Please enjoy today’s energy debate watch, a collection of news stories and perspectives about energy, environment and climate related issues. These articles are provided to keep Terra Rossa readers informed about the current public energy debate but are not intended to express the views of the blog. Let us know your thoughts on these articles or tell us about other current items of interest in the comment thread below.
U.S. should find ways to price carbon emissions, say execs
Reuters, Scott Malone, 7.28.08
Two top executives from U.S. industry told a congressional panel on Monday that the country should assign a dollar cost to carbon emissions to encourage investment in efficiency and tackle climate change.
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Green engineering is big business for local companies
The Kansas City Star, Kevin Collison, 7.28.08
The demand for green engineering is taking Kansas City businesses from the estuaries of England to the deserts of Qatar and back home to bioswales along Ward Parkway.
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US agency: voluntary climate action has limits
Associated Press, 7.28.08
Voluntary pollution-reduction programs touted by the Bush administration as part of the solution to global warming have “limited potential” to reduce greenhouse gases, according to an internal government watchdog.
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Reduce global soot
The Post and Courier (SC), Editorial, 7.29.08
Given the political gridlock that threatens world efforts to counter global warming, the international community needs a common, affordable goal that has immediately observable climate and health benefits, and that can serve as a first step toward the more difficult and costly long-range objective of controlling carbon dioxide emissions.
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The solution: nuclear power
Town Hall, William Rusher, 7.29.08
Among the few absolute certainties confronting the human race is the growing need for energy. As the world’s population approaches 7 billion, with no end in sight, it is perfectly obvious that mankind must find ways of generating more and more energy to fuel both human and technological growth.
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Beijing considers new curbs as pollution threatens games
Wall Street Journal, Shai Oster, 7.29.08
China has gone to Olympian lengths to try to ensure that its skies are clear for the Summer Games, which formally kick off in 10 days. It has spent $17 billion on antipollution measures in recent years. Last week, it forced more than a million cars off the streets, halted construction in and around the city, and temporarily closed hundreds of factories in surrounding provinces.
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