http://www.metafilter.com/tags/allowances Posts tagged with 'allowances' at MetaFilter. Tue, 13 Apr 2004 19:54:56 -0800 Tue, 13 Apr 2004 19:54:56 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/32450/Buying%2DAcid%2DRain%2DRight%2DOut%2Dof%2Dthe%2DAir <a href="http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/000547.html">Buying Up the Right to Pollute.</a> "Power companies that release more SO<small>2</small> than their permits allow must attempt to buy more allowances at the auctions, or purchase them at a premium from companies that have allowances to spare. Those that can't gather enough allowances or that go beyond certain emissions limits in a given year face strict fines from the EPA." <small><a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,62968,00.html"> (from a 4/7 Wired article)</a></small> You may have heard of these "allowances" before, but the <a href="http://www.usm.maine.edu/~pos/arrf.htm">Acid Rain Retirement Fund</a>, a non-profit, is doing something about them: *buying* them and simply letting them expire. Search <a href="http://www.networkforgood.org/">NetworkForGood</a> for "ARRF" to make a donation. [via our own <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/user.mefi/17346">CTP</a>'s <a href="http://www.recursiveirony.com/">Recursive Irony</a>] tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.32450 Tue, 13 Apr 2004 19:54:56 -0800 acidrainretirementfund allowances environment epa fines pollution power scarabic