News
This page gives links to a selection of recent news items.
February 2010, UK - The Economist supportive of Cap & Dividend
In an article in the Feb 4th 2010 edition about the CLEAR bill in the US Senate, The Economist says, "Of all the bills that would put a price on carbon, cap-and-dividend seems the most promising. (A carbon tax would be best of all, but has no chance of passing.)" See the C&S in the USA section of this website for more.
December 2009, USA - "Cap & Dividend" Bill introduced in the US Senate.
Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington State introduced the CLEAR Bill (which would implement "Cap & Dividend") in the US Senate. See the C&S in the USA section of this website for more.
December 2009 - London
Members of Cap & Share UK met Joan Ruddock (Minister in Defra with responsibility for climate change) at the House of Commons. See the Recent UK Events section of this website for more.
December 2009 - London
Cap & Share UK, as part of 'Stop Climate Chaos' coalition, took part in the SCC coalition's march ('The Wave') in London on 5 December 2009. Some 50,000 people marched through London to Westminster, encircling the Houses of Parliament. See the Recent UK Events section of this website for more.
November 2009 - UK
Cap & Share was joint sponsor of a 2-day conference on 'The transition to low carbon: policy frameworks and community action', held in The Discovery Centre, Winchester on 20 and 21 November 2009. See the Recent UK Events section of this website for more details.
October 2009 - worldwide
24 October 2009 was an international climate day of action, with over 5000 events in 180 countries organised by the 350.org campaign. Books of photos of the events were presented to the UN and are being presented to various world leaders in the run-up to the Copenhagen meeting in December 2009. If you need inspiration and to feel that you are part of a worldwide wave of concern about climate change, take a look at the 350.org website.
September 2009 - Edinburgh: Holyrood 350 campaign in Scotland
Brian Davey presented 'Cap and Share' as part of the Holyrood 350 event at the Scottish parliament, attended by a dozen MSP's including one of the Ministers. The Holyrood 350 group was seeking the implementation of a 4-point policy framework that can work with the grain of community action. See the Recent UK News section of this website for more details.
July 2009, UK - Cap & Share showcased at SDC conference in London
The Sustainable Development Commission showcased Cap & Share as one of its 19 'Breakthrough Ideas for the 21st Century' at an event in London on 1 July 2009, hosted by Anna Ford, Jonathan Dimbleby and Rosie Boycott, and attended by HRH the Prince of Wales. See the Recent UK News section of this website for more details.
July 2009, USA - Scientific American calls for Cap & Dividend
An editorial in the July 2009 edition of Scientific American strongly endorses the Cap & Dividend approach for the USA. See the Scientific American website for more details.
April 2009, USA - Cap & Dividend Bill introduced in Congress
Cap & Dividend is gaining support in the USA. Congressman Chris Van Hollen, a high-ranking member of the U.S. House of Representatives, introduced a Cap and Dividend Act in the US House of Representatives in April 2009. This is now going through congressional committees. See the Cap & Dividend website for more details.
February 2009, UK - SDC shortlists C&S as 'breakthrough' idea
The UK's Sustainable Development Commission is running a competition on policy ideas that would help put us on a less catastrophic path. Cap and Share is one of those shortlisted, in the Climate Change and Energy section. The deadline for submitting comments closed on March 6th 2009 and the SDC is assessing the next stage. You can see the entries here.
December 2008, Poland - Climate talks blog
Brian Davey and several other members of Feasta attended the Climate talks in Poznan, Poland during early December 2008. Their blog entries during the talks are on the wiki on this site, here.
November 2008, USA - Bill McKibben of the 350 campaign calls for Cap & Share approach
Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and a founder of the 350 campaign, writing in an article for the Environmental site e360 run by Yale University, calls on President-elect Obama to bring in Cap & Share. Obama has already endorsed a general approach akin to Cap & Dividend / Cap & Share.
The full article is on the C&S in the USA page.
October 2008, USA - Washington Post calls for Cap & Return
In an editorial article on 19 October 2008, the Washington Post called for 'Cap & Return' ('Cap & Return' is the same as Cap & Dividend, which is explained on the Other schemes page).
The full article is here.
September 2008, Ireland - An Taisce endorses C&S
An Taisce is the Irish equivalent of the National Trust. At a meeting in Cork on 13 September 2008, its governing body endorsed proposals “to promote Cap & Share as a way to help Ireland reach its carbon emission targets that currently seem impossible but are vital if we are to keep climate change to manageable levels”. You can read a report on this, from the Irish Environment Network website, here.
September 2008, South Africa - Report on C&S for SA published
A recent report has looked at the effects that Cap & Share would have in South Africa if introduced as part of a world climate treaty. It was commissioned by Feasta from Jeremy Wakeford, who was an economics lecturer at the University of Cape Town until earlier this year and is now Research Director for both the South African New Economics (SANE) Network and the Association for the Study of Peak Oil South Africa.
You can download the final version of the report
here.
August 2008, Ireland - CE report on C&S published
A 37 page report commissioned by Comhar, the Irish sustainable development council, from Cambridge Econometrics, a British consultancy, on the economic impacts of using C&S to control Ireland's greenhouse emissions not covered by the EU ETS. It can be downloaded from here.
July 2008, UK - PCT / C&S debate in Nottingham
Laurence Matthews from C&S UK debated C&S and TEQs with David Fleming of the Lean Economy Connection. David Fleming is the originator of TEQs. You can hear an audio file of the debate and see the accompanying Powerpoint slides here.
June 2008 - C&S at the International Climate Forum in London
Cap & Share was represented at the ICF in London when Laurence Matthews from C&S UK shared a platform with Aubrey Meyer of the Global Commons Institute, inventor and promoter of “Contraction & Convergence”. C&S can work with C&C.
May 2008, Ireland - Feasta document published
The 32 page A4 book “Cap and Share – A fair way to cut greenhouse emissions” explains how C&S could be used to halt climate change at a global level. It stresses the urgency of getting a C&S system into use not just from the climate perspective but also as a way of preventing high energy prices causing widespread hunger and distress and collapsing the global economy. You can download the book from here.
May 2008, Ireland - AEA report on C&S published
A 106 page report commissioned by Comhar, the Irish sustainable development council, from AEA Energy and Environment, a British consultancy, on the advantages and disadvantages of using C&S at a national level. It is very positive about using C&S to control Ireland's greenhouse emissions not covered by the EU ETS showing that it and Peter Barnes' Cap and Dividend are both superior to a carbon tax and to the various forms of personal carbon allowances such as David Fleming's TEQs. It can be downloaded from here.