Thursday, September 17, 2009

In a “a sharp departure from the House measure,” Boxer climate bill to adopt a price collar for allowance auction
The draft legislation, which Boxer (D-Calif.) plans to introduce at the end of the month, would establish an initial allowance price ceiling of $28 per metric ton of carbon dioxide and a price floor of $11, with the prices adjusted upwards annually thereafter, according to a source familiar with the measure.
Quotes from the Chicago Climate [Fraud] Exchange
[current prices run from 20 to 25 cents]
GOP candidate for California Governor: I am a HUGE fan of Van Jones
There’s a guy over in Oakland, I think his name is Van Jones. And he and I were on a cruise last summer in the Arctic, on climate change. And I got to know him very well. And a lot of the work he’s doing to enfranchise broader communities I’m a big fan of. He’s doing a marvelous job… I’m a huge fan of his. He is very bright, very articulate, very passionate. I think he is exactly right.

- Meg Whitman
Wind Watch: Resounding “no” to 100 metre high turbines in the Surrey Hills
Great 100-metre high commercial turbines were ruled out for the Surrey Hills by a climate change expert in a showcase science debate.
[World bank takes anti-coal position] | The Jakarta Post
The World Bank has called on all nations to act on climate change by making a shift to green technologies, a scheme in which Indonesia could gain up to US$300 million in grants or soft loans to fund low-carbon energy projects.
World Bank spends billions on coal-fired power stations - Times Online
Marianne Fay, the bank’s chief economist for sustainable development, said that coal was the cheapest and most secure way to deliver electricity to the 1.6billion people without it. She said: “There are a lot of poor countries which have coal reserves and for them it’s the only option. The [bank’s] policy is to continue funding coal to the extent that there is no alternative and to push for the most efficient coal plants possible. Frankly, it would be immoral at this stage to say, ‘We want to have clean hands, therefore we are not going to touch coal’.”

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