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Other carbon tax shifts A quick survey of carbon taxes outside of Cascadia	Alan Durning	12 Mar 2008	Gristmill
British Columbia's bombshell announcement of a carbon tax shift last month made me want some context. Here's a rundown of other carbon taxes elsewhere in the world. As I noted, none of them is as consistent and comprehensive as B.C.'s, though some do have higher tax rates. In most cases, these levies came in tax shifts that reduced payroll taxes, business taxes, or other energy taxes. B.C.'s starts at $10.10 per metric ton of CO2 equivalent and rises in steps to $30.30 ...
Topics: British Columbia, Canada, carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, international politics, politics (all these topics)

A glass potentially more than half full What's right with the WCI?	Clark Williams-Derry	11 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Last week, my colleague Eric de Place dinged the Western Climate Initiative -- an effort by Western states and provinces to develop a carbon market with a strict, declining cap -- for kicking the can down the road on transportation fuels. Of course, the WCI has not ruled out the possibility of capping emissions from the transportation sector. They've just delayed a decision until they run some more economic analysis. So there's no reason to gnash our teeth o ...
Topics: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, energy (all these topics)

Climate justice: yes. Carbon trading: no. Carbon offsetting is not the best way for the global north to subsidize the global south	Gar Lipow	11 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Okay, my last post summarized Tom Athanasiou and Paul Baers' arguments in favor of drastic cuts in emissions. They place responsibility on the rich and to some extent the middle class rather than the poor. As you might expect, I agree with both these points. I disagree with their arguments that carbon trading and even offsets are the best way for the global north to subsidize the global south. Tom and Paul's argument: the rich countries are responsible for cuts exceedin ...
Topics: business, carbon tax, carbon trading, climate (all these topics)

What price the future?	Ryan Avent	11 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Jim Manzi, with whom I have debated warming policy responses before, has a problem with The Washington Post's coverage of new studies on climate change. He writes: The premise of the story by Juliet Eilperin is well-expressed by its headline: 'Carbon Output Must Near Zero To Avert Danger, New Studies Say'. Eilperin prominently quotes Carnegie Institution senior scientist Ken Caldeira, co-author of one of the studies promoted by the article, who says: 'The question is, ...
Topics: business, carbon tax, climate, climate science (all these topics)

Celebrating the high price of oil ... kind of Increased attractiveness of alternative energy is some consolation	Jason D Scorse	08 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Oil just passed the $106 mark, putting it well above the inflation-adjusted record set just a few days ago. In an earlier post, I predicted that the price of oil would go down. So far I have obviously been wrong, although I suspect that the price will decline by the end of the year since this seems awfully like a part of the greater speculative commodity bubble we are witnessing. But putting that aside for a moment, there is one great benefit of the high price of o ...
Topics: carbon tax, economy, energy, oil, renewable energy (all these topics)

Nader is in Ralph Nader announces his presidential run, calls for carbon tax	Lisa Hymas	24 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Nader is officially in the race -- and he is now the only big-name presidential candidate who supports a carbon tax. On the issues page of his campaign site, Nader also declares 'No to nuclear power, solar energy first.' Only solar? Sounds like he hasn't thought a lot about renewable energy since the '70s.
Topics: carbon tax, elections, politics, presidential race 08, Ralph Nader (all these topics)

He's Back Ralph Nader jumps into the presidential race		24 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 9:55 AM on 24 Feb 2008 "I have decided to run for president," Ralph Nader declared on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday morning, after listing a litany of problems in America and citing polls that have found citizen discontent with the direction of the country and with both main political parties. Washington, D.C. is "corporate-occupied territory," he said, and he accused Barack Obama of leaning " ...
Topics: carbon tax, elections, politics, presidential race 08, Ralph Nader (all these topics)

Staying hooked on oil is expensive, too Gas pricing, Big Oil, and carbon pricing	Eric de Place	22 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Apropos of British Columbia's big announcement, I have some ranting to get off my chest. One of the most frustrating things about U.S. climate policy is the reflexive fear that if we ever raise the price of gas -- or of driving generally -- people will riot in the streets or something. This makes it exceedingly difficult to rearrange the economy away from oil and its carbon contents. But, of course, the price of gas keeps rising anyway. In fact, crude oil prices h ...
Topics: Big Oil, carbon tax, carbon trading, energy, oil (all these topics)

Adventures in carbon pricing California continues to innovate on the climate front, but still gets smoked by perky B.C.	Adam Stein	21 Feb 2008	Gristmill
A national carbon tax in the U.S. appears increasingly unlikely, but all sorts of interesting experiments in emissions pricing are underway regionally. First: the California Assembly this week votes on the California Clean Car Discount Act, a 'feebate' system that imposes a direct charge on sales of gas guzzlers and uses the funds to reward buyers of fuel sippers. The way it works it pretty simple. If you buy a Chevy Tahoe, you'll have to pony up a $2,500 fee, which wi ...
Topics: British Columbia, California, Canada, carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation, energy (all these topics)

Canada, a Tax! British Columbia unveils carbon tax		20 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 5:57 AM on 20 Feb 2008 The Canadian province of British Columbia has announced it will implement a carbon tax beginning in July that could lead to a cut in greenhouse-gas emissions of about 3 million tons in the next five years. The tax is expected to bring in as much as $1.8 billion over the next three years by increasing the price of almost all fossil fuels in the province, though it's designed to be revenue neutral and won't raise ...
Topics: British Columbia, carbon tax, climate, news (all these topics)

Notable quotable	David Roberts	19 Feb 2008	Gristmill
'I think this is a landmark decision in North America as far as government addressing global warming. The B.C. government has decided to use one of the most powerful incentives at its disposal to reduce pollution.' -- Ian Bruce of the Suzuki Foundation, on the carbon tax just implemented by the provincial government of British Columbia
Topics: British Columbia, Canada, carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation, quotables (all these topics)

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 ...
Topics: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, politics (all these topics)

Welcoming our new efficiency overlords Have you been naughty with your light bulbs? You need some good old command and control.	Adam Stein	11 Feb 2008	Gristmill
The so-called incandescent light bulb ban (not actually a ban) included as part of the recent energy bill has prompted a low-level but consistent set of complaints that deserve further consideration, because they betray a fair amount of confusion about which policy tools to break out for which issues. On the right, the reaction to the new lighting efficiency standard has ranged from hysterical whining to hysterical snark. But even on the left, it's fairly common to run ...
Topics: carbon tax, climate, energy, energy efficiency, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Deep thought of the day	David Roberts	22 Jan 2008	Gristmill
It would be awesome if all government tax breaks and subsidies were removed from the energy sector, a carbon tax were imposed, and all low-carbon competitors could battle it out on a level market playing field. However, that's never going to happen. So we should figure out what to do in the meantime.
Topics: carbon tax, climate, energy (all these topics)

Can we tax for transit? New transportation proposals to ease energy dependence	Eric de Place	16 Jan 2008	Gristmill
This is one of those weeks when it feels like things are changing fast. Here are two stories that caught my attention: A panel organized by Congress -- the melodically-named National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission -- just called for higher federal gas taxes. In fact, they recommend a 40-cent-per-gallon hike. It sounds like the tax would go mainly to repair and maintain current road infrastructure rather than road expansion. The pa ...
Topics: carbon tax, climate, energy, oil, politics, public transportation (all these topics)

Tax On, Tax Off Canadian government rejects panel's advice to implement carbon tax		08 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 2:02 PM on 08 Jan 2008 Regarding an expert panel's solicited advice that Canada strongly consider implementing a carbon tax: The Conservative government is just not that into it. From the Archives To Have and to Put on Hold. EPA launches cell-phone recycling campaign. Mission of Mars. Reclusive candy billionaire opposes drilling near his Montana land. Let Your Commission Be You ...
Topics: Canada, carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation, news, politics (all these topics)

Canuck the Trend Canada should consider adopting carbon tax, says panel		07 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 12:53 PM on 07 Jan 2008 Canada should strongly consider adopting a carbon tax along with an emissions cap-and-trade system, a panel of experts advised the government today. The panel had been asked for advice on how Canada could meet its goal of reducing emissions by 45 to 65 percent of 2003 levels by 2050. Environment Minister John Baird put the kibosh on a country-wide carbon tax last year, but the province of Qu ...
Topics: Canada, carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, news, politics (all these topics)

Carbon policy in tonight's Dem debate Obama puts the 100 percent auction idea into the mainstream	David Roberts	06 Jan 2008	Gristmill
There were presidential debates on both sides tonight. I don't have cable, so I didn't watch them. However, a friend sent along this bit of transcript from the Dem, from a question on climate policy: GIBSON: All right. Let me turn to something else. Reversing -- you invoked the name of Al Gore a few moments ago -- reversing or slowing global warming is going to take sacrifice. I'm sort of sorry Chris Dodd isn't here because he's talked a lot about a carbon ...
Topics: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

The right means for our ends A response to Jim Manzi	Ryan Avent	17 Dec 2007	Gristmill
I want to thank Jim Manzi for taking the time to respond to my criticisms of his recent writing on warming policies here at Gristmill. Though I disagree with much of what he says, his thoughtful work on the subject has improved the debate. I want to use one more post here to rebut a few of his assessments.Let me begin by expressing sharp disagreement with his argument that an effective, efficient, and binding carbon tax is an unlikely outcome given the many political acto ...
Topics: carbon tax, climate change mitigation, energy, climate (all these topics)

Dealing with uncertain risks Jim Manzi replies to Ryan Avent	Guest author	11 Dec 2007	Gristmill
The following is a guest essay from Jim Manzi, CEO of Applied Predictive Technologies (APT), an applied artificial intelligence software company. He writes occasionally for National Review and blogs at The American Scene. ----- Last week on this site Ryan Avent presented a thoughtful response to my recent article at The American Scene arguing against a carbon tax. Grist has graciously invited me to reply. As I understand it, Ryan had three basic criticisms of m ...
Topics: carbon tax, climate change mitigation, energy, climate, politics (all these topics)

Cap dunce A carbon tax isn't the only solution	Clark Williams-Derry	07 Dec 2007	Gristmill
At least someone gets it: All three of the leading Democratic candidates have proposed cap-and-trade plans that auction 100% of their CO2 permits. This is, economically speaking, the same thing as a carbon tax. The context: New York Times columnist Tom Friedman is complaining that no major presidential candidate has proposed a carbon tax -- which he takes as evidence that nobody has had the guts to take a stand in favor of policies that would " ...
Topics: carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation, carbon trading (all these topics)

Heart a Tax San Francisco mayor proposes city carbon tax		06 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 11:49 AM on 06 Dec 2007 San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has announced that in November 2008 he will submit a carbon tax to voters for their approval. If it passes, it would be only the second such carbon tax in a U.S. city, the first was Boulder, Colo., last year. The draft plan would raise utility taxes for businesses but would be roughly balanced out by a small decrease in payroll taxes. The plan also aims to reward businesses ...
Topics: carbon tax, climate, news, politics, San Francisco (all these topics)

The good and the bad Why cap-and-trade is preferable to a carbon tax	Clark Williams-Derry	06 Dec 2007	Gristmill
The Washington Post ran an interesting op-ed in its Think Tank Town section last week, arguing for a carbon tax. The nut graph: The only effective way to begin reducing greenhouse gas emissions and slow global climate change is to make it more expensive to emit carbon dioxide. Unless businesses and consumers pay a price for carbon dioxide, neither will make the investments in technology and changes in energy use needed to dramatically reduce emissions. ...
Topics: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, energy, politics (all these topics)

Let's price carbon Conservatives still don't seem to get global warming	Ryan Avent	04 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Many political observers -- those, at least, not wholly gutted by cynicism after eight years of criminally negligent Republican leadership -- wonder when public concern over global warming will prompt a serious, thoughtful conservative response. Those hoping for real solutions from the GOP political leadership may have a long time to wait, but some conservative thinkers are beginning to wrestle with warming in an intellectually honest, if mistaken, manner. Over at The ...
Topics: carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, politics (all these topics)

News from the Googleplex Is Google betting on a carbon tax?	Charles Komanoff	29 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Google Inc. has a new project, 'Renewable Energy Cheaper Than Coal.' Google is preparing to bet megabucks, mega-engineers, and its cutting-edge reputation on its ability to propel solar thermal power, wind turbines, and other renewable electricity up the innovation curve and under the cost of coal-fired power, Reuters reported Tuesday. "Our goal is to produce one gigawatt [1,000 megawatts] of renewable energy capacity that is cheaper than coal. We are opt ...
Topics: business, carbon tax, energy, legislation, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

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