https://www.dailykos.com/user/Lester Brown/rss/index.xml News Community Action Copyright 2005 - Steal what you want Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:28:00 +0000 Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:28:00 +0000 Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) https://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/4/13/201966/-Green-Returns-Taxing-Carbon-Not-Your-Income This week, as Americans are rushing to file their income taxes, many of their counterparts in several European countries are benefiting from a steady decline in income taxes, as governments lower taxes on income and raise taxes on environmentally destructive activities -- like burning gasoline or coal. The purpose of this tax shifting is to incorporate the "real environmental costs" of products and services - an important theme in my book, <a href="http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/PB2/index.htm"><strong><em>Plan B 2.0</em></strong></a>- into market prices. rss@dailykos.com (Lester Brown) Climate Change ClimateChange Environment Global Warming GlobalWarming IncomeTax Taxes _201966 Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:52:44 +0000 https://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/3/22/196134/-Wind-Energy-Demand-Blowing-Past-Supply Tomorrow, Austin Energy, a publicly owned utility in Austin, Texas will hold our nation's first green energy raffle. The raffle is a seminal moment in the transition to the 21st century or <a href="http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/PB2/index.htm"><em><strong>Plan B</strong></em></a> energy economy, highlighting the economic feasibility - and long term dominance - of renewable energy sources, most notably wind energy.</p><p> In 2000, when Austin Energy unveiled their GreenChoice program, customers paid a premium for the renewable energy based program. Over the last 5 years however, climbing prices for natural gas coupled with the dropping prices of wind, pulled conventional electricity costs above those of wind-generated electricity. This reality had an immediate impact in markets across the country. In Austin this meant a dramatic increase in demand for their GreenChoice program, actually growing beyond their current wind supply and ultimately forcing the company to hold tomorrow's raffle. rss@dailykos.com (Lester Brown) Climate Change ClimateChange Environment Global Warming GlobalWarming lesterbrown Wind Wind Power WindPower _196134 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:41:30 +0000