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Countering Resource Nationalism in the Wider Atlantic

Posted May 17, 2012   By Tim Boersma

We are witnessing a period of increased resource nationalism, in which governments begin to seize control over natural resources, often leaving private corporations out in the cold. Currently this phenomenon hits troubled Spain the hardest.

Earth to Brussels: Fix the Carbon Emissions Trading Scheme Now

Posted April 25, 2012   By Tim Boersma, Stacy VanDeveer

European leaders gathered last week for informal meetings about the record low carbon prices – about €6 per allowance in early April – in the world’s largest emissions trading scheme, the EU-Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).