At Boulder Carbon Tax Tracker, we’re continuing to experiment with ways in which residents interested in climate change issues might take part in an online conversation about how well the city’s program to fight global warming is working.

When we saw that many users seemed daunted by the prospect of becoming regular guest contributors to our group weblog, we launched a series of online forums to lower the hurdles, making it simple to take part by the tried-and-true means of one-off comments on our various forums.

Now we’ve tweaked our approach again.

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Want to learn more about carbon taxes in general, as well as what’s happening with carbon taxes in Boulder and elsewhere in the Rocky Mountains and the rest of the United States? We’ve compiled a helpful list of a dozen-and-a-half carbon tax and global warming resource links to get started. And this is a living list, so your suggestions for new sites are welcome — just use the comment area below. And thanks to intern Anna-Katarina Gravgaard for her help in putting together this useful resource.

Photo by Yomanimus, via Flickr (CC License)

There’s no such thing as a free lunch. Boulder, CO’s new carbon tax, which went into effect April 1, is just the latest chapter in the city’s ongoing quest to find ways to pay for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Following the money is a big part of the Boulder Carbon Tax Tracker project, So here’s a brief history lesson…

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