Carbon offsets
| Wind turbines in Australia Wind turbines are being now being installed on government buildings in Adelaide, Australia as a result of a push for renewable energy. |
| The Bike Depot Opens April 19 Park Hill’s newest resource for active living is opening soon. The Bike Depot provides Park Hill residents and neighbors opportunities to earn used bikes, become skilled at repairing bikes, and take bike safety classes. You can help by volunteering time, donating bikes or equipment, organizing a bike ride or collection, or making a cash donation. Call 303-393-1963 for more information. |
| Carbon offsets Carbon offsets are meant to reduce net greenhouse gases and help fight global warming. Is that what they do or not? |
| What’s the Most Expensive Climate Policy? Doing Nothing Policymakers are right to ask about the cost of climate change policy. But which path is more expensive: solving climate change or ignoring it? There is a growing understanding that ignoring climate change is the most costly and dangerous course for our economy.But don’t take our word for it. See what others are saying:
In confronting climate change, there is no option without costs. But we do have choices. We can invest a modest amount now - less than 1% of GDP in 2030, according to a survey1 of independent economic analyses - and get cleaner air, greater energy security, new energy jobs, and a brighter future for our children.Or, by choosing to do nothing, we can pay much more later in rising insurance rates, greater government spending to maintain public infrastructure, agricultural damage from droughts, the spread of insect-borne disease, increased international instability, and more intense hurricanes and storms.Acting now will allow us to manage those economic risks, while also enabling the U.S. to win the race for the clean energy jobs and technologies that will power the 21st Century.The most expensive thing we can do about climate change is nothing. It’s time to cap emissions. 1 Keohane, Nathaniel and Peter Goldmark. "What Will it Cost to Protect Ourselves from Global Warming?" Environmental Defense Fund 2008.
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