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For our years in academia and a continuing commitment to understanding social and economic policy, we’ve heard that ecological friendly initiatives won’t be widely popular unless economic incentive is the driving force. We thought the whole emissions trading market would help out our ambitions for green, before a certain someone backed out of the Kyoto Protocol. Recently, with gas going for over $3 a gallon (still way less per ounce than a Dunkie’s large regular), we were sure that the hybrid cars would make way for pure electrics or at least heavy reliance on mass transit systems. Maybe that’s happening. Slowly. Take your stance on the MBTA’s most recent proposal for a fare hike and it’s ecological and social merits. It may be the housing market's building boom that moves to green first. Transportation may follow.

Chatter for the last few months has been hitting the media as more studies on global warming come out. Boston is in for it according to the newest report. Severe flooding, the bigger badder older brother of the flooding from the Blizzard of ’78, will wash over Boston. Adamg over at the Universal Hub says we’ll have to teach our kids why they call it the Back Bay. To combat the threats of global warming the Kyoto Protocol takes effect today, the bell has sounded and trading is now open on the emissions market. The predecessor to the Kyoto Protocol was the Montreal Protocol. The Montreal Protocol didn’t affect huge amounts of change; you probably remember it only because it made "hole in the ozone layer" a buzz word and "CFC’s" the enemy. Oh, and Bostonist stopped using Aqua-Net in 1993.