Danny Westneat wrote a very positive article about Standard Carbon’s carbon offset business and the changing face of politics. Brendan Woodward talked with the Times about business, politics, and religion.
We know that these are not the best subjects for polite company, but Check it out!
Ron Sims is a crusader. Since October 2007, plans have been in the works to make greenhouse gas mitigation one of the required elements for a SEPA permit (State Environmental Policy Act). This means that many contractors, and even building supplies companies doing business in King County Washington will have to account for their CO2.
The County has prepared an excel spreadsheet that can be used to measure the Carbon Footprint of construction activities, as required by the regulation. It is not clear, however, what the appropriate and accepted steps for avoiding greenhouse gas emissions will be for compliance with the King County Global warming Initiative.
Carbon Offsetting should be accepted by the county for compliance with the new SEPA regulations. This would provide a streamlined, easily verified way for constructions projects to assist the environment, without sacrificing their quality or proven construction methods. Contact Standard Carbon if you would like to make your work site carbon neutral.
The two front runners have overlooked their own contributions to global warming. Neither Barack Obama, or John McCain is carbon neutral, Yet both support Cap and Trade. Shouldn’t they be walking the talk? Members of the US Congress are mitigating their global warming pollution. Hillary Clinton has offset hers; heck, even the DNC’s national convention is slated to be carbon neutral. Its time that the big boys get with the program.
Senator John McCain’s speach on Climate Change today was a truly seminal moment. As the essential leader of Republicans in this years’ election, Senator McCain set a tone that joins energy independence and the need for a secure energy future, with the need to reduce Co2 emissions and fight climate change.
McCain is emerging as a strong advocate of cap-and-trade, and the authors of this blog could not agree more. Cap and trade is the only market based solution to global warming that keeps our economy strong. It does this by making pollution expensive and environmental protection potentially profitable. Unlike a carbon tax, it is based upon set quotas of pollution that can be exchanged among market participants. The result is a more effective and efficient allocation of pollution within the economy. Simply, a more clean environment with a strong economy.
Standard Carbon President Brendan Woodward has endorsed John McCain in a guest column in the Seattle PI.