The Supreme Court of Canada begins hearing appeals in three cases on Sept. 22 to determine whether Ottawa’s national carbon price is constitutional. Appellate courts in Saskatchewan and Ontario had…
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Beyond Petroleum Part Deux: “BP sees ‘peak oil’ in 2020s”
Guest “Looney Toons” by David Middleton OPEC cuts oil demand forecasts, BP sees ‘peak oil’ in 2020sSeptember 14, 2020 LONDON (AP) — Developing countries’ difficulty in containing the spread of…
Republican Led Government Commission Recommends a Carbon Tax
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, a government body led by Republican appointee Heath Tarbert, has just recommended imposition of a carbon tax.
German Chancellor Calls for Europe Wide Carbon Pricing on Transport and Industry
Guest essay by Eric Worrall As Germany and Europe reels from the economic impact of Covid-19, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has just added to the reasons for not investing in…
EXCLUSIVE: Montana Gov Bullock’s Climate Council’s Leaked Plan Pushes For Carbon Tax
A climate council Montana Gov. Steve Bullock established in 2019 suggested that the Democratic governor implement a state carbon tax plan to address climate change in a leaked draft of…
EU Agrees to Weaken Climate Change Rules for Aviation
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The EU has disappointed green activists by rubber stamping airline industry proposals for deferred climate action. ‘Final blow’ to aviation climate plan as EU agrees…
IMF Deputy Director Zhang: We need a “Much Higher Carbon Price”
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Deputy Managing Director Tao Zhang’s IMF plan for a green recovery from Covid-19 in my opinion would ruin whatever is left of the global economy.…
Climate Wars: How Activists Lost the Battle for an Aussie Carbon Tax
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t Dr. Willie Soon; Lots of finger pointing, hand wringing, accusations against the Green Party of dirty politics, sad former PM Malcolm Turnbull admitting a…
Washington Bill Would Open Up Possibility of Regressive, Harmful Cap-and-Trade Program or Carbon-Dioxide Tax
Research and commentary by Tim Benson A bill introduced in the Washington House of Representatives would give the state Department of Ecology (DOE) the authority to create either a carbon-dioxide…
Hawaiian residents will suffer greatly from new ‘climate saving’ carbon taxes
A proposed $80 per ton Carbon-Dioxide and Gas Tax Would Be a Big Burden for Hawaii Families and Businesses Guest analysis by Tim Benson [see update at the end] Companion…
Cambridge Professor: “The only way to hit net zero [carbon] by 2050 is to stop flying”
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t Dr. Willie Soon; According to Cambridge Professor of Engineering Julian Allwood, zero carbon aviation is not going to happen in the foreseeable future. The…
EU could use carbon border tax against Brexit Britain, warns MEP
From EURATIV By Sam Morgan | EURACTIV.com Jan 28, 2020 (updated: 2:29) The EU could deploy a carbon border tax against the UK after Brexit, according to the head of…
EU Threatens China with Carbon Pricing Import Duties
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t Dr. Willie Soon; The new President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has threatened to impose import duties on China unless they…
Harvard Economics Professor: Global Carbon Tax, Give the Money to China
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Harvard Professor and Guardian author Kenneth Rogoff thinks the best way to tackle climate change is to impose a global carbon tax, then use the…
A plea from a Washington State Reader
From MCR, Washington State voters have, over the course of the last few years defeated multiple, repeated attempts to have Carbon Trading Schemes enacted and enforced in that once-great State.…
Young Republicans Crack, Demand Climate Action
Guest essay by Eric Worrall A group of College Conservatives have sided with the Democrats and demanded climate action – though liberal media outlets are still sneering at them for…
COP25 – Madrid. Global Carbon Tax Law Has Serious Consequences for Canada and Democracy
COP25 – Madrid. After rioting and civil unrest in Chile, the intended location of COP-25, Madrid, Spain agreed to take on the challenge of hosting some 20,000 climate change bureaucrats…
COP25 Press Release: The UN Push for an All Powerful Global Carbon Market
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Chilling mission almost complete press release from the United Nations. UN CLIMATE PRESS RELEASE / 29 NOV, 2019 COP25 to Be the Launchpad for Significantly more…
How “The Limits to Growth” Broke Australia’s Bipartisan Carbon Tax
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Australia’s famously climate skeptic former Prime Minister Tony Abbott won leadership by a single vote, because a senior member of parliament had learned the hard…
FP Proposes a Joint US / EU Climate Trade War Against China
Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to Foreign Policy, next time the “opportunity opens up”, the USA and European Union should unite to impose carbon taxes on the entire world.…
Bloomberg Climate Funny: “Let’s hope … China will follow the moral example of the U.S.”
Bloomberg has noticed China isn’t exactly onboard with the idea of carbon taxes and emissions reduction, but they are hoping China will follow the USA’s “moral example”. Carbon Taxes Won’t…
Germany Considers a 19% Meat Tax to Combat Global Warming
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Anyone here believe that global warming zealots want to stop at 19%? Germany may introduce ‘meat tax’ to protect the environment Currently meat has reduced…
Ted Nordhaus: Carbon Pricing Has to be Imposed Slowly, to Avoid Yellow Vest Riots
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Ted Nordhaus, nephew of Nobel Prize winning climate economist William Nordhaus, thinks the solution to eliminating CO2 is to impose a wide range of cost…
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