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Countless policies have been thrown at the challenge of climate change, but how many have actually had an impact? To figure out what really works, researchers looked at 1,500 ways countries have tried to curb heat-trapping gases over the years. Their answer: Not many have done the job. And success often means someone has to pay a price, whether at the pump or elsewhere. In only 63 cases since 1998, did researchers find policies that resulted in significant cuts of carbon pollution, their study in Thursday's journal Science found. “The key ingredient if you want to reduce emissions is that you ...
Euronews (English)
The Paris Agreement target of limiting global warming below 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels is no longer possible, a new study claims. While the rollout of green tech solutions has sped up in recent years, the realistic constraints of implementing climate policies in some countries could make this totemic climate goal impossible. “Limiting peak temperature to below 1.5°C is not possible with even moderate likelihood anymore,” says lead author of the study Christoph Bertram, associate research professor at the University of Maryland and guest researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Im...
Euronews (English)
When you've caused a problem, deflect! At least, that seems to be the strategy of Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, who spent the last several years as part of an administration that presided over a growing mismatch between Americans' pay and the cost of living. Rather than take responsibility for the decline of the dollar's purchasing power, she blames businesses that were forced to raise prices as a result. And she wants to fix the problem she helped cause by restricting those prices, never mind the inevitable consequences for the availability of goods and s...
Reason
Zwei Führungskräfte des Internationalen Währungsfonds (IWF) warnen, dass eine Erhöhung der durchschnittlichen Krypto-Mining-Stromkosten weltweit um bis zu 85 % durch Steuern eine große Delle in die Kohlenstoffemissionen schlagen könnte. Eine Steuer von 0,047 US-Dollar pro Kilowattstunde „würde die Krypto-Mining-Branche dazu bringen, ihre Emissionen im Einklang mit den globalen Zielen zu reduzieren“, schrieben der stellvertretende Abteilungsleiter Shafik Hebous und der Ökonom Nate Vernon-Lin von der Abteilung Klimapolitik des IWF am 15. August. Wenn man die lokalen Auswirkungen des Minings auf ...
Cointelegraph DE
Dos ejecutivos del Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) afirman que aumentar los costos promedio de electricidad para la minería de criptomonedas a nivel mundial en hasta un 85% mediante impuestos podría reducir significativamente las emisiones de carbono. Un impuesto de USD 0.047 por kilovatio hora “llevaría a la industria de la minería de criptomonedas a reducir sus emisiones en línea con los objetivos globales”, escribieron el jefe adjunto de la división de Asuntos Fiscales del FMI, Shafik Hebous, y el economista de la división de política climática, Nate Vernon-Lin, en un artículo del 15 de...
Cointelegraph ES
国際通貨基金(IMF)の専門家は、税金を通じて仮想通貨のマイニングにかかる電力コストを世界的に85%...
Cointelegraph JP
Two executives from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) say increasing the average crypto mining electricity costs globally by as much as 85% through taxes could put a huge dent in carbon emissions. A tax of $0.047 per kilowatt hour “would drive the crypto mining industry to curb its emissions in line with global goals,” the IMF Fiscal Affairs Department’s deputy division chief Shafik Hebous and climate policy division economist Nate Vernon-Lin wrote on Aug. 15. If accounting for miners’ local impact on health, the tax would rise to $0.089 per kilowatt hour, the pair said. Hebous and Vernon-...
Cointelegraph
In the ongoing debate over America's trade policy, politicians and pundits often claim that the public supports tariffs and other protectionist measures, such as those given to us by the Trump and Biden administrations. A new Cato Institute poll, however, reveals a more complex picture: Americans might like the idea of tariffs and "Buy American" policies, but their support shrinks when confronted with higher prices and other negative consequences. This disconnect—between abstract preferences and real-world actions with concrete downsides—challenges the protectionist narrative currently dominat...
Reason
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declined on Friday to approve MDMA-assisted psychotherapy as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The agency has asked Lykos Therapeutics, which submitted the new drug application (NDA) in February, to conduct an additional Phase 3 clinical trial, which would take years and millions of dollars. It is a major setback that dismayed veteran advocates and others who see MDMA as a potentially life-changing psychotherapeutic catalyst for people struggling with longstanding psychological challenges that currently approved treatments have not ad...
Reason
Regulations are driving the cost of housing through the solar-ready roof. Parody of Florida Georgia Line's "Dirt" written by Remy; performed by Remy; mastering by Ben Karlstrom. LYRICS: You need the lot biggerNeed this log thickerYou need to pay a really pricey, licensed pipe fitter You can't put floors on itOr put more doors on itYou need a sweaty dude to inspect on all fours on itI've got buyer's remorse on it… It's that permit approval the county is stuck onThat each minute passing you're spending a buck onThe constant code changes they're running amok onThe traffic studies you're stuck onI...
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