Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

Letter: The solution is a carbon tax

05/14/2013 by James Handley

Congress: Tax Carbon Pollution (Concord Monitor, LTE)


Salem 2013: ‘Gut-and-Stuff’ move could kicker-start Oregon carbon tax

05/14/2013 by James Handley

Oregon Legislature Studying Carbon Tax (Portland Business Journal)


Mark Sanford’s New Integrity Test on Climate

05/9/2013 by Charles Komanoff

Could Mark Sanford Lead Republicans Out of Climate-Denial Wilderness? (Bill Becker, Climate Progress)


Carbon tax is best option Congress has

05/8/2013 by James Handley

Carbon Tax is Best Option Congress Has (Washington Post Editorial)


US House Ways and Means panel releases details of energy tax reform plans

05/7/2013 by James Handley

Report To Ways & Means Suggests Carbon Tax (Platts)


Carbon tax backers quietly forge ahead

05/5/2013 by Charles Komanoff

Carbon tax backers quietly forge ahead in D.C. (The Hill)

Filed under Carbon Tax,News,Politics

In Need of a Nudge? Carbon Tax and Making Polluters Pay

05/3/2013 by James Handley

Carbon Tax — Making Polluters Pay (G. Wagner, Energy Collective)


The Cost of Doing Nothing

04/30/2013 by James Handley

The Cost of Doing Nothing (Sarah Kellogg, Washington Lawyer)


Europe’s cap-and-trade program is in trouble. Can it be fixed?

04/26/2013 by James Handley

Should Carbon Tax Replace EU’s Cap & Trade? (Brad Plumer, WaPo)


Senate panel’s paper suggests looking at carbon tax

04/26/2013 by James Handley

Senate Finance Paper Suggests Carbon Tax (The Hill)

Filed under Carbon Tax,News,Politics