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Finally getting up to speed here — of course, that must mean it’s the last day of the symposium. Here’s my report from yesterday’s morning session, which is also published on Green Options.
Thursday morning’s session at the Papandreou Foundation’s Symi Symposium focused on the “green economy”: how to craft economic policy that both internalizes the costs of a carbon-based economy, and creates incentives to move away from carbon-intensive energy sources. The
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By Jimmy Hogan •
May 29, 2007
Image source: WikiMedia Commons: Photographer: Dider Gentilhomme
Editor's note: Fair Trade is a topic that GreenOptions.com has been covering for some time now, so we thought it might be interesting to debate from the progressive vs. conservative perspective. Brady and Alicia offer us some excellent background on the discussion. Now, it's Jimmy and Shirley's turn…
Jimmy: Although I am generally conservative on fiscal matters and would normally lean toward
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By Jimmy Hogan •
March 20, 2007
Editor's note: Red, Green and Blue is Green Options' weekly take on politics and the environment from both sides of the aisle. Jimmy Hogan represents the conservative position. Ryan Thibodaux's progressive take on this issue is here.
I’ve run the numbers and done the math. Because of our progressive tax structure I could easily quit my job and do just as well financially as I do now. My wife and I
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By Jimmy Hogan •
March 13, 2007
Myth 1: Ethanol costs substantially more than gasoline.
There are many studies that have placed the whole cost of ethanol including cost to plant, fertilize, harvest and refine crops; higher than gasoline. There is some truth to the studies but what they fail to consider is the WHOLE cost of gasoline.
Currently oil energy imports represent 40% of our trade deficit. Worse, we are spending this money both directly and indirectly in a way that
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