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Author Barnes, Peter, 1942-

Title Climate solutions : a citizen's guide / Peter Barnes ; foreword by Bill McKibben.

Publication Info. White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., [2008]
©2008

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  363.738 BARNES    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  363.7387 BARNES    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  363.738 BA    Check Shelf
Description xvi, 93 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Contents What's the problem? -- What makes good climate policy? -- What are the goals? -- What's fair? -- Who owns the sky? -- Who are the players? -- Who pays whom? -- Will it last? -- What about technology? -- We can do it -- Four tools -- Carbon taxes -- Carbon caps -- Regulations -- Investments -- What states can do -- What cities can do -- Federal preemption -- Cool ideas -- Three varieties of cap-and-trade -- A seat in Exxon Stadium -- Lessons from Europe -- Protecting family incomes with equal dividends -- Giveaway of the century? -- Upstream, downstream -- Safety valves and their alternatives -- Offsets aren't permits -- CheatNeutral -- Resolving the carbon price dilemma -- Carbon capping in a nutshell -- Carbon capping EZ guide -- An American climate solution -- Fairness -- What about China? -- Beyond Kyoto -- Current federal legislation -- Legacy industries on climate policy -- Faith principles on climate policy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [82]-88).
Summary A practical guide to turning around the effects of global warming while promoting a more efficient and fair economy.
Subject Climatic changes -- Government policy.
Global environmental change -- Government policy.
Global warming -- Government policy.
Climatic changes -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst00864245
Global environmental change -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst00943481
Global warming -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst00943512
ISBN 9781603580052 (paperback)
1603580050 (paperback)
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