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COMMONS MAGAZINE

A Declaration of Interdependence

July 5, 2012
Commons sense that can sustain us into the future

A Better Climate Bill in Congress

December 15, 2009
The Cantwell-Collins climate bill is better for U.S. families and environment, thanks to a commons-based approach

The Story of Cap & Trade

December 3, 2009

Transition Towns Take Up Challenge of Global Warming

October 6, 2009
Community efforts to reduce carbon and prepare for peak oil are a form of commoning.

Scientific American Endorses Cap and Dividend

July 1, 2009
Although not part of legislation recently passed in the U.S. House, this idea remains the most pragmatic approach to curbing global warming

Washington Post Endorses Cap-and-Dividend

October 22, 2008

The Cap and Dividend Solution

September 25, 2008
Peter Barnes testifies before Congress about a commons approach to addressing climate change.

Risk, Inequality and the Economics of Disaster

May 21, 2008
Marcellus Andrews explains how climate change will force us to confront the inequalities that market fundamentalism produces.

Reclaiming a True Global Commons in the Arctic Melt

March 30, 2008
Global warming sparks huge new commons controversies. Who owns the newly emerging Northwest Passage? Who can claim Antarctica's mineral riches?

Valuing the Commons: Congestion Pricing's Hidden Payoff

July 24, 2007
A congestion pricing plan for New York's streets is a transformative step towards recognizing the commons.