Tag Archives : political will

The basic premise in the move to tax or cap carbon emissions is the proposition of making dirty energy expensive. This is reactionary, of course. It is also not sustainable in the long run because it is punitive in nature. Anything punitive will only fall under the human ability to circumvent the rule – especially by incorrigible polluters and their [...]

The Kyoto Protocol is intended to cut global emissions of greenhouse gases. This is an agreement among nations to reduce their carbon emissions. According to The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the objective is to achieve “stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous [...]

Another raging problem is far more alarming than the credit crunch today. This economic meltdown has some immediate solutions that are concretely possible. The bail out is an example of an immediate and concrete solution. What surpasses this economic problem is the raging environmental problem that is currently devastating the world today. This has [...]