Unaffordable Green Energy: Charity Begs for More Volunteer Knitters, to Help Poor People Survive Winter

Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t JoNova – According to the charity KOGO, green energy champion Victora, Australia is experiencing unprecedented demand for charity provided warm woolies to help poor…

Claim: Weather Catastrophes are “Pearl Harbour” Opportunities to Implement a Carbon Tax

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Mark Reynolds, group executive director of the Citizens Climate Lobby, hopes this time Congress will act to implement a carbon tax, instead of letting another…

Pipeline Fury: Alberta Withdraws from Canada’s National Climate Plan

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Premier Rachel Notley has just announced Alberta’s withdrawal from Federal carbon pricing, though she plans to keep the Alberta province carbon tax. Premier Rachel Notley…

Angela Merkel Reflects Fear and Loathing Amid EU Elites…

Interesting Analysis at The Conservative Treehouse.  I’m posting only a small portion. German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivered some rather strongly worded remarks in advance of the upcoming G20 summit in…

Claim: Carbon Taxes are Not Punitive, they Just Change Behaviour

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Apparently carbon taxes are not punitive, because anyone who wants to save money on carbon taxed gasoline can always purchase an electric car. Are Carbon…

Daily Telegraph: There is No Such Thing as Affordable Renewable Energy

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Awareness is slowly permeating through the media that renewables inevitably lead to higher electricity prices – and that the Australian energy grid is in deep…

A fool's errand: Al Gore's $15 trillion carbon tax

From the “that ain’t gonna fly” department: by Fred Palmer – Washington Examiner Al Gore wants to reverse modernity and save the world from itself through an elimination of its…

The Cruelest Tax Of All

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach A “progressive” tax is one where the wealthier you are the higher percentage of tax you pay. On the other hand, I’ve said before that…

The Economic Cost Of The Social Cost Of Carbon

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I’ve crossposted this from my blog, “Skating Under The Ice“. The unscientific enterprise called the Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) is a thinly disguised political…

The Recursive Cost Of Carbon

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I see that Andrew Revkin continues to try to keep the climate pot bubbling. In this case, he’s issued dire warnings about reducing the so-called…

Another Carbon Tax Scheme based on Pigou model from 1920's

From the UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH comes yet another plea for carbon taxes as a way to “limit” our wallets  climate change Carbon levy could limit impact of climate change, study suggests…

Podesta emails: 'Carbon Tax has a Chance if Hillary wins' – but 'it's lethal in general' don't mention it

In case you’ve been under a rock for the last few days, Wikileaks has been dumping emails from Hillary Clinton campaign manager John Podesta. Podesta is firmly in bed with…

Wall Street Journal: Climate Skeptics Should Back a Carbon Tax, Just in Case

Guest essay by Eric Worrall The Wall Street Journal thinks skeptics should embrace a carbon tax as a kind of insurance policy, against the possibility we are wrong about climate…

Alberta Carbon Tax Legislation Passed

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Carbon tax legislation, which the opposition estimates will increase household bills by $1000 / year, has just been passed by the Alberta Legislature. Alberta carbon…

President Obama Proposes $10 per Barrel Carbon Tax

Guest essay by Eric Worrall President Obama has proposed a $10 per barrel carbon tax to fund renewable energy, and to “encourage” people to stop using oil. From the Whitehouse…

Ongoing Renewables Investment "Crisis" in Australia

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Aussie Greens are lamenting that banks are still unwilling to lend to green projects, because they are worried about the reliability of political support, and…

OECD calls for the elimination of fossil fuel taxes

Guest opinion by Alberto Zaragoza Comendador There comes a point in your Internet life when you know what an article will be like before hitting the first dot. Not what…

Bank of England: "Climate change a 'huge' financial risk"

Guest essay by Eric Worrall The Bank of England has stepped into the climate fray, with a claim that climate change poses a huge financial risk to UK based businesses.…

Eye roller study: Should countries honor their climate debts?

Concordia researcher shows which countries are most responsible for the cost of environmental damages from global warming — and the billions of dollars they could be owing. From CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY…

Great Britain still lecturing the colonies – on climate policy

Guest essay by Eric Worrall An aristocratic British member of parliament has decided it is time to lecture the Australian colonies, on what they should be doing about climate change…