It's terribly controversial, of course, with many good greens supporting it as a means to implement Kyoto. The worst aspects must be the Clean Development Mechanism projects in places like Brazil, Thailand and here in South Africa. I spent a week in Oxford recently with comrades Rising Tide, Carbon Trade Watch and The Cornerhouse, who have a fantastic critical analysis. Let me know if you want a couple of excellent new papers off-list; they get into the major market-failure and poli-econ issues, essentially calling this phenomenon by the names it deserves: carbon imperialism and the privatisation of the air.
Cheers, Patrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anders Schneiderman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 4:09 PM Subject: Emissions trading Does anybody know where I can find empirical analysis by progressives of emissions trading? This weekend, I got into an argument with a conservative about sustainable development. When I went to check a number of progressive enviro web sites, I was surprised to find that I was having trouble finding information on how this so-called "free-market" solution has been doing in the real world. Thanks, Anders Schneiderman
