(AP) -- California formally adopted the nation's most comprehensive so-called "cap-and-trade" system Thursday, an experiment by the world's eighth-largest economy that is designed to provide financial incentives for polluters ...
Environment
Oct 21, 2011
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Abundant sunshine has made Southern California one of the brightest markets for residential solar power in the country. Some might say too bright.
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 31, 2011
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Australia Sunday announced plans to tax carbon pollution at Aus$23 (US$24.74) per tonne to help battle climate change, as it moves towards an emissions trading scheme similar to that of Europe.
Environment
Jul 10, 2011
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(AP) -- California regulators on Wednesday said they would give power plants, refineries and other major polluters another year to comply with a new state program that provides financial incentives to emit fewer greenhouse ...
Environment
Jun 30, 2011
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High-tech training may trump tax breaks for creating more jobs and improving a state's economy, according to a team of economists.
Economics & Business
Jun 23, 2011
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The Obama Administration outlined what it called sweeping cybersecurity legislation Thursday (May 12), but the proposed new law still provides few incentives, and even fewer legal requirements, for the private sector to provide ...
Internet
May 16, 2011
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A situation where a majority of people cooperate never happens. This is due to the fact that a significant number of individuals never cooperate and if they do it is in response to the decision of their neighbors to cooperate ...
Social Sciences
Feb 14, 2011
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(AP) -- Hoping other states will follow suit, California regulators overwhelmingly approved the nation's most extensive system giving owners of power plants, refineries and other major polluters financial incentives to emit ...
Environment
Dec 17, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Rewarding good grades with money has only a modest effect on students, says a new study conducted by researchers Tony Chambers (OISE) and Philip Oreopoulos (economics and U of T Mississauga) at the University ...
Social Sciences
Nov 22, 2010
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The worldwide financial crisis in 2008, which led to what many in the United States now call the "Great Recession," has caused researchers to rethink traditional economic theories of financial markets and the corporate world. ...
Economics & Business
May 27, 2010
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