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Felicia Sullivan's List: Science and Political Chagne
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Feb 03, 10
Why the Right needs to get invested in the search for climate change solutions. Looks at how the right has been absent from solutions related to climate change. Proposes opportunities to address issue from a conservative ideological frame and still address global warming and climate change.
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Feb 02, 10
Why are so many conservatives still skeptical that global warming is a real problem and threat? It may have to do with the willingness to read opposing view points. Talks about echo chamber effect of modern partisan politics. References alternative to cap-and-trade (carbon tax offset by a payroll tax cut).
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Feb 02, 10
From the Heritage Foundation -- a free market analysis of the outcome of the Copenhagen talks. Results have ended with non-binding agreements and no new commitments to amp up emission reductions. Yet stricter agreements were likley to slow GDP growth in the US as well as pose challenges to sovereignty and national security.
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Jan 31, 10
An interview between host Terry Gross and journalist Jeff Goodell about the interested behind climate change. Goodell spoke of the heavy interests in the coal and fossil fuel industries that have been working to slow the Obama administration's efforts to implement a cap and trade program. What is particularly interesting is that Goodell speaks about the strong support the administration has from Wall Street and the large financial firms. The Carbon Market is poised to be the largest futures and derivatives and investment houses will exact profits from processing these market transactions. This is clearly a major interest in promoting carbon emissions and climate change.
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Feb 16, 10
Grid-group cultural theory explores two dimensions 1) individual connection to the group (group axis) and 2) the level of difference at play in the roles individuals take on (grid axis). The resulting quadrants express four key political economic ideologies: fatalism (low grid / low group), individualism (high grid / low group), collectivism (high grid high group), and egalitariansm (low grid / high group). An anti position, reclusivism, is also discussed.
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