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Fighting climate change is going to cost all of us money.  That’s because the price of dumping carbon into the atmosphere must, necessarily, rise. Whether the price rise is prompted by a tax or a cap makes no difference — we will all pay more.

This politically inconvenient truth has long been trumpeted by the coal industry. Environmentalists, for just as long, have glossed over it. But numbers are now coming in from reputable quarters, and they’re big enough to send a message to policy makers: don’t deny the problem, solve it.

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Fighting climate change is going to cost all of us money.  That’s because the price of dumping carbon into the atmosphere must, necessarily, rise. Whether the price rise is prompted by a tax or a cap makes no difference — we will all pay more.

This politically inconvenient truth has long been trumpeted by the coal industry. Environmentalists, for just as long, have glossed over it. But numbers are now coming in from reputable quarters, and they’re big enough to send a message to policy makers: don’t deny the problem, solve it.

continue reading "How to Fight Climate Change Without Soaking the Middle Class"

It’s no secret that ocean fisheries are depleting more rapidly than they can replenish themselves, thanks to aggressive industrial fishing. But now it appears that independent commercial fishermen in New England and Alaska have come up with a better alternative -- the trust, a classic commons solution. Eric Siy, executive director of the Alaska Marine Conservation Council, reports that the Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen and Environmental Defense have forged a partnership to establish Sustainable Fisheries Trusts in Alaska and New England. Siy writes: