http://www.treehugger.com/.Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:00:10 GMTPyRSS2Gen-1.0.0http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttp://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/10/why_pricing_carbon-not-enough.php<img alt="carbon cap pricing gears manual undertaking photo" src="http://www.treehugger.com/gears-manual-undertaking.jpg" width="468" height="305" /> The successful auction of 12.5 million permits by 10 U.S. Northeastern states brought the cap-and-trade system to the limelight this week. Although an important first step, RMI co-founder Amory Lovins believes cap-and-trade systems merely skim the surface of what ultimately needs to happen to accelerate reductions in carbon. Said Lovins in his recent conversation with Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper at RMI's 2008 <a href="http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid547.php ">National Solutions Council</a> event, "In the long run, I think, pricing carbon will not be either essential or certainly sufficient. Efficiency gains are a <strong>manual undertaking</strong>. You actually have to <strong>turn the crank</strong>." ... <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/10/why_pricing_carbon-not-enough.php">Read the full story on TreeHugger</a>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/10/why_pricing_carbon-not-enough.phpThu, 02 Oct 2008 11:10:58 GMThttp://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/10/treehugger_welc_79.phpSorry, this bio is not available.... <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/10/treehugger_welc_79.php">Read the full story on TreeHugger</a>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/10/treehugger_welc_79.phpWed, 01 Oct 2008 11:26:38 GMT