Question: what do Finance Minister Brian Lenihan, ‘eco-nomics’ pundit David McWilliams, and the Nobel Prize committee have in common? Answer: a growing realisation of the need to factor the environment into the economy. Lenihan’s budget today will at last introduce a carbon tax and, with it, the principle of ‘the polluter pays’. US economist Elinor [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Carbon taxes, cash for clunkers, and the tragedy of the commons
Posted in Carbon, Policy, Science and society, Sustainable living, tagged Science and society, Sustainable living on December 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
How to influence people and win €5,000
Posted in Communicating science, tagged communication skills on December 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Update: GroupVesting, a new version of Outvesting, will take YouTube project pitches, so that might enourage better communication. 11/12/09 It’s all eyes on Kildare Street this week. And not just the budget . . . The excellent Kildare Street.com — ‘a non-partisan website which lets people keep tabs on their elected representatives” — has just [...]
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