- WSJ opinion:
- Predators and the Constitution -
- The feds usurp another area of state law
- WSJ: Teacher Seniority Rules Challenged - With Tens of Thousands of Layoffs Looming, Government Officials and Parents Want to Change the 'Last in, First out' System
- WSJ opinion: California Cap-and-Trade Revolt - A ballot measure would suspend the law until joblessness falls
Re. Topic #2:
Newsweek: Schoolyard Brawl - A leading reformer and a union head square off over teacher tenure.
Reference from Andy: Time Magazine 2/8/10 page 20-“In The Arena With Joe Klein
Re. Topic #3:
References from Andy:
- WSJ 3/11/10 Page A20 “Going Green vs Going Broke”-Can CA afford this?
- WSJ 12/17/09 Page A26 “Cap & Trade in Practice” – an incentive to go overseas
Other:
Wikipedia: Cap-and-trade , compare to Fishery management
new & related - opening up ocean drilling - Newsweek: Obama's Drilling Decision
PBS Nova: The Big Energy Gamble
my own observation:
Most commentators conflate global warming (GW) with fossil fuel depletion(FFD). They're similar in two principal ways:
- They're caused by the burning of fossil fuels (read on), and
- They both involve a limited resource (in GW, an atmosphere low in greenhouse gases - in FFD, the quantity of oil/gas/coal left in the ground). Most of the emphasis has been on GW.
They're different in how a reduction of the resource could negatively affect civilization.
- Global warming could take years to fully manifest.
- A major disruption in oil supply, such as the destruction of a Saudi oil terminal, could result in world-wide chaos in a matter of days.
Even if you don't believe in man-made global warming, the other threat (FFD) remains and is the more pressing. I cannot stress enough that Global Warming is different than Fossil Fuel Depletion.
National Geographic TV: Peak Oil
more:
California Watch: Business group loses ‘green’ members in global-warming fight
L.A.: Los Angeles Launches Carbon Reduction Surcharge , local NPR: Al Gore comments
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