There is little question that humanity must reduce emissions of Carbon Dioxide and other greenhouse gases (GHG's). To meet this need, there is a growing trend for consumers and companies to purchase carbon credits that "offset" the emissions generated by airline travel and other high-emission activities. JetBlue, for example, is pledging that all U.S. flights … Continue reading The problem with carbon credits
Category: climate change
Voting with our dollars
While climate change gets increasing attention and concern among voters, the daunting reality is that the United States has no real policies or regulations in place to substantially reduce carbon emissions. Other nations that have committed to reducing carbon emissions are far from reaching their goals. I have come to believe that a large part … Continue reading Voting with our dollars
Financial and environmental sustainability
Modern society faces a crisis of sustainability on both financial and environmental issues. Much of modern society depends on unsustainable levels of consumption. We are seeing increasing attention on environmental degradation and risks associated with climate change. Across the developed world, we are also facing a crisis of financial sustainability and these problems are also … Continue reading Financial and environmental sustainability
Common sense on climate change
We are seeing more media and discussion on climate change than ever before. This is a very good thing. On the other hand, I often feel as though the discussions are detached from reality. It seems that most of the attention on climate comes down to believers (human activity is having a massive deleterious impact … Continue reading Common sense on climate change
Climate policy, economics, and ethics
The debate about climate policy has gotten way off base. For every article discussing the scientific consensus, there are countless others in which people come up with a range of counter arguments. This is similar to the anti-vaccination movement. For the "anti-vaxxers", it simply does not matter that there is enormous scientific evidence that the … Continue reading Climate policy, economics, and ethics
Geoff Considine on Finance and Economics 