July 24, 2014
Breakthrough on Polling a U.S. Carbon Tax
A surprising but frustrating obstacle to carbon tax progress has been opinion polling. It took years for pollsters to even ask about a carbon tax rather than (or in addition to) cap-and-trade proposals. Even when that changed, little or no context was provided about possible uses of the revenues. Asking “do you support a carbon […]

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June 5, 2014
West Coast Floating Wind Turbine Plan Gains Momentum, Funding
By Benjamin Romano, Xconomy Seattle Seafarers and beachgoers know ocean winds blow strong and often. Wind energy developers know it, too. Hundreds of massive wind turbines already dot the seas around the U.K., Denmark, Germany and other countries—and developers are preparing to install the first U.S. offshore turbines in New England waters. That’s bringing a […]

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