Coaxing states in the direction of success, so that relatively clean institutions drive out the dirtiest ones, may be the most realistic goal.
In a new article at the Washington Independent, Andrew Restuccia falls into the trap of equating the failed cap and trade bill with a proactive clean economy strategy that would drive considerable private investment in clean energy.
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Hard drive clean-up tools should be built in, and Web-based support should be standard.
All Very Serious People knew that you could not reduce carbon emissions or drive clean energy innovation without a price on carbon, either through a carbon tax or a cap and trade system.
He said that despite a drive to clean up Russian sport its administrators, himself included, had failed and might now be "sacrificed" for change.
Just as America's adoption of catalytic converters led eventually to the world's conversion to lead-free petrol, so its drive to clean-energy technologies will ensure that these too spread.
So a clean energy standard will help drive private investment in innovation.
Undeterred, social entrepreneurs will drive access to clean water, education, electricity and the internet for tens of millions of people living in poverty in 2013, continuing a process of both lifting people out of poverty and creating new customers for an infinite number of consumer goods.
To promote Clean Cities with Clean Transportation that will let some drive all day without having to stop to recharge.
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The drive to improve public transportation, clean up the air and increase green space has played an essential role.
Older folks need to hire people to do the yard work, clean the gutters on the house, and maybe even drive them around.
The Clean River Plan is just one facet of the city's drive to implement a new strategy for the Willamette as the 2005 bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition nears.
When it comes to clean water, there are unique and powerful market forces at play that inevitably will drive continued private investment in ways to create the supply necessary to meet the acute and growing demand.
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Investing in clean British energy from the wind, waves and Sun - along with a major energy-saving drive - would create hundreds of thousands of new jobs, boost energy security and keep the lights on.
His plan, by boosting markets for natural gas, would presumably drive up gas prices and goose investments he holds, like shares in the natural gas transportation company Clean Energy Fuels.
That competitive drive to conquer often leads to verbal threats, violent confrontations, corporate sabotage and a big mess to clean up.
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