Mission Statement | Campaign against Climate Change

The destabilisation of global climate has become the very greatest threat to our planet and everyone on it – with the possible exception only of all-out war with modern weapons of mass-destruction.

Action for the Climate Emergency, 2010 | Campaign against Climate Change

The Campaign against Climate Change is demanding emergency action on climate that includes:

10% CUT IN EMISSIONS BY THE END OF 2010 - or within one year.

A MILLION CLIMATE JOBS - by the end of 2010 - or within one year - through a GREEN ENERGY REVOLUTION with massive investment in renewable energy, insulation programs, improved public transport etc...

BANNING DOMESTIC FLIGHTS - building a better train/coach network

Climate change law $63 million fee delayed by California - Politics AP - MiamiHerald.com

The state, facing a ballot initiative to roll back its landmark climate change law, has pushed back a $63 million fee to pay for the legislation until after the November elections.

The California Air Resources Board was supposed to begin collecting fees from oil companies, utilities and other energy producers last year to pay for the greenhouse gas reduction law.
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Enforcement of the law — which includes additional staffing — will be paid for by fees assessed to oil companies, power companies and other big carbon emitters.

[Wait a minute: If California is using the fees to pay for enforcement, why doesn't Tom Friedman include any cost for enforcement?] - NYTimes.com

What if the G.O.P. said: We will support a carbon tax provided one-third of the revenue goes toward cutting corporate taxes, one-third toward cutting payroll taxes for every working American and one-third toward paying down the deficit.

The Boston Globe [suggests that wind power is a young, vital field]

The limits wouldn’t just prevent some carbon emissions; they would also stimulate investment in renewable-energy and energy-efficiency technology — young, vital fields in which countries such as China and Germany are leaping ahead of the United States.

Wind power: Early History Through 1875

The first windmills were developed to automate the tasks of grain-grinding and water-pumping and the earliest-known design is the vertical axis system developed in Persia about 500-900 A.D.