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A carbon tax even Dingell haters can love From Rep. John Larson	David Roberts	15 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Love the carbon tax but can't stand Dingell? Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) is your man. He just introduced a kick-ass carbon tax bill (PDF) to the House. From Greenwire ($ub req'd): Larson's legislation would set a $15 tax in its first year for every ton of carbon dioxide emissions from the oil, gas and coal industries, with the tax rising 10 percent annually while also keeping pace with inflation. Larson's office also released a memo (PDF) saying the tax would be 'e ...
Topics: carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Why cap-and-trade or carbon taxes alone won't solve global warming, and why we still need them Correcting two misunderstandings	Gar Lipow	13 Aug 2007	Gristmill
As we discuss 'cap-and-steal' (aka 'cap-and-trade'), 'cap-and-sell' (aka 'cap-and-auction'), and carbon taxes -- three ways of putting prices on carbon -- it is worth remembering that putting a price on greenhouse-gas emissions is not enough to bring them under control. Gristmill is full of posts showing ways to save carbon at a profit. David posted an interview on Recycled Energy today that points to something that has been known, but mostly ignored, for over thirty year ...
Topics: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, energy (all these topics)

Pricing carbon Give away rights or sell them?	Gar Lipow	03 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Joseph Romm in his post on Dingell's carbon tax proposal says: Politically, you can't raise carbon prices high enough to raise gasoline prices since even $1 a gallon -- probably the minimum to significantly change fuel economy if Europe is any evidence -- would require a carbon charge of $400 per tonne of carbon -- which would be very harsh to coal, adding more than 10 cents per kilowatt-hour to coal electricity, and politically impossible (I'll post more on this late ...
Topics: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, energy, politics (all these topics)

Dingell argues for a carbon tax In a prominent op-ed	David Roberts	02 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Today in the Washington Post, Rep. John Dingell has an op-ed arguing on behalf of a carbon tax: I apparently created a mini-storm last month when I observed publicly for at least the sixth time since February that some form of carbon emissions fee or tax (including a gasoline tax) would be the most effective way to curb carbon emissions and make alternatives economically viable. ... A carbon tax or fee has been endorsed by President Bush's former chief economic a ...
Topics: carbon tax, climate, John Dingell, politics (all these topics)

Against a gas tax It's not the same as a carbon tax, and it's not cool	David Roberts	31 Jul 2007	Gristmill
I've noticed that lots of people talk about a carbon tax and a gas tax as if they're interchangeable, or the same thing, or connected parts of some larger package. That's bad. Please stop it. A carbon tax is just that: a tax on carbon content. It could take numerous forms, but it's generally agreed that the best would be to tax as far "upstream" as possible -- as close as possible to the sources of carbon-heavy fuels -- so as to minimize the number of taxe ...
Topics: carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, oil (all these topics)

Details on Dingell's carbon tax It's not optimal, but he says he's serious about it at least	David Roberts	20 Jul 2007	Gristmill
As you'll recall, a few weeks ago Rep. John Dingell said in an interview that he plans to introduce a carbon tax bill, "to see how people really feel about this." He expressed doubt that the American people are willing to pay what it will cost. Reaction from progressives was swift and vicious. Everyone assumed Dingell would deliberately design a horrible bill, fail to support it, watch it go down in flames, and thereby poison the debate. See, e.g., this uns ...
Topics: carbon tax, climate, energy, John Dingell, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Interview with green tax swap guy Very interesting	David Roberts	17 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Here's an interview with Gilbert Metcalf, a Tufts University economics professor who's been circulating a carbon tax proposal (PDF) that's revenue neutral -- it uses the carbon tax revenue to reduce other taxes. It's called the "Green Tax Swap." Good stuff. Here's one good bit : SM: Rep. John Dingell said he plans to propose a carbon tax, knowing Congress and voters won't go for it. Why would your approach be different? GM: Dingell's raising the old c ...
Topics: carbon tax, climate, energy, John Dingell, politics (all these topics)

Valuing the commons: Congestion pricing's hidden payoff The connection between congestion pricing and carbon taxes	Charles Komanoff	15 Jul 2007	Gristmill
I wrote this piece linking NYC Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing proposal with a carbon tax, in June. I shopped it around but none of the big papers took it. Now, NY Times columnist Tom Friedman -- perhaps the second-most visible supporter of carbon taxes (after Al Gore) -- has written a column backing the Bloomberg pricing plan. "Crunch time" for the plan may come as early as the next day or two. So it's time the piece saw the light of day. Eve ...
Topics: carbon tax, New York, New York City, placemaking, urban planning (all these topics)

Dingell calls our bluff He proposes a carbon tax, assuming it will fail	David Roberts	12 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Last Sunday, Rep. John Dingell appeared on the C-SPAN show Newsmakers for a 30-min. interview (transcript here; video accessible via the website), and caused an enormous ruckus with this: SWAIN: Mr. Chairman, I want to go back to your statement that the American people want action [on climate change]. Does that also correlate with the American people being willing to pay higher prices, because of energy legislation? DINGELL: I sincerely doubt that the American p ...
Topics: carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, energy efficiency, John Dingell, legislation, politics (all these topics)

The Sweet Smell of Politics Rep. John Dingell proposes carbon tax, doesn't really mean it		10 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
The Sweet Smell of Politics Rep. John Dingell proposes carbon tax, doesn't really mean it Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), the powerful chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, plans to introduce a carbon-tax bill that would raise the cost of burning fossil fuels. Yep, you heard that right: Dingell's proposal, announced in an interview on C-SPAN, would impose a double-digit tax on each ...
Topics: carbon tax, climate, John Dingell, legislation, news, politics (all these topics)

Is this the right time to attack Dingell? He's pro-carbon tax, anti-CAFE -- which matters more?	David Roberts	27 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Last week, Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), chair of the Energy & Commerce Committee, dropped this bomb (sub. rqd.): My own judgment is that we are going to have to adopt a cap-and-trade system and some form of carbon emission fee to achieve the reductions we need. Lest you missed it, 'carbon emission fee' is clever poli-speak for carbon tax. Meanwhile, the liberal grassroots group MoveOn has launched a full frontal assault on Dingell, with radio ads calling him ...
Topics: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, energy, John Dingell, politics (all these topics)

Who is Daniel Sperling and why is he saying bad things about carbon taxes? Picking apart an argument against carbon taxes	Charles Komanoff	22 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Yesterday's L.A. Times ran an odd op-ed calling carbon taxes an ineffectual antidote to global warming. Unlike other critiques that brand carbon taxes politically unpalatable, this one argued that they're simply not up to the job of cutting carbon emissions: Carbon taxes -- taxes on energy sources that emit carbon dioxide (CO2) -- aren't a bad idea. But they only work in some situations. Specifically, they do not work in the transportation sector, the source of ...
Topics: carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation, energy (all these topics)

Has 'carbon tax' entered the world of the possible? Dingell floats it; Boucher knocks it down	David Roberts	21 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Hmm? What's all this now? John Dingell is floating the possibility of a carbon tax? From CongressNow (sub. rqd.): Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.), who will play a key role in crafting the House version of comprehensive climate change legislation, on Wednesday night downplayed speculation that the House bill could include some form of a tax on carbon dioxide emissions. Boucher, who chairs the House Energy and Commerce energy and air quality subcommittee, last night said ...
Topics: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, John Dingell, legislation, US House of Representatives (all these topics)

Doing carbon right What good carbon policy should -- but often doesn't -- reward	Sean Casten	21 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Too much of the debate on carbon-control policy starts from flawed assumptions. Take those assumptions away, and one quickly realizes that we have a lot of pretty good options. Let's parse the carbon policy argument, and think for a moment about how to best engender the most economically beneficial carbon reduction policy. First, let's strike any false assumptions from our logic: Let's not assume that it costs money to reduce carbon emissions until proven othe ...
Topics: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

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 ...
Topics: cap-and-dividend, carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, politics (all these topics)

Rolling Stone on the climate crisis A package of good stories	David Roberts	19 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Rolling Stone has a package of stories on Al Gore's climate crusade in the current issue. First up is a long interview with the man himself , including this nice tidbit: What figure in the administration, other than the president himself, do you hold most responsible for standing in the way of meaningful change on global warming? Oh, Cheney, of course. Both Bush and Cheney come out of the carbon-extraction industry. But Cheney has been the more forcefu ...
Topics: Al Gore, carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

Ceci n'est pas une carbon tax Color me unimpressed	Eric de Place	07 Jun 2007	Gristmill
You can color me unimpressed by the big news today in the Globe and Mail: Quebec just became the first Canadian province to pass a carbon tax. For one thing, the tax is tiny, just 0.8 cents per liter of gasoline, and at comparably low levels on natural gas and diesel. (For non-metricized Americans, that's 3 cents per gallon.) So that makes Quebec's new approach not quite as aggressive as -- to pick just one example at random -- Idaho's 5 cent per gallon increase circa ...
Topics: Canada, carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation, politics (all these topics)

The latest carbon abatement policy arguments Carbon tax v. cap and trade -- the hottest arguments since McCartney v. Lennon	David Roberts	07 Jun 2007	Gristmill
The argument over the best climate change mitigation policy is gathering steam. Busting out all over. Topping the charts. All the kids are dancing to it. Before getting to the latest, though, it's worth making a simple point: either cap-and-trade or a carbon tax could reduce GHG emissions if properly designed and implemented; either could be ineffectual if poorly designed and implemented. So: Either one is better than nothing. Nobody's allowed to check out on ...
Topics: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation (all these topics)

O Canada! Imagine a politician leveling with citizens about something	JMG	30 May 2007	Gristmill
This is a great column from a former Winnipeg mayor: 'Higher oil prices or carbon tax: Take your pick.' Imagine if all politicians were as frank. Why, we might even have the kind of discourse Al Gore mourns losing in The Assault on Reason.
Topics: Canada, carbon tax, climate, energy, energy efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions, oil (all these topics)

Big Business, cap-and-trade, and carbon taxes Business is splitting from Republicans; the time is right for a tax	David Roberts	29 May 2007	Gristmill
In Washington Monthly, Chris Hayes draws attention to the "revolt of the CEOs." Big Business is parting ways with the Republican Party, actively seeking greater government involvement in the realms of health care and climate change. Why? Two reasons. One, CEOs recognize that rising health care costs and global warming are real problems that will affect their bottom lines. Two, they see the way the wind is blowing. They realize that public pressure is bui ...
Topics: business, carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, greening biz operations, politics (all these topics)

Cap-and-trade is looking like duck-and-cover A rejoinder to Environmental Defense	Charles Komanoff	25 May 2007	Gristmill
Can any of Environmental Defense's three main points stand up to scrutiny? ED: A carbon tax can be gamed as easily as a carbon trading scheme. CTC: A carbon tax may be subject to gaming, but cap-and-trade positively invites it. USCAP concedes that some allowances will be given out (not auctioned) at the outset, which means protracted, high-stakes negotiations ("a giant food fight," a leading utility executive called it) over free allowances ...
Topics: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, Congress, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Taxes: bad because they produce revenue Conservative critique of the carbon tax	David Roberts	24 May 2007	Gristmill
This story contains two things: Evidence that when it comes to climate and energy policy, mainstream Democratic politicians (+ John McCain) are more or less in consensus: yes on "the need to enhance energy efficiency, introduce a cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gases, and incentivize clean energy technology,' no to a carbon tax. The worst argument against a carbon tax ever:'A tax won't work,' said John Raidt, adviser to McCain. 'It will just raise mo ...
Topics: carbon tax, climate, energy, energy efficiency, politics (all these topics)

Response from Environmental Defense: Top-down or bottom-up, the goal is cutting carbon Getting something done is the priority	David Roberts	22 May 2007	Gristmill
The following is a guest essay from Tony Kreindler of Environmental Defense, in response to Charles Komanoff's post from earlier today, "Strange bedfellows in climate politics." ----- Charles Komanoff's post is entertaining, but a lot of what he says is wrong. His main proposition is that unlike "devilishly complex" cap-and-trade, a carbon tax is straightforward approach that will resist gaming by special interests. That raises a few questio ...
Topics: carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation, Congress, Environmental Defense Fund, politics, US CAP (all these topics)

Biofuels and the poor The former: Not good for the latter	Maywa Montenegro	22 May 2007	Gristmill
How climate change will disproportionately affect the world's poor is a message making the rounds of late, after the publication of the second IPCC report earlier this year. How climate change policies, such as carbon taxes, will either help or hurt the poor is also a topic we've been discussing of late. Now researchers at the University of Minnesota have assessed the impact of an increased dependence on biofuels on the developing world ... and the outlook isn't ...
Topics: agriculture, biofuels, carbon tax, climate, climate change impacts, climate change mitigation, energy, IPCC (all these topics)

Strange bedfellows in climate politics A Nation columnist goes contrarian; GM goes the other way	Charles Komanoff	22 May 2007	Gristmill
Did lefty pundit Alexander Cockburn and corporate behemoth General Motors secretly agree to swap climate positions? It looks that way. GM, swallowing hard, recently joined the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, the elite enviro-business coalition pushing cap-and-trade -- a so-called "market-based system" for controlling carbon dioxide emissions. Meanwhile, the famously acidic Cockburn lacerated global warming orthodoxy in his column in the Nation ma ...
Topics: Big Auto, business, carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation, climate change skepticism, greening biz operations, US CAP (all these topics)

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