Guest essay by Eric Worrall A surprise effort by the resource rich West Australian Government to force energy giants to completely offset all their CO2 emissions has been withdrawn. EPA…
Category: carbon tax
Maine Becomes The Most Recent Blue State To Reject A Carbon Tax
From Forbes Patrick Gleason AUGUSTA, Maine — The beginning of March brings bad news for carbon tax supporters, who have been successful in getting legislation to impose the regressive tax…
Green Financial Advisor Makes the Case for a “Free Market” Carbon Tax
Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to green fund manager Erik Kobayashi-Solomon a carbon tax is the free market solution to the climate crisis. Carbon Tax: The Ultimate Free Market…
French Doctors on Yellow Vest Carbon Tax Protestors: “Alarming” Number of Injuries
Guest essay by Eric Worrall French Doctors have sounded the alarm over apparent rough treatment by security forces of yellow vest protestors marching against President Macron’s carbon tax. Doctors Say…
Washington Post Proposes a $43 / ton Carbon Tax, Rising 3% Per Year
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Despite massive ongoing social unrest triggered by an attempt to introduce carbon taxes in France, greens still think they can get away with it. Why…
Researchers led By Georgia State economist find a global tax on carbon may be feasible
From EurekAlert! Georgia State University ATLANTA–There is a consistently high level of public support across nations for a global carbon tax if the tax policy is carefully designed, according to…
Trudeau’s carbon tax on gas won’t motivate Canadians to switch to fuel-efficient transportation: Ipsos poll
From Global News By Rahul Kalvapalle National Online Journalist Global News Ipsos poll says Canadians want climate change action, but not at any cost. Most Canadians agree that…
Furious Greenpeace, Oxfam Suing the French Government Over Macron’s Carbon Tax Retreat
Guest essay by Eric Worrall NGOS including Oxfam and Greenpeace are furious at President Macron’s frantic retreat from yellow vest protests against higher fuel taxes. 1.7 million people have signed…
Economists Love Carbon Taxes. Lots of Regular Folks Don’t.
From Reason.com Raising the price of gasoline, heat, and electricity is a steep political hill to climb. Ronald Bailey|Dec. 19, 2018 8:30 am Chuongy/DreamstimeOil company ConocoPhillips just pledged to spend…
Carbon taxes start in all of Canada in 2 weeks
By Alan Tomalty, Standards, subsidies and taxes. The bane of the free market. Standards should only be used to prevent injuries or bad health effects. Subsidies should only be used…
Protesting carbon taxes with the Gilets Jaunes
Reflections on CFACT’s Katowice delegation coverage of Yellow Vests protest in Marseilles Craig Rucker The Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests) represent a broad cross section of French rural, working and middle…
Washington State Voters Reject Carbon Dioxide Tax, Again December 7, 2018
From The Heartland Institute. By Joe Barnett Tax would have funded ‘clean energy’ projects For the second time in two years, Washington State voters rejected a proposal to tax carbon…
Details of the Horrible Carbon Tax Bill
Reposted from Americans for Tax Reform Posted by John Kartch on Wednesday, November 28th, 2018, 12:01 AM PERMALINK ALERT: Call Florida Republican Congressman Francis Rooney at 202-225-2536 and ask him…
Macron’s popularity dips as French fuel tax revolt simmers
From Reuters November 18, 2018 / 6:26 AM / a day ago PARIS (Reuters) – Emmanuel Macron’s popularity took a further hit in recent weeks, according to a poll on…
Anti-Carbon-Tax Revolt Threatens To Paralyse France
From the GWPF Date: 16/11/18 GWPF & Irish Times France is bracing for a nationwide revolt over the weekend as angry drivers plan to block roads nationwide in protest against…
Oxford University Professor: Tax Meat to Reduce Climate Change and Obesity
Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to Dr Marco Springmann, from the Nuffield Department of Population Health at Oxford University, driving up the price of meat will save lives and…
Carbon tax goes down in flames – again
From Mike Bastasch: Washington voters rejected a ballot measure backed by a vast coalition of liberal groups to tax carbon dioxide emissions from in-state fossil fuel combustion. The measure, called Initiative…
Washington Post: “Double or Triple” Fuel Prices to Solve the Climate Crisis
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Washington Post Economics Columnist Robert J. Samuelson’s advice to solve the climate crisis is to double or triple the price of fuel and hope for…
IPCC SR1.5 Carbon Tax Math
Guest seriousness by David Middleton Over the past few days, I’ve posted a couple of articles by Michael Bastasch of the Daily Caller on the IPCC’s demands for a $240/gal…
IPCC Demands $240/gal Gasoline Tax!
Guest “Just Say No” by David Middleton A $240 PER GALLON GAS TAX TO FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING? NEW UN REPORT SUGGESTS CARBON PRICING 11:50 AM 10/08/2018 Michael Bastasch | Energy…
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