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 Stories About: carbon tax AND carbon trading AND climate AND climate change mitigation AND energy AND politics
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Tax-and-rebate vs. auction-and-rebate
The major differences between carbon pricing plans are political |
Gar Lipow |
19 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Putting a price on carbon is probably an unavoidable part of phasing out fossil fuels to fight global warming and air pollution. For years, Peter Barnes has advocated a brilliant means of mitigating many of the harmful economic side effects: take the revenue from carbon taxes or auctions and rebate it back to the people, dividing it equally among each citizen. Barnes advocates doing this via an auctioned permit system. However,the same thing could be done with a car ... |
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| Topics: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, politics (all these topics) |
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Carbon tax vs. cap-and-trade, part kajillion
No carbon reduction program is a silver bullet |
David Roberts |
06 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Something about NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg's arguments for a carbon tax struck me as a little too glib, too pat. Barack Obama's energy advisor Madhuri Kommareddi does as good a job as anyone of explaining why, arguing that a cap-and-auction system beats a carbon tax on the merits: Why this system instead of carbon tax? What's important to note is that we're implementing a 100% auction of cap-and-trade credits. This has the same effect as carbon tax -- bec ... |
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| Topics: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, politics (all these topics) |
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Donning his cap
Dingell endorses a cap-and-trade climate plan |
Brian Beutler |
03 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Just days after releasing his carbon-and-gas tax proposal for public comment, House Energy and Commerce Chair John Dingell (D-Auto) -- along with Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Coal) of Virginia -- has released a report [PDF] endorsing an economy-wide cap-and-trade program. In an odd but welcome turn, the 22-page white paper reads:The United States should reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by between 60 and 80 percent by 2050 to contribute to efforts to address climate chan ... |
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| Topics: politics, climate, energy, legislation, John Dingell, carbon tax, carbon trading, climate change mitigation (all these topics) |
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