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The Story of Cap and Trade

Post: 01/30/10
Annie Leonard

Follow up to the popular cartoon, The Story of Stuff (watch below), explains how cap and trade is a gimmick that will likely increase, rather than reduce, greenhouse gases by giving free permits to pollute, allowing the notorious bankers to manipulate the new carbon market and allowing 'offsets' that do nothing to reduce pollution in many cases...

 

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The Story of Stuff

Annie Leonard

 

 

 

Where does all the Stuff really come from and where does it all go. This is a great video about the lunacy of waste and consumption in the developed world, especially the U.S. For example, one avg. can of garbage from an american house requires an avg. of 70 cans of garbage to produce...

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