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It is where new concepts \u2013 whether they are policy or product \u2013 are incubated and road-tested. Those that fail are not only forgiven, but seen as building blocks of progress","ub_date":"1228070696","bookmark_date":"1216678838","tags_str":"2008<\/a>, article<\/a>, californian<\/a>, entrepreneurial<\/a>, environmental<\/a>, experimental<\/a>, fiscal<\/a>, harvardbusiness<\/a>, innovative<\/a>, risk-tolerant<\/a>, More...<\/a>","se_id":"california-businesss-green-crystal-ball-harvard-business-onlines-leading-green","user_name":"meryn","user_img":"","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2008\/jun\/15\/economics.food","bookmark_desc":"Joseph Stiglitz: How to combat scarcity in an age of plenty | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk","bookmark_notes":"The world needs to rethink the sources of growth. If the foundations of economic growth lie in advances in science and technology, not in speculation in real estate or financial markets, then tax systems must be realigned.","ub_date":"1228070696","bookmark_date":"1216678838","tags_str":"2008<\/a>, aligned<\/a>, article<\/a>, effective<\/a>, financial<\/a>, fiscal<\/a>, guardian<\/a>, speculative<\/a>, stiglitz<\/a>","se_id":"joseph-stiglitz-how-to-combat-scarcity-in-an-age-of-plenty-comment-is-free-guardian-co-uk","user_name":"meryn","user_img":"","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.triplepundit.com\/pages\/japan-to-cut-the-cost-of-solar-003262.php","bookmark_desc":"Japan to Cut the Cost of Solar 50% Creating Greater Self-sufficiency","bookmark_notes":"Increased production of solar components can help the cost to decrease by creating an economy of scale. This solar incentive will also assist Japan in becoming more energy independent and less reliant on volatile fossil fuel markets.","ub_date":"1228070697","bookmark_date":"1216678838","tags_str":"2008<\/a>, article<\/a>, energy<\/a>, financial<\/a>, fiscal<\/a>, green<\/a>, japanese<\/a>, local<\/a>, national<\/a>, solar<\/a>, More...<\/a>","se_id":"japan-to-cut-the-cost-of-solar-50-creating-greater-self-sufficiency","user_name":"meryn","user_img":"","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/ottawacitizen\/news\/opinion\/story.html?id=67e2b881-1c7c-4655-8f8a-a8f6e60739f1","bookmark_desc":"Nordhaus & Shellenberger \u2022 The price of carbon","bookmark_notes":"All of the revenues raised from new carbon taxes or auctioning pollution allowances should be dedicated to the research, development and deployment of new technologies that the private energy sector cannot and will not do.","ub_date":"1228070694","bookmark_date":"1216678835","tags_str":"2008<\/a>, article<\/a>, canadian<\/a>, clean<\/a>, energy<\/a>, entrepreneurial<\/a>, fiscal<\/a>, green<\/a>, innovative<\/a>, nordhaus<\/a>, More...<\/a>","se_id":"nordhaus-and-shellenberger-the-price-of-carbon","user_name":"meryn","user_img":"","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.elrst.com\/2008\/07\/17\/the-french-tax-system-for-the-promotion-of-efficient-cars","bookmark_desc":"Sustainable development and much more\u2026 \u00bb The French tax system for the promotion of efficient cars","bookmark_notes":"Normally, the tax payed on large cars should fund the premium for the small cars. The operation is such a success and so many people are buying small efficient cars that the Government has lost 200 million euros in an operation that was supposed to be eve","ub_date":"1228070694","bookmark_date":"1216678835","tags_str":"2008<\/a>, article<\/a>, financial<\/a>, fiscal<\/a>, french<\/a>","se_id":"sustainable-development-and-much-more-the-french-tax-system-for-the-promotion-of-efficient-cars","user_name":"meryn","user_img":"","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/story\/15051572\/al_gores_fight_against_the_climate_crisis","bookmark_desc":"Al Gore's Fight Against The Climate Crisis : Rolling Stone","bookmark_notes":"When enough people lock into the same narrative and connect the same dots and feel the danger facing their children, then [the objections from special interests] will be set aside. They will be. And we're close. We're not there yet. But we're close.","ub_date":"1228070694","bookmark_date":"1216678835","tags_str":"2007<\/a>, article<\/a>, authentic<\/a>, evidence-based<\/a>, fiscal<\/a>, gore<\/a>, grassroots<\/a>, green<\/a>, lovelock<\/a>, lovins<\/a>, More...<\/a>","se_id":"al-gores-fight-against-the-climate-crisis-rolling-stone","user_name":"meryn","user_img":"","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/7201835.stm","bookmark_desc":"BBC NEWS | Europe | Barroso trade threat on climate","bookmark_notes":"The idea of climate trade sanctions against nations such as the United States has long been promoted by the French. They say it is unfair for Europe's firms to bear a financial risk because of the EU's leadership on a global issue.","ub_date":"1228070693","bookmark_date":"1216678833","tags_str":"2008<\/a>, article<\/a>, barroso<\/a>, european<\/a>, financial<\/a>, fiscal<\/a>, french<\/a>","se_id":"bbc-news-europe-barroso-trade-threat-on-climate","user_name":"meryn","user_img":"","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/thebreakthrough.org\/blog\/2008\/06\/who_killed_cap_and_trade.shtml","bookmark_desc":"Breakthrough: Who Killed Cap and Trade?","bookmark_notes":"Europe can have a high price for carbon dioxide pollution, $40 a ton, and neither reduce its emissions nor stop the building of coal plants, 50 of which will be constructed over the next five years.","ub_date":"1228070687","bookmark_date":"1213262462","tags_str":"2008<\/a>, american<\/a>, article<\/a>, coal<\/a>, economical<\/a>, energy<\/a>, european<\/a>, fiscal<\/a>, political<\/a>, shellenberger<\/a>, More...<\/a>","se_id":"breakthrough-who-killed-cap-and-trade","user_name":"meryn","user_img":"","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/thebreakthrough.org\/blog\/2008\/06\/why_sky_trust_wont_fly.shtml","bookmark_desc":"Breakthrough: Why Sky Trust Won't Fly","bookmark_notes":"If we want to protect the atmosphere for generations to come, revenue recycling is a giant step backwards, squandering funds that could be better used to drive down the price of clean energy.","ub_date":"1228070685","bookmark_date":"1212658257","tags_str":"2008<\/a>, article<\/a>, barnes<\/a>, clean<\/a>, economical<\/a>, energy<\/a>, facilitative<\/a>, fiscal<\/a>, framing<\/a>, future-minded<\/a>, More...<\/a>","se_id":"breakthrough-why-sky-trust-wont-fly","user_name":"meryn","user_img":"","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.triplepundit.com\/pages\/getting-down-and-dirty-with-a--003205.php","bookmark_desc":"Getting Down and Dirty with a Solar Industry Insider","bookmark_notes":"Interviewing [Mike Hall, CEO of Borrego Solar] to gain a better appreciation of two main obstacles in solar panel adoption in the U.S.: inconsistent state\/federal policies and financing.","ub_date":"1228070686","bookmark_date":"1212658257","tags_str":"2008<\/a>, american<\/a>, energy<\/a>, european<\/a>, financial<\/a>, fiscal<\/a>, interview<\/a>, solar<\/a>, triplepundit<\/a>","se_id":"getting-down-and-dirty-with-a-solar-industry-insider","user_name":"meryn","user_img":"","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.sociology.northwestern.edu\/faculty\/prasad\/home.html","bookmark_desc":"Monica Prasad, Faculty, Sociology Dept., WCAS","bookmark_notes":"Assistant Professor; Ph.D. University of Chicago, 2000. Monica Prasad studies how societies create and regulate markets, from the state regulations of the Progressive era to the fair trade labeling and carbon taxes of today.","ub_date":"1228070686","bookmark_date":"1212658257","tags_str":"fiscal<\/a>, person<\/a>, political<\/a>, prasad<\/a>, sociological<\/a>","se_id":"monica-prasad-faculty-sociology-dept-wcas","user_name":"meryn","user_img":"","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/03\/25\/opinion\/25prasad.html","bookmark_desc":"On Carbon, Tax and Don\u2019t Spend - New York Times","bookmark_notes":"if we want to reduce carbon emissions, then we should follow Denmark\u2019s example: tax the industrial emission of carbon and return the revenue to industry through subsidies for research and investment.","ub_date":"1228070684","bookmark_date":"1212527750","tags_str":"2008<\/a>, article<\/a>, danish<\/a>, european<\/a>, fiscal<\/a>, influential<\/a>, innovative<\/a>, nytimes<\/a>, political<\/a>, prasad<\/a>, More...<\/a>","se_id":"on-carbon-tax-and-dont-spend-new-york-times","user_name":"meryn","user_img":"","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.thebreakthrough.org\/blog\/2008\/05\/what_the_gas_tax_holiday_shoul.shtml","bookmark_desc":"Breakthrough: What the Gas Tax Holiday Should Teach Us","bookmark_notes":"Making clean energy cheap is much more popular politically than making dirty energy expensive.","ub_date":"1228070684","bookmark_date":"1212527750","tags_str":"2008<\/a>, article<\/a>, coal<\/a>, energy<\/a>, financial<\/a>, fiscal<\/a>, framing<\/a>, meisel<\/a>, usa<\/a>","se_id":"breakthrough-what-the-gas-tax-holiday-should-teach-us","user_name":"meryn","user_img":"","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/environment\/green-living\/greener-power-to-the-people-the-real-energy-alternative-837821.html","bookmark_desc":"Greener power to the people: the real energy alternative? - The Independent","bookmark_notes":"[British] government incentives to householders fail to persuade them to invest in renewable energy. It concludes that they are daunted by the high initial cost of buying and installing them and want to see returns within three years.","ub_date":"1228070684","bookmark_date":"1212527750","tags_str":"2008<\/a>, article<\/a>, british<\/a>, decentralized<\/a>, ecological<\/a>, energy<\/a>, financial<\/a>, fiscal<\/a>, green<\/a>, local<\/a>, More...<\/a>","se_id":"greener-power-to-the-people-the-real-energy-alternative-the-independent","user_name":"meryn","user_img":"","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.worldchanging.com\/archives\/008058.html","bookmark_desc":"WorldChanging: Cap and Caulk: How Smart Climate Policy Can Cut Our Energy Costs","bookmark_notes":"Cap and Caulk [...] reduces the regressive effects of high energy prices even while it tempers emissions. Along the way, it yields healthier and more comfortable dwellings and generates a modest stream of green-collar jobs.","ub_date":"1228070682","bookmark_date":"1212527748","tags_str":"2008<\/a>, american<\/a>, article<\/a>, beneficial<\/a>, economical<\/a>, effective<\/a>, efficient<\/a>, fair<\/a>, financial<\/a>, fiscal<\/a>, More...<\/a>","se_id":"worldchanging-cap-and-caulk-how-smart-climate-policy-can-cut-our-energy-costs","user_name":"meryn","user_img":"","user_count":"1"}]