A new climate solution, with Republican support

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This week, we discuss a carbon dividends, eco-realty, the "carbon bubble" and carbon-hungry plants.
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We have a jam-packed Climate Cast for you this week. Let's get to it. Here's what's on the show:

Are carbon dividends the most sensible way to solve climate change? This is one climate soulution that has broad support from conservatives. Greg Bertelsen with the Climate Leadership Council tells us how carbon dividends work, and how realistic they are.

Have you heard of eco-realty? Muhammad Jiwa works in that field and he shares what it's all about.

Could companies with high risk exposure to climate change put a dent in your retirement account? Wall Street eet is always wary of the next bubble. Some investors now think carbon based energy stocks could be next. The New Yorker's Carolyn Kormann tells us about the "carbon bubble."

Carbon-hungry plants? We know plants remove carbon from the atmosphere. Now the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California is engineering carbon super plants.

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