Obama May Levy Carbon Tax to Cut the U.S. Deficit, HSBC Says By Mathew Carr – Bloomberg News Barack Obama may consider introducing a tax on carbon emissions to help…
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The Carbon Tax starts down under
On July 1st, the much hated Carbon Tax was implemented in Australia. Given that PM Gillard made a promise for no Carbon Tax on video at the beginning of her…
A Carbon Tax Does Not Provide Redress for Any Alleged Property Right Violation from Global Warming
Guest post by Indur M. Goklany In a piece in the Atlantic titled, “A Conservative’s Approach to Combating Climate Change,” Jonathan Adler, a law professor at Case Western Reserve University…
Seven Building Blocks To Fairness and Equity
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach There’s an article in the latest issue of Science magazine, called “Strengthening the UN Agencies In Order To Protect The Authors’ Paychecks” … just kidding, that…
Letter to the editor: Carbon Lies
Letter to the Editor Watts Up With That? 11th March 2012 The Australian government’s plan to sell their un-saleable carbon tax has hit a snag – their pollsters have discovered…
Green Chaos Down Under – Battle Over Climate Policy May Bring Down Aussie Government
Newsbytes from Dr. Benny Peiser of The GWPF Kevin Rudd has declared he will challenge Australia’s prime minister Julia Gillard as leader of the Labor party on Monday, saying he…
Making Things Matters
Guest post by Viv Forbes According to those pushing the (Australian) carbon tax, 500 bureaucrats googling away quietly in Canberra and generating little useful except carbon dioxide exhalations, are more…
No fair dinkum in Australia's carbon tax today
Letter to the Editor (or an opinion piece) Watts Up With That? 8th November 2011 (Australia time) Back towards the Dark Ages The passage of the carbon tax bills…
Australia's pointless carbon experiment
The question is, how long will this last, and how long will the public tolerate these two kissy faced politicians?
Australia's Carbon tax's poisonous pill
Story submitted by Richard Abbott At the last Australian federal election the incumbent government lead by prime minister Julia Gillard’s Labor party stood with a “no carbon tax policy”. To…
Let them truckers roll down under, 10-4
From The Australian, the beginning of a nationwide convoy protesting the carbon tax. I’m sure the delicate sensibilities of the ruling class in Canberra, most of which don’t know the…
Netherlands testing car use meters that tax your environmental impact as you drive
Looks to me like a system ripe for hacking and fraud that will turn ordinary citizens into criminals. The New York Times reports that the Netherlands is testing a new…
The fight deepens over the Carbon Tax in Australia
There is quite a fight brewing in Australia between regular folks and the Gillard government. It will come to a head when a big nationwide convoy of truckers descend on…
Carbon Tax needs a sunset clause
Sunset Clause for the C-Tax? Letter to the Editor Watts Up With That? 30 July 2011 Australians must insist that the monstrous carbon dioxide tax legislation has a sunset clause…
Give this lady an Order of Australia medal
The death spiral of PM Julia Gillard and the Labor Party in Australia continues, and it has been pretty much a sealed fate thanks to one nameless woman in gift…
Carbon Tax Mark 4? A Stealthy Cancer
Letter to the Editor Watts Up With That 10 July 2011 Carbon Tax Mark 4 is flimsy but dangerous. Because of public opposition to a new tax on everything, the…
"Carbon Sunday" – The madness in Australia over the Carbon Tax
They are calling it “Carbon Sunday”. This is a collection of links and excerpts regarding PM Julia Gillard’s speech announcing the tax. In a nutshell, from what I can see,…
UK business poised to flee green carbon tax
From The GWPF, newsbytes on the subject of UK Businesses Threaten To Flee Abroad To Escape Green Energy Levies British industry’s ability to compete with companies overseas is under threat…
Pressure Mounts To Come Clean On Hidden Green Taxes
Newsbytes from Dr. Benny Peiser at The GWPF: Power companies were under mounting pressure last night to come clean about the green ‘stealth levies’ secretly added to fuel bills –…
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