| The momentum for putting a price on carbon to help keep the Earth cool has gathered surprising speed ahead of the next round of UN climate negotiations that opened in Lima. “I think we are coming into the event with a head of steam that many of us weren’t really expecting,” said Dirk Forrister, president of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), in a briefing to reporters last week.
Supporters of carbon pricing say it will force companies to lower their use of carbon-emitting fossil fuels, increase efficiency and propel the use of alternative energy...............................................Full Article: Source
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