Collection: The Death of Cap and Trade

Democrats pulled the plug on ill-fated climate and energy legislation that finally collapsed under its own weight and - believe it or not - that is a good thing. Now a new window is open to shift the overarching goal of climate policy toward unleashing a clean energy revolution brought about by large scale government investment in clean energy technology innovation. In a series of posts, Breakthrough highlights the means by which we can develop a new strategy for achieving transformative clean energy progress that is capable of overcoming the policy and political barriers that have always doomed cap and trade.
 

"Time to Bury Cap and Trade and Plan Anew"
 

"Shellenberger Q&A with Ezra Klein: 'This is the end of cap-and-trade for a long time'"
 

"Cap & Fail: The Collapse of our Climate Policy Paradigm"

Myths About the Death of Cap and Trade