Carbon Taxes & Nuclear Debates
May 5th, 2009
The global economic collapse has shown the folly of letting Wall Street traders run the world. The result is a wake-up call to those who believed that climate change could be fixed by carbon credits in the global market. The alternative is a carbon tax. In this encore edition of Earthbeat, host Daphne Wysham speaks to Charles Komanoff of the Carbon Tax Center.
Then, a debate at the National Press Club in Washington, DC between two environmental leaders on the merits and problems of relying on nuclear power to fight global warming. Patrick Moore is the co-chair of the Clean and Safe Energy Coalition, he debated Arjun Makhijani, the president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research.
Our theme music is Baladi by Tony Anka, Bellydance Superstars vol. 2.
Image used courtesy of Pixelens Photography via Flickr.
