The Trouble With Markets for Carbon
Friday, June 20th, 2008As the United States moves toward taking action on global warming, practical experience with carbon markets in the European Union raises the question if such systems ever work.
author By JAMES KANTER, source www.nytimes.com
Climate Enters Debate Over Nuclear Power
Friday, May 30th, 2008Environmental groups want to shut down Vermont’s only nuclear power plant, but closing it might mean the state would probably have to derive extra power from suppliers that use fossil fuels.
author By KATE GALBRAITH, source www.nytimes.com
The Energy Challenge: Mounting Costs Slow the Push for Clean Coal
Friday, May 30th, 2008Despite support, plans to take the carbon dioxide that spews from coal-burning power plants and pump it back into the ground have hit roadblocks.
author By MATTHEW L. WALD, source www.nytimes.com
Sizing Up the Utilities, if Carbon Caps Take Hold
Sunday, April 13th, 2008Fuel prices and dividends are usually big drivers of the share prices of utilities. Now there is a new variable to consider: how much carbon their power plants emit.
author By ABBY SCHULTZ, source www.nytimes.com
The Carbon Calculus
Thursday, March 6th, 2008A proposal in Congress to put a price tag on greenhouse-gas emissions could overturn the economics of energy.
author By MATTHEW L. WALD, source www.nytimes.com
For Suppliers, the Pressure Is On
Thursday, March 6th, 2008Call it Phase 3 of the greening of corporate America. Companies are looking at their supply chain as the next frontier for combating climate change.
author By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH, source www.nytimes.com
Mum’s the Word: We Found a Greener Gas
Thursday, March 6th, 2008What’s greener than HFCs for refrigeration? Carbon dioxide. Thus the public relations problem.
author By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH, source www.nytimes.com