http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/11/02/bloomberg-to-urge-carbon-tax/ Pricing carbon efficiently and equitably Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:39:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/11/02/bloomberg-to-urge-carbon-tax/#comment-21151 Carbon Tax Center » Dingell: My Carbon Tax Bill is “Off the Table” Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:57:50 +0000 http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/11/02/bloomberg-to-urge-carbon-tax/#comment-21151 [...] Business District, he has also forcefully made the case for a federal carbon tax in a number of major addresses. Gore continually advocates for revenue-neutral carbon taxing in his public appearances, most [...] […] Business District, he has also forcefully made the case for a federal carbon tax in a number of major addresses. Gore continually advocates for revenue-neutral carbon taxing in his public appearances, most […]

]]> http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/11/02/bloomberg-to-urge-carbon-tax/#comment-17968 Carbon Tax Center » Bloomberg Out, Nader In U.S. Presidential Race Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:12:51 +0000 http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/11/02/bloomberg-to-urge-carbon-tax/#comment-17968 [...] In a highly publicized speech to the U.S. Conference of Mayors last November, which we reported here, Bloomberg proclaimed his strong preference for a carbon tax over a carbon cap-and-trade scheme: [...] […] In a highly publicized speech to the U.S. Conference of Mayors last November, which we reported here, Bloomberg proclaimed his strong preference for a carbon tax over a carbon cap-and-trade scheme: […]

]]> http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/11/02/bloomberg-to-urge-carbon-tax/#comment-8646 Carbon Tax Center » A Convenient Tax — Issue #3 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:16:10 +0000 http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/11/02/bloomberg-to-urge-carbon-tax/#comment-8646 [...] 10 a.m. last Friday, CTC's blog had a link to the Times' story, framing Bloomberg's speech in terms of swelling political support for carbon [...] […] 10 a.m. last Friday, CTC’s blog had a link to the Times’ story, framing Bloomberg’s speech in terms of swelling political support for carbon […]

]]> http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/11/02/bloomberg-to-urge-carbon-tax/#comment-8364 Climate Change » Blog Archive » Mike Bloomberg and the Carbon Tax Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:59:09 +0000 http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/11/02/bloomberg-to-urge-carbon-tax/#comment-8364 [...] A.P. via the “Seattle Post-Intelligencer” and this press release from Bloomberg’s office.  The Carbon Tax Center, a group that has been providing a good deal of the intellectual foundation for the concept, was [...] […] A.P. via the “Seattle Post-Intelligencer” and this press release from Bloomberg’s office.  The Carbon Tax Center, a group that has been providing a good deal of the intellectual foundation for the concept, was […]

]]> http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/11/02/bloomberg-to-urge-carbon-tax/#comment-8327 Bloomberg to Urge U.S. Carbon Tax Sat, 03 Nov 2007 17:48:57 +0000 http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/11/02/bloomberg-to-urge-carbon-tax/#comment-8327 [...] Read the rest of this great post here [...] […] Read the rest of this great post here […]

]]> http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/11/02/bloomberg-to-urge-carbon-tax/#comment-8299 Carolyn Konheim Sat, 03 Nov 2007 04:18:39 +0000 http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/11/02/bloomberg-to-urge-carbon-tax/#comment-8299 As usual, CK reveals essential truth more eloquently than the rest of us. But the devil still lurks in the details. As Mayor said, why run around in a circle, when 3 right turns would get you where you want?  Why search for $179 million to erect cameras and monitors every 5 blocks on every avenue south of 60th or 86th St to screen and retain data on 2,796,000 vehicle movements each business day to locate the needle in a haystack CBD resident who hasn't already been charged, when $7 million of the same equipment on 6 inbound spans of the four free bridges and on 13 southbound roads crossing 60th St would catch every entry, double the mayor's congestion reduction goal, cost 1/25 to build, 1/10 to operate and generate a reliable $500 million a year for transit?  When the mayor walks out of his London flat, doesn't he see curb markings that prohbit parking without a permit, taxi stands, people using cell phones to hook up wth GPS-dispatched taxis and signs at bus stops posting short waits for dollar buses, all of which are far more effective than an ACLU-troubling tracking network to record a discounted charge fot illusive internal trips so they can travel the rest of the day free?  As usual, CK reveals essential truth more eloquently than the rest of us. But the devil still lurks in the details. As Mayor said, why run around in a circle, when 3 right turns would get you where you want?  Why search for $179 million to erect cameras and monitors every 5 blocks on every avenue south of 60th or 86th St to screen and retain data on 2,796,000 vehicle movements each business day to locate the needle in a haystack CBD resident who hasn’t already been charged, when $7 million of the same equipment on 6 inbound spans of the four free bridges and on 13 southbound roads crossing 60th St would catch every entry, double the mayor’s congestion reduction goal, cost 1/25 to build, 1/10 to operate and generate a reliable $500 million a year for transit?  When the mayor walks out of his London flat, doesn’t he see curb markings that prohbit parking without a permit, taxi stands, people using cell phones to hook up wth GPS-dispatched taxis and signs at bus stops posting short waits for dollar buses, all of which are far more effective than an ACLU-troubling tracking network to record a discounted charge fot illusive internal trips so they can travel the rest of the day free? 

]]> http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/11/02/bloomberg-to-urge-carbon-tax/#comment-8273 Streetsblog » Bloomberg Declares Support for a National Carbon Tax Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:45:42 +0000 http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/11/02/bloomberg-to-urge-carbon-tax/#comment-8273 [...] Times story.)Needless to say, Charles Komanoff at the recently spiffed-up Carbon Tax Center, thinks this is a big deal (worthy of an Oscar or a Nobel Peace Prize, perhaps?):With his speech today, Mayor Bloomberg joins [...] […] Times story.)Needless to say, Charles Komanoff at the recently spiffed-up Carbon Tax Center, thinks this is a big deal (worthy of an Oscar or a Nobel Peace Prize, perhaps?):With his speech today, Mayor Bloomberg joins […]

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