Here’s an article on Austria’s carbon tax that begins: “….In slightly more dramatic terms: “Habemus CO₂ tax.” But the reception in Austria and beyond was quite a bit more muted than the joyous announcement of a new pope. Environmental group …
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Justice in the “ExxonMobil Knew” Climate Change Case May Be Just Around the Corner
If you read this article, you’ll understand why this particular case against Exxon may succeed where the others haven’t. According to the 97-page complaint, Exxon kept two sets of books.
Alaska, Oil, and Cognitive Dissonance
It’s understandable that people want to vote their pocketbooks. That’s why it’s so pathetic to see rank and file Trump supporters undeterred in their adoration of the man, given that their financial positions have worsened via his policies on taxation, …
The (Potential) Simplicity of a Carbon Tax
Here’s a short video, featuring Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, a prominent climate scientist and Leonardo DeCaprio, for those wanting to understand the concept of a carbon tax. And speaking of DeCaprio, here’s one on the reason wes need a carbon tax. …
U.S. Politics and Nuclear Energy
My colleague Bob Zannelli writes: It should be kept in mind that all the other candidates including Hillary are getting lots of fossil fuel money, the center of global warming Denialism. If Bernie comes out as pro nuke Hillary would …
On a Carbon Tax
One of my pro-nuke people writes: Clean power, like nuclear, is a “public good”, just like sanitation, clean water, etc. — except in MI, we don’t defile a public good because of short-term economics. If we were seriously concerned with …
Dialog on Coal as an Energy Source
Frequent commenter MarcoPolo makes two interesting points in his recent post: 1) It’s hypocritical for some Americans to smugly claim a moral victory for less U.S. emissions, while exporting emissions-creating industries overseas, while as customers, re-importing the manufactured products of …
On a Proposed Carbon Tax
From a colleague: In his interview with Vox, Bernie Sanders says, “Are the scientists right or are they wrong? If they are right they’re telling us that the planet Earth will be 5 to 10 degrees warmer by the end …
More on Carbon Tax and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
My colleague Glenn Doty (pictured–sorry about the resolution–maybe Glenn can send me a better one) writes about my earlier post on international emissions reductions agreements that would mitigate climate disruption: I hope you’re right on the international community coming together …
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Carbon Tax and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Here’s an article that discusses the concept of a carbon tax. What most people don’t understand about this is that it must apply to all countries equally, or it will have disastrous unintended consequences. Imagine the immediate result of a …
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