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How Much Is Nature Worth, Anyway?

Can we stick a price tag on nature? And even if we can—does that mean we should? In recent years, ecological economists have argued that people will never value natural resources properly unless that value can be expressed in terms of dollars and cents. ...

From BRADFORD PLUMER, The New Republic,  23 Nov 2009

Global Warring

For years, advocates of climate-change legislation have struggled to find a sales pitch that will sway even the most hardened of skeptics. Polar bears, green jobs, urgent pleas to think of the grandkids … none of them have quite done the trick. But ...

From BRADFORD PLUMER, The New Republic,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Senate,  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,  U.S. Republican Party,  Lindsey Graham

Carbon Sinks Losing Their Superpowers

One of the uncertainties in predicting how the climate will respond to all the greenhouse gases we're belching up into the atmosphere is what will happen with the world's carbon sinks. Trees, ocean, and even the soil all absorb a huge fraction of the ...

From BRADFORD PLUMER, The New Republic,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jô

Has The Climate Bill Been Delayed? Not Really.

What's happening is that the health care debate is still gurgling along, so of course everything else is getting nudged back. But the key senators all seem to be proceeding more or less apace on a climate bill. The "tripartisan" talks between John ...

From BRADFORD PLUMER, The New Republic,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: John Kerry

Why France Is Mulling A Carbon Tax

Yesterday, I noted that Europe's cap-and-trade system seems to be faring pretty well at cutting CO2 emissions. As a partial counterpoint, though, check out Eloi Laurent's analysis of the ongoing carbon-tax debate in France. The story here is that the E. ...

From BRADFORD PLUMER, The New Republic,  17 Nov 2009

Would Weaker Targets Mean A Cheaper Climate Bill?

As Lisa Lerer reports in Politico today, one of the steepest hurdles looming over the Senate climate bill is the fact that there are a lot of coal-state Democrats out there who want to see major changes to the legislation before they'll vote for it. ...

From BRADFORD PLUMER, The New Republic,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Harry Reid,  Max Baucus,  Environmental Protection Agency

Ice Ages And Coal Explosions

When people talk about climate change, it's common to envision a slow, drawn-out process that takes decades or longer to unfold. But, looking back through the historical record, rapid Day After Tomorrow-type shifts aren't exactly impossible. A new ...

From BRADFORD PLUMER, The New Republic,  17 Nov 2009

Obama Takes Baby Steps In Beijing

With the global talks over a climate treaty decelerating, Obama's trying to see if there's a side deal to strike with China—something that could ease the worldwide talks along. But so far, progress has been meager. Earlier today, Obama met with Chinese ...

From BRADFORD PLUMER, The New Republic,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Hu Jintao

Putting Leftover Food To Work

A new recycling idea is slowly catching on in restaurants and cities around the United States—the "zero waste" movement. The concept's simple enough: Produce less, avoid plastics and packaging that aren't biodegradable, recycle and compost what you can. ...

From BRADFORD PLUMER, The New Republic,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate

Please Don't Provoke the Supervolcano

Earlier today I was nodding along to Chris Orr's good-humored critique of 2012, but, you know, news like this makes me think more people really need to see the movie and learn not to antagonize supervolcanoes: To ancient Romans the Phlegraean Fields ...

From BRADFORD PLUMER, The New Republic,  16 Nov 2009

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