Larry Lohmann, author and founding member of the Durban Group for Climate Justice, explains how carbon trading works, why it is an ill-conceived response to Climate Change, and why Bush and Gore are not as far apart in their policy prescriptions as some of us believe.
Further reading:
- Al Gore's climate solution - David Morris, Alternet
- 'Obscenity' of Carbon Trading - Kevin Smith, BBC News
- The Carbon Folly - Emily Flynn Vencat, Newsweek
- Smoke Alarm: EU Shows Carbon Trading is Not Cutting Emissions, Guardian
- Carbon Trade Watch Website - various articles
- Emissions Trading - Wikipedia article, with additional links at the bottom
Annie Leonard, who gave us the eye-opening, non-nonsense lesson on product life-cycles and environmental impact in her video, The Story of Stuff, has expanded her repertoire. Her new primer on cap and trade is a succinct and informative overview that puts the idea of carbon-trading into perspective. It's explained in her usual jargon-free and honest style, in under 20 minutes: The Story of Cap & Trade.
Posted by: Usha | April 12, 2010 at 10:24 PM