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Forum Post Plebis: It needs more and constant public pressure to overcome big business lobbyism.

Forum Post, September, 28 2010 Secessio Plebis
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 "The truth is that there is not and never was a strategy certain of success, as the powers ranged against us have always been stronger than we are." Very true, but it was never different for any social movement in history. Those ...

Forum Post Roth: Want to Fight Climate Change? Hire Somebody

Forum Post, September, 28 2010 Robert Roth
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Is there perhaps a ray of hope in this approach, which would create a link between the need for controlling emissions and the public's desire for employment?  I haven't followed the debate carefully enough to know whether it has ever ...

Forum Post Crowlesmith: Great book about the Climate Justice movement

Forum Post, August, 20 2010 Jeremy Crowlesmith
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This book is definately worth the read if you're interested in Climate Change and the Climate Justice movement.

Forum Post Lindkvist: A fundamental change of current growth based society?

Forum Post, August, 03 2010 Johan Lindkvist
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Given this context, why do news organizations continue to feature Bjorn Lomborg and his advice to the world to give up its efforts to cut CO2 emissions?To really deal with our degrading environment (climate change, plundering of our finite mineral...

Forum Post Hahnel: Re: Carbon Tax Clarification?

Forum Post, July, 15 2010 Robin Hahnel
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In theory a carbon tax should be on the emissions of carbon into the atmosphere. But in practice that requires monitoring too many sources of emissions -- as you point out. So in practice a carbon tax is always placed on coal, oil, and gas as they...

Forum Post Ragainis: Chavez and dictators

Forum Post, April, 29 2010 Andrius Ragainis
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One thing about him is a little troubling. Why would he be so friendly with Ahmadinejad or the Russian leadership? Cuba is not a democracy either. I have not heard him being critical of these countries' as undemocratic. Why? I guess it is ver...

Forum Post Dodds: Neo-Cons, Fundies, Feddies, and Con-Artists:

Forum Post, April, 07 2010 Jim Dodds
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 I take my title from Boyle's recent essay on professors and graduates from Chicago University. In it he refers to the Nazi term, 'useless eaters'. In the 72 regime changes and wars in which America has participated since 1945 the philosophie...

Forum Post James: Necessity of carbon caps and limits of carbon pricing

Forum Post, April, 02 2010 Carwil James
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Robin,You center a great deal of this argument around the absence of overall emissions caps in the CJ agenda. It makes sense to me that the six-point CJ agenda must be evaluated based on its capacity to reduce emissions/carbon dioxide concentratio...

Forum Post Roblin: Reimagining Society

Forum Post, March, 26 2010 Stephen Roblin
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This may be an interesting entry for the Reimagining Society project. Have you considered doing that?

Forum Post Roblin: Reimagining Society

Forum Post, March, 26 2010 Stephen Roblin
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This may be an interesting entry for the Reimagining Society project. Have you considered doing that?

Forum Post Roblin: Reimagining Society

Forum Post, March, 26 2010 Stephen Roblin
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This may be an interesting entry for the Reimagining Society project. Have you considered doing that?

Forum Post Roblin: Reimagining Society

Forum Post, March, 26 2010 Stephen Roblin
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This may be an interesting entry for the Reimagining Society project. Have you considered doing that?

Forum Post Saad: Looking forward to 2-5

Forum Post, March, 12 2010 Aaron Saad
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Great! Can't wait for the rest.

Forum Post Carty edwardo issac: Damages Capped & Society Rebates.

Forum Post, February, 25 2010 Antonio Carty edwardo issac
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 Yes, I see the dangers of letting economists decide the level of a carbon tax, I am from Ireland & I am aware of the U.S. tax phobia indoctrinated by the rich! The same phobia is here to! If a high carbon tax was introduced it would be s...

Forum Post B: Re: If It's That Warm, How Come It's So Darned Cold?

Forum Post, February, 16 2010 Harel B
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Very good article by Hansen..a nice, usefeul graphics with decades of data on the Acrtic Oscillation, and the number on warming in the last decade (0.2 degrees C higher 5-year-average- at teh end of the dacade compared to the corresponding average...

Forum Post Hahnel: Re: Does cheap-solution-hunting via trading postpone more effective

Forum Post, February, 13 2010 Robin Hahnel
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In his last two comments Jean Francois makes two arguments against allowing LDCs to sell offsets to sources in MDCs that are made by many others as well. I don't think either holds water upon careful examination, and here is why:(1) You argue...

Forum Post Corbett: Re: Re: How is a regressive carbon tax better than a market?

Forum Post, February, 12 2010 Jean-Francois Corbett
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Timothy, I agree that the carbon tax-and-dividend scheme is progressive overall (see earlier discussion on that topic between Robin Hahnel and myself).However, the "tax" part of tax-and-dividend is definitely, on its own, slightly regre...

Forum Post Jones: Call to Action

Forum Post, February, 11 2010 David Jones
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the choice as I see it is one between pragmatism ( given the time constraints and the weakness on the left....) and inspiration. ( it is now or never folks and we can do this thing!) Personally, I think this is the struggle of our age and Patricks...

Forum Post Maloney: Re: How is a regressive carbon tax better than a market?

Forum Post, February, 07 2010 Timothy Maloney

Mr. Corbett, James Hansen's carbon tax proposal is progressive, not regressive.  Its progessivity derives from the dividend being distributed PER CAPITA, rather than on  individual consumption.Wealthy people pay a lot of tax because...

Forum Post Kolahi: Thank you

Forum Post, February, 06 2010 Arash Kolahi
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Robin,Thank you for this post.  It's very thorough and compelling.  Your arguments seem very logical to me.  It helped me clear up some misconceptions I had about carbon trading particularly with regard to trade between capped Anex-...

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