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Sorry Cranky Conservatives! Carbon Pricing Wins the Day

March 29, 2021

Sorry Cranky Conservatives! Carbon Pricing Wins the Day The Supreme Court ruling is good news for anyone invested in a habitable planet. But fixing the climate is going to take more. ‘There’s no court we can appeal this to,’ Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said on Thursday, before vowing to continue his fight. What taxpayer-funded mischief […]

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Carbon tax fine print

March 10, 2019

Carbon tax fine print  If the Paris agreement target of keeping global warming to well below 2°C is to be met, it is generally agreed that global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from fossil fuels and industry need to peak and then decline very soon–meaning before the end of next year, or very shortly after. […]

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Carbon price wars–BC, Ontario or Quebec?

September 5, 2018

Carbon price wars–BC, Ontario or Quebec? The question of how the Canadian provinces should deal with the issue of greenhouse  gas emissions continues to be contentious and occasionally acrimonious. The new provincial government of Ontario has declared its intention to cancel that province’s cap-and-trade system—referring to it as “a punishing, regressive tax that forces low-and […]

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The Right Price for Preserving Our Climate

November 30, 2015

The Right Price for Preserving Our Climate WASHINGTON, DC – When world leaders convene in Paris this week for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, their task will be to reach a global agreement on curbing greenhouse-gas emissions. A successful outcome, demonstrating that countries can work together for the good of the planet, would send […]

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Social Cost Of Carbon Drastically Underestimated: Report

January 19, 2015

Social Cost Of Carbon Drastically Underestimated: Report The U.S. government could be drastically underestimating how much climate change is going to cost us, according to astudy published by Stanford researchers in the journal Nature Climate Change. The researchers concluded that the Obama Administration is using a Social Cost of Carbon estimate that may be just one-sixth of the true […]

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Ontario To Put A Price On Carbon Emissions: Environment Minister

January 14, 2015

Ontario To Put A Price On Carbon Emissions: Environment Minister The Ontario government plans to put a price on carbon emissions to cut down on greenhouse gases, making good on a seven-year-old promise to fight climate change. The province’s environment minister said Tuesday his new climate strategy will set Canada’s most populous region on a […]

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Polluting Is Getting Expensive in Europe Again: Carbon & Climate – Bloomberg

December 19, 2014

Polluting Is Getting Expensive in Europe Again: Carbon & Climate – Bloomberg. The surge in European carbon permit prices may just be beginning. The price of emission rights will rise 62 percent by June 30, according to the median of 16 trader and analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg. UBS Group AG says costs may more […]

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