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China Will Hit Its Targets, Will the U.S.?

China is the number-one source of greenhouse gases.  But Washington Post China Bureau Chief Simon Denyer recently wrote: “There is a growing sense that a fundamental change is taking place, because of an aggressive shift into cleaner fuels, slower economic growth that has hit heavy industry hardest, and a conscious transition away from high-polluting industries that used a lot of coal and electricity.”

Repeal and Replace CPP? We've got an idea.

Imagine EPA’s Clean Power Plan as a punching bag hanging from the ceiling at the local gym. On October 30 it absorbed blows from a Wall Street Journal editorial, which charged that the agency is playing games with the timetable. The opening paragraph uses phrases such as “President Obama’s palace revolution on climate” and his “takeover of the carbon economy.” 

Influential Voices Urging Carbon Fees

Three very influential international figures are saying that the best way to address climate change is to put a fee on carbon.

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim expressed that view October 7 during a panel discussion at the joint annual meeting of their organizations in Lima.