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- Wildfires offsetting California’s expensive cap-and-trade emissions cuts Sat, 19 Sep 20, 3:00amCalifornia’s failure to manage its forests so as to limit wildfires offset much if not all of the state’s expensive efforts to reduce its greenhouse emissions...
- Ontario greenhouses could lose $10M because of new cap-and-trade rules Fri, 7 Jul 17, 12:29amOntario, Canada has 2,900 acres of greenhouses that export over $1 billion of cucumbers, tomatoes, and green peppers to the United States. But greenhouse growers are saying they'll suffer under the province's new climate...
- Cutting Coal Pollution by 20% is Just One Way Obama is Making Climate History Fri, 30 May 14, 1:58amPresident Barack Obama on Monday will announce the most significant action to combat climate disruption his administration has taken and the boldest move to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in American history...
- South Korea Launches the Word’s Most Aggressive Carbon Market Sat, 1 Jun 13, 1:43amPhoto via Shutterstock South Korea has made clear their intent to become one of the world's leading warriors against climate change, and they are willing to back up their assertions with cold, hard, cash...
- Why Is Congress Lethargic about Energy? Thu, 25 Apr 13, 12:54pmThis week National Journal’s Energy Experts Blog poses the question: “What’s holding back energy & climate policy.” So far 13 wonks have posted comments including yours truly. What I propose to...
- China Announces Plans to Tax Carbon Emissions and Clean up Air Pollution! Fri, 22 Feb 13, 3:30amImage: © John E. Williamson Not long after reports of China’s unearthly pollution dominated headline news, the Ministry of Finance has published plans to tax carbon emissions. The idea of a carbon tax is not new in...
- China to Tax Carbon Emissions and Clean up the Sky! Fri, 22 Feb 13, 12:18amImage: © John E. Williamson Not long after reports of China’s unearthly pollution dominated headline news, the Ministry of Finance has published plans to tax carbon emissions. The idea of a carbon tax is not new in...
- EU Still Groping for Carbon Price Sweet Spot Sat, 26 Jan 13, 4:39amIn a post last September, I observed that carbon prices in the EU’s emission trading system (ETS) were so low they failed to incentivize hoped-for technology innovation, yet so high EU governments had to establish...
- Why Courts Should Repeal EPA’s ‘Carbon Pollution’ Standard (and why you should care) Tue, 20 Nov 12, 5:25amNote: A nearly identical version of this column appeared last week in Forbes Online. I am reposting it here with many additional hyperlinks so that readers may more easily access the evidence supporting my conclusions....
- AEI Hosts Fifth Secret Meeting to Promote Carbon Tax Thu, 12 Jul 12, 8:22amToday, the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a prominent conservative think tank, hosted a secret, four-and-a-half hour meeting of pols, wonks, and activists, including several self-identified ’progressives,’ to develop a...
- Survey Finds Nearly 90% of Chinese 18-25 Year-Olds Want Greener Brands Tue, 10 Apr 12, 5:55amA Carbon Trust survey of 2,800 18-25 year-olds in six countries has yielded some pretty startling results: 88% of respondents in China would “be more loyal to a brand if they could see it was reducing its carbon footprint,”...
- France Calls for Retreat in E.U. Aviation Emissions Fight Sat, 7 Apr 12, 2:11amA surprising development from a country not known for backing down from a fight: In a sign that Paris has little stomach for a fight over global warming, Francois Fillon, the Prime Minister, urged the European Union to retreat...
- EPA Gives Millions to Green Groups That Sue It; Massive Funding Advantage for Enviro Groups and Green Welfare Mon, 11 Jul 11, 8:19amThe EPA gives millions to the environmental groups that sue it. “When the EPA settles or loses those suits, it then awards the groups millions more in attorneys’ fees under the federal Equal Access to Justice Act...
- Lawsuit Filed Against New York’s Participation in RGGI Wed, 29 Jun 11, 7:09amThe Competitive Enterprise Institute announced today that it is acting as co-counsel in a recently filed lawsuit in the state of New York against the state’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (a...
- Obama Nominates Cap-and-Trader John Bryson to be Commerce Secretary Sat, 4 Jun 11, 6:58amPresident Barack Obama this week nominated John Bryson to be Secretary of Commerce. Senator James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.) immediately announced that he would try to defeat Bryson’s confirmation by the Senate. It’s easy...