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Achieving Energy Independence & Stopping Global Warming Through A New Energy Economy, John Edwards Jan 2007

Achieving Energy Independence & Stopping Global Warming Through A New Energy Economy, John Edwards

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


State Efforts To Promote Renewable Energy: Tripping The Horse With The Cart?, Benjamin K. Sovacool, Christopher Cooper Jan 2007

State Efforts To Promote Renewable Energy: Tripping The Horse With The Cart?, Benjamin K. Sovacool, Christopher Cooper

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


The Prototype Carbon Fund: A New Departure In International Trusts And Securities Law, Sophie Smyth Jan 2005

The Prototype Carbon Fund: A New Departure In International Trusts And Securities Law, Sophie Smyth

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Waiting To Exhale?: Global Warming And Tax Policy, Roberta Mann Aug 2002

Waiting To Exhale?: Global Warming And Tax Policy, Roberta Mann

American University Law Review

This article explores the links between energy policy, tax policy and global warming. This article focuses on tax policy, because the emerging consensus among legal scholars favors economic incentives rather than command-and-control regulations for reaching environmental goals, and the Federal income tax has proved an effective delivery system for economic incentives.

After briefly discussing of the science of global warming and the provisions of the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change, the article reviews the impact of both existing tax law and current proposals for energy legislation on global warming, as well as potential international law consequences of failure to act …