Cap and Trade

Cali’s Cap-and-Trade Moves Forward in Tough Economy

Today marks the first day of a 45-day period for the public to comment on a program to force polluters to cap their carbon emissions starting in 2012, and the proposed rules will give away lots of free permits rather than auctioning them.

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Welcome to the Technosphere: “Having mastered indoor ski slopes and mass desalination, Dubai just unveiled its massive Technosphere, a biological bubble oddly…

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Cap and Trade’s Biggest Losers: A new report by energy consultants Wood Mackenzie finds “cap-and-trade legislation will cost U.S. refiners about $100…

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Ford’s $550M Electric Focus Factory: Ford (s F) plans to invest $550 million retooling a truck and SUV plant in Wayne, Mich.…

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Compromise on Cap and Trade?: Top science adviser John Holdren hinted yesterday that the Obama administration might agree to auction only a…

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Not What It Sounds Like: Porsche has gone solar. No, not by slapping solar panels on cars, but by installing its first…

Former Energy Secretaries: Cap and Trade Is Bad for Business

At the opening dinner for the Forbes Energy conference on Tuesday night in New York, three former secretaries discussed their opinions about necessary energy and climate change policy, and at least two of them were in strong agreement that a cap and trade system in the U.S. would be bad for business.

California Maps Emission Cuts

California introduced an ambitious energy road map today to achieve the state’s goal of cutting emissions by 28 percent. The policy mandates…

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GUBA, Going Legit?

With MPAA cracking down on Usenet services, it is no surprise one of the bigger ones, GUBA is trying to go legit.…

NTL streams HDTV over ADSL2+

Many thought it was not possible, but looks like HDTV over plain vanilla copper, and not fiber is finally beginning to happen.…