Author: <span>Sam Bliss</span>

The EU Emission Trading Scheme: The Price Ain’t Right

Emission allowances in Europe are too cheap to prompt greenhouse gas reductions, but don’t ask the US government what the price of climate pollution should be, lest they mention the Social Cost of Carbon Originally posted on January 8, 2014 at theblisspoint.org This is the third post in a series about the …

In Response to Mr. Brooks, Part 2

Gradual government will fail in a changing climate Originally posted on December 23, 2013 at theblisspoint.org Last week I posted a response to a column written by David Brooks, the sensible conservative voice of The New York Times. I agree with Brooks’ that some of us waste far too much …

In Response to Mr. Brooks

Finally, a political commentator says we should stop paying attention to political commentators Originally posted on December 17, 2013 at theblisspoint.org New York Times Op-Ed columnist David Brooks, in his first article in three months, writes, “Unless you are in the business of politics, covering it or columnizing about it, politics should take …