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Energy Cooperatives Oppose Obama

By | Published: April 23, 2009
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) is opposed to the President’s Cap-And-Trade auction plan. Their position statement: Cooperatives Oppose Full Auction of Allowances Under Carbon Cap-and-Trade Under a “Cap and Trade” approach to reducing greenhouse gases, Congress must decide how to distribute emissions allowances. Congress can choose to freely allocate allowances to the regulated [...]
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Proposed Budget Includes Cap And Trade

By | Published: February 28, 2009
The new budget proposed by the President includes a new cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gas emissions. Revenues from a national cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emissions would come from auctions of emissions permits. The program will generate $650 billion between 2012 and 2019. The President said, “Because our future depends on our ability to break [...]
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‘Technology is the Key’ to Coping with Global Warming and Growth

By | Published: February 27, 2009
by the World Bank May 21, 2008—Can all developing countries grow as fast as the fastest growing economies without causing global greenhouse gases to spiral out of control? The answer is no, unless technology and new techniques are used to “radically” reduce the amount of energy needed to produce goods, as well as cut CO2 [...]
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