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- $51 / ton: Biden Restores the Obama “Social Cost of Carbon” Sun, 28 Feb 21, 5:00amPresident Biden has raised the social cost of carbon from Trump's $8 / ton to the Obama level of $51 / ton. But the real sting is the price tag to be applied to methane ($1500 / ton) and nitrous oxide from fertiliser ($18,000...
- New Zealand to Impose Carbon Taxes on Tourism? Fri, 26 Feb 21, 5:00amGiven New Zealand's effort to wreck manufacturing and farming with cow taxes and renewable energy rationing, why should the tourism industry be left unscathed?
- UK Carbon Tax to Drive Up the Cost of Gas Heating, Milk and Beef Sat, 6 Feb 21, 5:00pmIf you read Willis' excellent essay on energy poverty, you might think countries like Britain would be keen to address this terrible burden on the poor...
- EU Carbon Border Levy: A Recipe for Failure Sun, 31 Jan 21, 5:00amGuest essay by Eric Worrall If the upcoming COP26 Climate Conference in November fails to make progress towards a global carbon pricing scheme, the EU will impose a Carbon Border…
- EU’s Carbon Border Taxes and Joe Biden’s Clean Energy plans: A double threat for developing countries Fri, 15 Jan 21, 5:00pmThe introduction of the European Union’s Carbon Border Taxes and Joe Biden’s announcement of Clean Energy plans has raised double alarm in developing countries.
- SMH: Biden Could Work with the EU to Impose a Global Carbon Price Fri, 8 Jan 21, 1:00pmAccording to the Sydney Morning Herald, the EU and Biden administration working together could together impose a global carbon price to which even China would have to submit...
- The barriers to a carbon fee and dividend policy | Letters Thu, 7 Jan 21, 4:34amWe are working hard to change the government’s mind on carbon fee and dividend, writes Catherine Dawson. The climate crisis cannot be solved within a continuing market economy, says Frank Jackson
- There’s a simple way to green the economy – and it involves cash prizes for all | Henry D Jacoby Tue, 5 Jan 21, 7:00pmThe ‘carbon dividend’ is so elegant that it seems too good to be true. Governments should make it a post-pandemic priority
- Canada’s Trudeau Promises $170 / Ton Carbon Tax by 2030 Sun, 13 Dec 20, 9:00amCanada PM Justin Trudeau has promised to make manufacturers pay $170 / ton of CO2 for the crime of providing Canadians with jobs and economic security.
- Climate Thinktank Slams Australia for Global Warming Inaction Fri, 20 Nov 20, 9:00amSurging fossil fuel use and exports, no large scale carbon pricing scheme, no carbon target - almost as if the Australian government and the people who voted them into office think the climate crisis is a total joke.
- The Conversation: Biden Could Hit Australia with Import Duties, to Punish Aussies for Lax Climate Policies Sat, 7 Nov 20, 5:00pmMore greens celebrating the punishment Biden will allegedly inflict on Australia; According to The Conversation, if Biden wins Australia will be punished for Australia's climate complacency
- Watts Up With That FERC Carbon Pricing Policy Statement Wed, 21 Oct 20, 12:00amOn October 5 Anthony posted my article on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) technical conference regarding Carbon Pricing in Organized Wholesale Electricity Markets held on September 30, 2020...
- The Guardian: A $20+ Carbon Tax would Boost Economic Growth Mon, 19 Oct 20, 4:00pmFrom the "lets tax our way to prosperity" school of economics; According to Guardian author Greg Jericho, although it might seem like a massive carbon tax would hammer the economic recovery from Covid-19, the stimulus effect...
- Aussie Government: “we don’t need a [carbon] price because renewables are too cheap” Tue, 6 Oct 20, 4:00pmAccording to The Guardian, the Australian Government is "more concerned with the impact of short term electricity price rises on a small number of highly energy-intensive manufacturers" than solving the climate crisis.
- A nine-point plan for the UK to achieve net zero carbon emissions Tue, 6 Oct 20, 5:00pmAuthor Chris Goodall says tackling the climate crisis is neither difficult nor expensive and can help boost the economy