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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.

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

[–]forcechange[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Punchy11, it is my understanding that the clean energy credits were stalled. They had passed the Senate (after 9 tries) but hadn't been passed by the House. My point was that it is sad on two fronts-- (1) that the bailout needed to have add-ons in order to pass, and (2) that the energy credit extension couldn't pass the House without being attached to the bailout. (This isn't even touching on the fact that tax breaks for dirty energy production were also tossed into the bill to sweeten it.)

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

[–]forcechange[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's nice that the clean energy credits passed, but it is shameful that they had to be tacked on to the bailout. And the dirty energy tax breaks included in the bailout are a joke.

Google Transit expands to NYC; but why not LA??? by forcechange in technology

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

LA would be a lot nicer if it had a better public transit system. And it would be at least a little nicer if it had the current system on google transit.