When I first heard about cap-and-trade — the plan where a company can emit greenhouse gasses up to a point (the cap) then offset its emissions by investing in “unpollution” somewhere in the world (the trade) — well I thought, “This sounds like it’s worth a shot.” But after some looking into it, I have my doubts.
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Andrew Page has been providing strategic planning, database design and support, organizational development and fundraising for nonprofits for over 20 years. A former associate director of MAPLight.org, Page continues to consult for nonprofits in the Bay Area. He is deeply concerned with the public lack of appreciation of the costs associated with independent news coverage of local government.