Why not discourage bad things like pollution rather than good things like working or investment?
Sunstein argue that a lack of feedback on activities like pollution ensures the continuation of harmful decision-making.
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Countries around the world have joined with their neighbours to deal with problems like pollution and drugs.
If this risk is priced at the source, like pollution is, it should deter taking on this risk to some degree.
In an example of institutional inventiveness, six protected areas have been created in the North Atlantic by nations under the auspices of the Ospar convention which was created to govern issues like pollution and oil drilling, not fisheries.
They do know that certain things can trigger an attack, like air pollution, cigarette smoke, mold, pets, dustmites and cockroaches.
It also provides environmental data, like noise and pollution levels.
When we put in place new common-sense rules to reduce air pollution, like we did in December, it was to prevent our kids from breathing in dangerous chemicals.
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Cap-and-trade works like this: Governments set pollution limits and then credits are either auctioned or allocated to industry.
With the pictures he hopes to show people in a second what pollution really looks like, day in and day out.
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As mayor, players will deal with unforeseen issues like fires, crime and pollution, and will make crucial decisions that will help them discover how their cities take shape.
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Sure, surfers and groups such as the Surfrider Foundation fight ocean pollution, and companies like Patagonia have long been leaders in sustainability.
Environmentalists like the switch because it reduces pollution caused by coal.
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Until about two decades ago, Cox's Bazar was a sleepy beach town which attracted mostly Bangladeshis looking to escape the noise and pollution of big cities like Dhaka and Chittagong.
In his speech, Gore will address the link between pollution and health issues, like childrens' asthma and senior citizens' respiratory problems.
Furthermore, Doniger inexplicably ignores the fact that the EPA is already moving forward with efforts to limit carbon pollution from stationary-sources like power plants and is set to forge ahead in the absence of Congressional cap-and-trade legislation.
And just like the oceans, the climate and greenhouse pollution concerns that Dems emphasized in their platform never rose to gain much attention on their 2012 DNC podium in Charlotte either.
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But analysts like Zhang say with the demand, also comes pollution and infrastructure challenges.
That, combined with warmer waters, pollution and policies that protect natural predators like seals, have all contributed to fewer fish that triggered the mandatory cuts.
EPDs show shoppers key facts like greenhouse gas emissions generated, water consumption, and pollution impact.
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For this would be replacing taxes on good things, like jobs, with taxes on a bad thing, pollution.
People often act as if noise pollution is an annoying fact of life, like taxes or death or PBS fundraisers involving James Taylor.
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These bills will curb lead levels in water pipes, a major source of harmful lead exposure for children, and help address diesel engine pollution that is linked to serious health conditions like asthma and heart and lung disease.
As big trading firms Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch push into the market, boutique brokerages like Evolution must deal in complex custom trades, combining pollution credits with other derivatives in deals that help companies mitigate several risks at once.
New federal safety regulations kicking in later this year will load expensive recordkeeping tasks on companies like Penske--at the same time as tougher pollution regs require them to replace retiring four- to six-year-old trucks with units that cost 10% to 15% more.
It also says these same bioluminescence techniques could be used as a diagnostic indicator of pollution levels or even as a biosensor for monitoring diseases like diabetes.
That said, most of Cairo and its sprawling metropolis, its millions of inhabitants, its pollution and epic traffic chaos neither looks nor feels anything like Paris or London.
The list brings companies like augmented reality pioneer Layar to a wider public and introduces Novomer, pollution chemistry, and Serious Materials, energy reduction.
The story beginning overleaf assesses the implications for marine biodiversity of transgressing planetary boundaries, due to human-induced changes to the climate system, pollution and ocean acidification, as well as more direct threats like invasive species, overfishing and habitat destruction.
And that means that things like wind energy suddenly become more appealing because they don't produce those pollution -- those pollutants, and other sources of energy become less appealing because they do produce those pollutants.
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