• www.kansascity.com | 01/30/2008 | Kansas lawmakers suggest way for controversial coal plant expansion to occur
  Coal plants that fail to meet the standards would pay a carbon tax of $3 per ton of carbon dioxide, but the low amount of the carbon tax also has some lawmakers questioning the sincerity of the proposal.
  (tags: carbon+tax coal Kansas carbon+emissions climate+change)
• Cap-and-trade may not cut emissions: The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore.
  Six Western states, including Oregon, and two Canadian provinces have launched the Western Climate Initiative. They intend to announce a regional cap-and-trade program by August.
  (tags: carbon+tax cap+trade Oregon climate+change carbon+emissions)
• Postbulletin.com: Bill Boyne: Carbon trading — Is it friend or foe? - Wed, Jan 30, 2008
  Three economists at the conservative American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., have endorsed the carbon tax.
  (tags: carbon+tax cap+trade carbon+emissions carbon+trading conservative American+Enterprise+Institute)
• The Associated Press: UN: Climate Change May Cost $20 Trillion
  Global warming could cost the world up to $20 trillion over two decades for cleaner energy sources and do the most harm to people who can least afford to adapt, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warns in a new report.
  (tags: climate+change United+Nations clean+energy global+warming)
• CU-Boulder To Host Global Warming Panel Discussion At Norlin Library Feb. 7 | News Center | University of Colorado at Boulder
  Panelists include population expert and CU-Boulder physics Prof. Al Bartlett, National Center for Atmospheric Research scientist Jeff Kiehl, CU-Boulder anthropology Prof. Paul Shankman, CU-Boulder energy expert and physics Prof. Jamie Nagle and Michael Br
  (tags: Boulder Colorado University+of+Colorado global+warming)

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