http://climateanswers.info What we can and should do to prevent dangerous climate change and also to make us more secure, richer and happier Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:10:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/question-why-don-t-we-introduce-a-fiscal-neutral-carbon-tax-like-that-proposed-by-prof-james-hansen/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/question-why-don-t-we-introduce-a-fiscal-neutral-carbon-tax-like-that-proposed-by-prof-james-hansen/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:23:29 +0000 Webmaster http://climateanswers.info/?p=3973 Question: Why don't we introduce a fiscal-neutral carbon tax, like that proposed by Prof James Hansen? Alessandro De Maida]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/question-why-don-t-we-introduce-a-fiscal-neutral-carbon-tax-like-that-proposed-by-prof-james-hansen/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/carbon-and-energy-taxes-in-europe/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/carbon-and-energy-taxes-in-europe/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:31:05 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=3958 The demand to ‘make the polluter pay’ by putting a price on the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases produced has been a major point of discussion and debate across Europe since the mid-1980s. This article summarises carbon and energy taxes existing in European countries and how effective they have been.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/carbon-and-energy-taxes-in-europe/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/06/28-june-2010-rudds-downfall/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/06/28-june-2010-rudds-downfall/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:19:01 +0000 Simon Morris http://climateanswers.info/?p=3952 http://climateanswers.info/2010/06/28-june-2010-rudds-downfall/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/06/23-june-2010-uk-budget-hardly-the-greenest-ever/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/06/23-june-2010-uk-budget-hardly-the-greenest-ever/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:13:44 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=3776 http://climateanswers.info/2010/06/23-june-2010-uk-budget-hardly-the-greenest-ever/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/06/editorial-18-june-2010-taxes-better-than-targets/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/06/editorial-18-june-2010-taxes-better-than-targets/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:52:36 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=3716 http://climateanswers.info/2010/06/editorial-18-june-2010-taxes-better-than-targets/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/06/moving-at-an-accelerated-pace-in-the-usa/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/06/moving-at-an-accelerated-pace-in-the-usa/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:04:04 +0000 Peter Meyer http://climateanswers.info/?p=3650 What is a pace? The length of a stride? The speed of activity? The pace that is attracting the most attention in the US in 2010 is Property-Assessed Clean Energy. Like many US trends and fads, it is worth understanding for its possible influence outside beyond North America.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/06/moving-at-an-accelerated-pace-in-the-usa/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/editorial-18-april-2010-uk-manifestos-and-climate-proposals/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/editorial-18-april-2010-uk-manifestos-and-climate-proposals/#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:04:48 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=3479 http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/editorial-18-april-2010-uk-manifestos-and-climate-proposals/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/the-2010-general-election-manifestos-of-the-conservatives-labour-liberal-democrats-and-greens/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/the-2010-general-election-manifestos-of-the-conservatives-labour-liberal-democrats-and-greens/#comments Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:44:13 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=3430 All three main UK parties take climate seriously and promise to reduce emissions and expand low-carbon energy. They all recognise the energy security and employment benefits. This article includes direct quotations from the relevant parts of the manifestos of the three main parties on general climate policies, covering investment, taxation, land-use planning, adaptation, the EU, the developing world and forests.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/the-2010-general-election-manifestos-of-the-conservatives-labour-liberal-democrats-and-greens/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2009/12/editorial-9-december-2009-small-steps-in-the-uk-budget-much-larger-ones-in-the-us/ http://climateanswers.info/2009/12/editorial-9-december-2009-small-steps-in-the-uk-budget-much-larger-ones-in-the-us/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:51:34 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=2619 http://climateanswers.info/2009/12/editorial-9-december-2009-small-steps-in-the-uk-budget-much-larger-ones-in-the-us/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2009/11/editorial-26-november-2009-uk-conservatives-promise-progress/ http://climateanswers.info/2009/11/editorial-26-november-2009-uk-conservatives-promise-progress/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:12:26 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=2484 http://climateanswers.info/2009/11/editorial-26-november-2009-uk-conservatives-promise-progress/feed/ 0