Peter Barnes (entrepreneur)

Peter Barnes
Born	New York City
Nationality	American
Occupation	Entrepreneur, writer

Peter Barnes (* 16. April 1940 in New York City) is an American entrepreneur, environmentalist, and journalist.

Barnes grew up in New York City. He earned a B.A. in history from Harvard University and an M.A. in government from Georgetown.

Barnes began his career in journalism working as a reporter for The Lowell Sun in Lowell, Massachusetts. He later became a Washington, D.C. correspondent for Newsweek and was subsequently employed as a west coast correspondent for The New Republic.

In 1976, Barnes co-founded a worker-owned solar energy company in San Francisco, California. In 1983, he co-founded Working Assets Money Fund.

He served as president of Working Assets Long Distance in the 1980s. In 1995, Barnes was named Socially Responsible Entrepreneur of the Year for Northern California.

Barnes served on numerous boards of directors, including:

Barnes is an ardent environmentalist and an outspoken advocate of the need to reduce carbon emissions. He originated the terms "Capitalism 3.0" and "Sky Trust". These terms describe his proposal for a "cap and dividend" program", modeled on the Alaska Permanent Fund, which Barnes maintains will reduce greenhouse emissions and create a citizens dividend for all Americans. Barnes contends that his proposals are more workable and sustainable than that of the cap-and-trade policies of the .

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