Climate Solutions

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Solving the climate crisis is up to us | Bill McKibben
• One last chance | Author’s Preface
  • Part 1 | questions
    • What’s the problem?
    • What makes good climate policy?
    • What are the goals?
    • What’s fair?
    • Who owns the sky?
    • Who are the players?
    • Who pays whom?
    • Will it last?
    • What about technology?
    • We can do it
  • Part 2 | solutions
    • Four tools
    • Carbon taxes
    • Carbon caps
    • Regulations
    • Investments
    • What states can do
    • What cities can do
    • Federal pre-emption
    • Cool ideas
  • Part 3 | carbon capping 101
    • Three varieties
    • A seat in Exxon Stadium
    • Lessons from Europe.
    • Giveaway of the century?
    • Protecting incomes with rebates
    • Upstream, downstream
      • Safety valves and their alternatives
      • Offsets aren’t permits
    • Are you a cheater?
    • Resolving the carbon price dilemma
    • Fairness.
      • Carbon capping in a nutshell
      • EZ Guide
  • Part 4 | and finally...
    • An American solution
    • What about China?
    • Beyond Kyoto
    • Current federal legislation
• Glossary
  • Legacy industries on climate policy
  • Faith principles on climate policy
  • Internet resources
  • Groups to connect with
• About the author
• Acknowledgements
• About the Tomales Bay Institute