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Founder of Chicago Climate Exchange says cap and trade is coming

August 7, 2008 – 3:08 pm

(Photo by Rob Runyan) Richard Sandor is founder and CEO of the Chicago Climate Exchange, the first voluntary but legally binding market for trading emissions in North America. By Frank Carlson/Medill As U.S. Senators Barack Obama and John McCain begin their long descent into tit-for-tat rhetorical games, it’s easy to forget key issues the two [...]

By fcarlson | Posted in Politics and The Environment | Also tagged attack, auction, Barack Obama, cap and trade, CCX, chicago climate exchange, Clean Air Act, emissions, global warming, John McCain, market, Richard Sandor, terrorist | Comments

Utilities: Energy Efficiency Won’t Neutralize Population Growth

July 2, 2008 – 11:55 am

(Photo by Phil Taylor) Duke Energy’s coal-fired plant in southern North Carolina. The company is studying whether an addition will capture a maximum of mercury emissions. Construction is planned during the study. Energy demand clashed with economics Tuesday morning at the North Carolina Public Utilities Commission hearing on the state’s long-term electricity demand, and [...]

By ptaylor | Posted in Politics and The Environment | Also tagged employment, environmental, Integrative Resource, NC GreenPower, NC Waste Awareness and Reduction Network, Nuclear, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Power, population growth, renewable energy, utilities | Comments

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