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Cap and Trade Derails Climate Ethics, the Motive Force of Carbon Mitigation

I wrote this series in mid-November 2009, again out of concern for the state of national and international climate policy.  I feel that cap and trade, popular with policymakers, stands in the way and “sucks the air out of the room” for much better policies.  The 3-parts of this piece are accessible either from the links below or on the right hand margin.

1. A Slow, Ineffective “Monstrous Hybrid” of a Climate and Energy Policy


2. Cap and Trade’s Perverse Ethics Threaten Climate Policy Effectiveness


3. Climate Keynesianism: Already At Work Cutting Emissions