Peter Barnes
ISBN: 9781603580052 1603580050
OCLC Number: 174112741
Description: xvi, 93 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
Contents: What's the problem? --
What makes good climate policy? --
What are the goals? --
What's fair? --
Who owns the sky? --
Who are the players? --
Who pays whom? --
Will it last? --
What about technology? --
We can do it --
Four tools --
Carbon taxes --
Carbon caps --
Regulations --
Investments --
What states can do --
What cities can do --
Federal preemption --
Cool ideas --
Three varieties of cap-and-trade --
A seat in Exxon Stadium --
Lessons from Europe --
Protecting family incomes with equal dividends --
Giveaway of the century? --
Upstream, downstream --
Safety valves and their alternatives --
Offsets aren't permits --
CheatNeutral --
Resolving the carbon price dilemma --
Carbon capping in a nutshell --
Carbon capping EZ guide --
An American climate solution --
Fairness --
What about China? --
Beyond Kyoto --
Current federal legislation --
Legacy industries on climate policy --
Faith principles on climate policy.
Responsibility: Peter Barnes ; foreword by Bill McKibben.

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This guide is about the last chance to save the planet. It's a result of hundreds of how-do-we-do-this-right discussions over many years. Peter Barnes shares what he's learned in these discussions  Read more...
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