“There’s a lifestyle issue involved in this, about our penchant for consumerism and consumption,” Ted Kulongoski, the governor of Oregon, said, while discussing his support for a state emissions cap-and-trade scheme. “Other than taxes,” he added, “the hardest thing I find to talk with my constituents and my citizens about is about changing lifestyles.”

Continue reading: Lifestye and the Carbon Cap by Kate Galbraith (New York Times)