Posted in climate, leadership on Mar 30th, 2008 No Comments »
A reduction in domestic emissions would slow the pace of global emissions increases, no matter what happens elsewhere.
US Supreme Court in Massachusetts v. EPA, April 2, 2007
Posted in climate, government action, taxation on Mar 5th, 2008 No Comments »
We need to profoundly revise all of our taxes and charges. The aim is to tax pollution - notably fossil fuels - more, and tax work less.
Nicolas Sarkozy
Posted in climate on Feb 20th, 2008 No Comments »
On Earth Day I made a commitment to reduce our emissions of greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by the year 2000. And I asked for a blueprint on how to achieve this goal. In concert with all other nations, we simply must halt global warming. It is a threat to our health, to our ecology, [...]
Posted in climate, energy addiction on Jan 28th, 2008 No Comments »
The automobile is our worst polluter of the air. Adequate control requires further advances in engine design and fuel composition. We shall intensify our research, set increasingly strict standards, and strengthen enforcement procedures — and we shall do it now.
We can no longer afford to consider air and water common property, free to be abused [...]
Posted in action now, climate, general on Dec 21st, 2007 No Comments »
It is often necessary to make decisions on the basis of information sufficient for action, but insufficient to satisfy the intellect.
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), German philosopher
