Trading Places: IPCC Boss Slams U.S. Plan for Carbon Tariffs, 23.07.2009
The debate over cap-and-trade is turning out to be a debate over trade. The head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Rajendra Pachauri, is the latest to take aim at U.S. “carbon tariffs” that would be slapped on imports from countries that don’t take steps to reduce emissions. He said carbon tariffs undermine the chances of a global deal on climate change by angering developing countries (like China and India).
US officials mull national security risks of climate change, 23.07.2009
Committees in the US Congress that deal with national security and intelligence issues should play a role in crafting bills to cap greenhouse gas emissions from American power plants, oil refineries and other industries, a former Republican lawmaker and ex-military official said Tuesday.
John Warner, who represented Virginia in the US Senate for 30 years and who previously served as secretary of the US Navy, maintains that climate change is a national security issue because it could spawn global conflicts that could require a US military response.
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