Tag: Carbon Taxes
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The Case For A Carbon Tax (Book Review)
Hsu's case for the superiority of a carbon tax over other methods of pricing carbon is throughly and eloquently made. But will it actually help us get past our collective aversion to the word 'tax'? That's frankly the bigger question.
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Climate News Recap: China Might Not Have Carbon Tax After All, Profound Changes in Rocky Mountains' Ecosystems, More
Beyond the headline teaser above, we're reading about Arctic methane emissions, Ryanair complying with the EU airline emission trading program & the efforts of Florida to build climate resilient communities.
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Climate News Recap: China Plans Carbon Tax; Global Warming Will Delay Next Ice Age, More...
Less than two weeks into 2012 and we've got some really interesting climate news we're watching, both in terms of the effects of climate change currently and far in the future (delaying the next Ice Age anyone?).
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British Columbia's Quest for Carbon Neutrality
In 2007 BC's Premier shocked North America when he announced his government's bold Climate Action Plan. Is it working?
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65% of Americans Want a Carbon Tax: New Study
Who says it's impossible to put a price on carbon?
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Northeast's Greenhouse Gas Trading Program Will Save Customers $1.3 Billion
New analysis of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative shows that it will indeed save customers money, create several thousand new jobs, and reduce fossil fuel usage.
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Australia Passes National Carbon Pricing Program - Second Outside of EU
Under the plan, scheduled to start next summer, 500 of Australia's biggest polluters will have to pay for their emissions -- and about one million Australian's won't have to pay income tax.
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California Passes First State Cap-and-Trade Program in US
The plan, part of the state's climate change law AB32 mandating carbon emissions be reduced to 1990 levels by 2020, starts in 2013 and covers 85% of the state's climate polluters.
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New Carbon Tax Means 1 Million Australians Won't Have to Pay Income Taxes
You might have already heard that after a long and arduous political battle, Australia is on track to institute a fairly potent carbon tax. After the measure passes the upper house (where the
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Gernot Wagner on The Futility of Going Green and the Economics of What Really Matters (Podcast)
If bringing your canvas bags to the grocery store, carpooling, and forgoing double cheeseburgers makes you feel good about yourself, terrific. But don't expect the planet to notice. What the world needs, says Environmental Defense Fund economist Gernot
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Australian Carbon Tax Passes Lower House of Parliament
One of the world's major greenhouse gas emitters, both per capita and nationally, and one of the largest exporters of coal, Australia has a rocky road in regards to climate policy. Now, the lower house of parliament has passed a
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European Union Court Adviser Backs Plan to Include Airlines In Emissions Trading Scheme
The airline industry is supposed to join the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)—already a requirement for other heavily polluting industries—in January, but the industry has been fighting the requirement.
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Another Problem with Carbon Credits: They Get Stolen
At least $40 million worth of carbon credits have been stolen in recent weeks from various registries across Europe, in what some are calling a growing black market for carbon credits.The Wall Street Journal explains that there are
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Could We See Fuel Rationing by 2020?
With secret government talks suggesting peak oil may be nearer than we think and IEA insiders claiming world oil stats have been inflated, it makes sense to start planning for a world where
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Carbon Trading is Far From Perfect, But What's the Alternative?
While some see it as the only viable way to curb our carbon emissions, and there is evidence that the EU's carbon trading scheme has helped reduce emissions, the fact that the global carbon market has grown to over
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Denis Hayes on the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day
When he was just in his mid-20s, Denis Hayes was made national coordinator of the very first Earth Day. That was forty years ago, and a lot has changed. Over his career as a lawyer, technologist, investor, and advocate, Hayes has watched Earth Day
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Lowering Income Taxes While Raising Pollution Taxes Reaps Great Returns
As economic decision-makers--whether consumers, corporate planners, government policymakers, or investment bankers--we all
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Pop!Tech Pop Quiz: Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational (Video)
In the final installment of our Pop!Tech Pop Quiz experiment, TreeHugger founder Graham Hill sits down with behavioral economist Dan Ariely, subjecting him to our Yes/No/Maybe harassment. Ariely's book, Predictably Irrational, reflects his years of
