Ten observations about conservatives and climate change
1. Conservatives are definitely not going away in the short-term---they are likely to pick up seats this coming November---and they are almost certainly not going [...]
Time to explore new directions for U.S. climate policy
The West Coast is in perfect position to play a leading role, hence the carbonWA.org ballot measure campaign I'm part of! Details in the rest of the post and/or in this memo on carbon pricing in Washington State; see also [More...]
Krugman on climate change
Paul Krugman has a climate change article coming out in the NYT magazine this weekend. Mostly I think this is an excellent summary, but I [...]
Round Two (part 2) with libertarians on global warming
Here's Rossputin's response to my recent post on climate change. This statement stands out for me: There is probably an atmospheric data set we could [...]
Round Two with libertarians on global warming
About two years ago I had a back-and-forth on climate change with libertarian blogger Rossputin, the Cato Institute's Jerry Taylor, and the Heartland Institute's James [...]
C’mon, Bill G, you’re smarter than this!
From the last page of Bill Gates's annual letter: One area that I have been spending a lot of personal time on is energy and [...]
On “The Story of Cap and Trade”
There's a new video out that criticizes cap-and-trade. Overall, I'd give it a "C". Here's why: The good The dangers of promising something for nothing. [...]
Air travel CO2 from UW and other ACUPCC signatories
The University of Washington is part of the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), a pledge to measure and reduce college and university [...]
My hilarious global warming exchange with Ruffin and Gregory
In November 2000 I received a complimentary copy of a new microeconomics textbook by two professors at the University of Houston. The book's treatment of [...]
My hilarious global warming exchange with Ruffin and Gregory
In November 2000 I received a complimentary copy of a new microeconomics textbook by two professors at the University of Houston. The book's treatment of [...]