Roundtable Reviews International Biofuel Standard
Monday, August 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffBy Ben Block Biofuels offer the promise of a low-carbon fuel that could power vehicles and stimulate the world's rural economies. Yet biofuels are also among the most vilified of environmental technologies. Ethanol refineries are not always ...
Inside WCI: Federal Pre-emption
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffWhat happens with a new president? by Eric de Place This is the eigth in a short series of posts that explain some important but often overlooked policy issues in the Western Climate Initiative -- the West's regional ...
Inside WCI: Thresholds
Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffDoes raising the threshold lower the bar? By Eric de Place for the Sightline Institute's blog, The Daily Score. This is the third in a short series of posts that explain some important but often ...
Inside WCI: State Carbon Budgets
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffHow to hand out allowance money. By Eric de Place for the Sightline Institute's Daily Score blog. This is the second in a short series of posts that explain some important but often overlooked policy issues in the ...
Inside WCI: Scope
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffWhat's in, what's out, and what's wrong. By Eric de Place for Sightline's Daily Score. Last week when the Western Climate Initiative's latest draft appeared it mystified most folks who aren't insiders to the process. That's a shame because ...
Looking at the US as a “Patchwork Nation”
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffThe John S. and James L. Knight Foundation supports a huge range of journalistic programs, ranging from experimental efforts in community journalism to massive players in the media ecosystem like National Public Radio. 180 of ...
China Watch: Plastic Bag Ban Trumps Market and Consumer Efforts
Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments Offby Yingling Liu China's recent plastic bag ban has been immediately accepted by consumers. In a country where billions of plastic bags are used each day, the government's top-down policy move will likely benefit the country's ...