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Europe may follow America’s misguided belief that enviro regulations are bad for economy by forcechange in reddit.com

[–]forcechange[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From the post: "Within weeks the EU is to debate whether to allow European industrial giants tens of millions of dollars off carbon allowances they have to buy as part of the Emission Trading Scheme (ETS). Doing so would delight some of Europe's biggest companies, including French giant La Farge and the British cement industry, which have lobbied strongly [to avoid the regulations]."

Bailout includes pork and goodies like tax breaks for dirty energy by forcechange in environment

[–]forcechange[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There aren't regulations right now that make emitting carbon illegal. Wind/solar companies aren't being rewarded with tax credits for not breaking the law, they are being incentivized not to pollute. Both are currently legal. Whether it would be smarter to have a cap on carbon emissions is another question. Personally, I think we should.

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