These are great explanations about the language of climate change. The climate talks in Copenhagen will have an impact on the environment but also on the economy and technology. The Green Detectives’ explanation of cap and trade is simple and entertaining, especially the cap and trade video. I love the use of pint glasses full of “yuck” to show how some companies may need to buy more rights to pollute yet others may gain by selling leftover emissions. Simple and smart!
I now have some understanding of “cap and trade” thanks to the Green Detectives. So well done and informative! Y’all are saving the planet…one ignoramus at a time
Your explanation of cap and trade begs a few questions. Why do we want two glasses full of pollution when we could have just one and a half? And just where does that trillion dollars go? To wall street to make rich people richer?
Why not just put a cap on emissions, and have massive fines or taxes for corporations that pollute beyond the limit?
Climate has changed for millennia and will continue to change….,but we are not sure in what direction and what is the governing mechanism. COP15, United Nations, and present U.S. Government are poised to allocate huge resources on the premise that world will warm up…..They are proposing to transfer huge wealth from developed countries to China and undeveloped countries. I doubt they grasp the economic consequences …Euphemisms and one-liners are tossed about in the media like so many snow flakes..
The majority of Americans have heard nothing about policies being considered to address global climate change, according to a recent poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. Kevin Tuerff and Valerie Davis, dubbed the "Green Detectives" by The Washington Times in 2008, recently reported from the United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. We wrote about protests, positioning and the plan for 2010, now known as the Copenhagen Accord. What's it all mean? You can learn the language of climate change policy being debated by watching the videos in our Green Detectives Decoder.
These are great explanations about the language of climate change. The climate talks in Copenhagen will have an impact on the environment but also on the economy and technology. The Green Detectives’ explanation of cap and trade is simple and entertaining, especially the cap and trade video. I love the use of pint glasses full of “yuck” to show how some companies may need to buy more rights to pollute yet others may gain by selling leftover emissions. Simple and smart!
I now have some understanding of “cap and trade” thanks to the Green Detectives. So well done and informative! Y’all are saving the planet…one ignoramus at a time
Your explanation of cap and trade begs a few questions. Why do we want two glasses full of pollution when we could have just one and a half? And just where does that trillion dollars go? To wall street to make rich people richer?
Why not just put a cap on emissions, and have massive fines or taxes for corporations that pollute beyond the limit?
Climate has changed for millennia and will continue to change….,but we are not sure in what direction and what is the governing mechanism. COP15, United Nations, and present U.S. Government are poised to allocate huge resources on the premise that world will warm up…..They are proposing to transfer huge wealth from developed countries to China and undeveloped countries. I doubt they grasp the economic consequences …Euphemisms and one-liners are tossed about in the media like so many snow flakes..
Dec13.09; Well worth the time spent to view this presentation. Put forth in an easily understood format ideal for a climate novice such as I