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 Stories About: cap-and-dividend AND carbon tax AND carbon trading AND climate AND politics
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No justice, no cap
National environmental justice coalition blasts cap-and-trade, backs carbon tax |
Charles Komanoff |
16 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Condemning carbon trading as 'fraught with uncertainties, lack[ing] transparency and creat[ing] large opportunities for emitting facilities to engage in fraud,' a national coalition of environmental justice organizations has called for a federal carbon tax to address 'the most critical issue of our time' -- the climate crisis. Photo: Brooke Anderson. The June 2 statement from the Climate Justice Leadership Forum is the latest sign of mounting disaffe ... |
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| Topics: cap-and-dividend, carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, fossil fuels, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics) |
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Who you callin' a carbon tax, buddy?
The political chances of carbon taxes |
Eric de Place |
16 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| There's an ecumenical rift in the carbon policy world. Some favor taxes, while others prefer cap-and-trade. I'm in the latter camp, though I'm sort of a carbon Unitarian: I like carbon taxes too. From a policy perspective, they fit together nicely. Among the reasons I'm on the c&t side is that taxes can be radioactive, at least in U.S. politics. Now, this isn't really a substantive objection to carbon taxes as a policy instrument, but the worry seems warrante ... |
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| Topics: cap-and-dividend, carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, politics (all these topics) |
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Many policies, one goal
It's all about raising the price of carbon |
David Roberts |
20 Jun 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Robert Reich -- Secretary of Labor under Clinton, economic policy professor/pundit -- has a somewhat confused column up advocating for a "carbon auction." In particular, it's not clear whether he's talking about politics or policy, which is a confusion that generally plagues this discussion. He rejects a carbon tax because it will be politically unpopular. The holy-and-sanctified Middle Class won't put up with it. He rejects a cap-and-trade system because ... |
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| Topics: cap-and-dividend, carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, politics (all these topics) |
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