GettyWhen the Environmental Law Institute compiled its more than 1,000-page compendium of pathways to decarbonize the United States, its editors asked the 58 chapter authors to recommend changes in law. The result is more than 1,500 adjustments to law that could reduce the nation’s collective carbon footprint, many of which call for repealing laws entirely. “You could design—and we’ve talked to people in Washington about this—you could design a libertarian approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. • The three authors of the Freight chapter call for reducing permitting and other barriers to developing cleaner infrastructure. “Libertarians have nothing at all to contribute to the conversation about the science of climate change as libertarians,” Taylor writes.

Source: Forbes December 03, 2019 04:52 UTC