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By: A Side of Rat Feces? (A History Lesson) « Global Warming: Man or Myth?

A Side of Rat Feces? (A History Lesson) « Global Warming: Man or Myth? — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:43:32 +0000

[...] There are numerous other examples of where business’ bottom line drove the decision- making even when those decisions were harming the public. Businesses today are repeating history by continuing to release massive amounts of greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere even though there is overwhelming evidence of the harmful effects of increased GHGs. It is foolish to think that these businesses will see the error of their ways and make the corrective changes. Once again, government will have to step in to protect us before it is too late. The solutions include: Carbon Fee & Dividend, Emission Trading (a.k.a. Cap and Trade), or Carbon Tax. [...]

By: Cap and Dividend Is Different From a Carbon Tax « True Cost

Cap and Dividend Is Different From a Carbon Tax « True Cost — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:56:05 +0000

[...] A carbon tax would put a price on carbon–generally by metric ton–and industry would be taxed based on their emmisions. The tax would be revenue-neutral in that the government would pass revenue on to consumers in the form of payroll, income and/or state sales tax relief. Or dividends (in the form of checks) paid directly to the public (carbontax.org). [...]

By: Carbon Tax is the Better Solution | University of Oregon College Democrats

Carbon Tax is the Better Solution | University of Oregon College Democrats — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:31:36 +0000

[...] their credits allow. All these policies might be better than nothing, but that says very little. A carbon tax is the better solution, due to its incentives and the fact that it treats the disease, not the [...]

By: A primer on climate change « Earth to Tracy

A primer on climate change « Earth to Tracy — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:31:45 +0000

[...] Cut global carbon dioxide emissions through cap and trade, or carbon tax (essentially, nations can only emit x amount of carbon dioxide, beyond that they will either have [...]

By: Carbon Pricing Primer « Left as an Exercise

Carbon Pricing Primer « Left as an Exercise — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:50:40 +0000

[...] but I can suggest the Center for American Progress’ Cap and Trade 101 on cap-and-trade, the Carbon Tax Center’s introduction for carbon taxation (advocacy group, so watch for spin, but what I’ve seen jives with my own [...]

By: An Inconvenient Truth II: Electric Boogaloo | csmonitor.com

An Inconvenient Truth II: Electric Boogaloo | csmonitor.com — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:00:33 +0000

[...] proposing? This: A revenue-neutral carbon tax, one that replaces employment taxes. (Here’s a fairly straightforward explanation of what a carbon tax is, from a group that advocates its adoption.) Such a tax would be a hard sell [...]

By: CO2: Even Our Lowest Targets Are TOO HIGH!! « The Misanthropic Principle

CO2: Even Our Lowest Targets Are TOO HIGH!! « The Misanthropic Principle — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:35:00 +0000

[...] No Tax Increase — Read this one for an explanation of how a carbon tax would not increase taxes overall. [...]

By: Live Blogging: April’s Fools, a carbon tax proposal! — actually, not a joke « Climate and energy

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:09:18 +0000

[...] proceeds of the carbon tax to those most directly affected. According to the policy experts at the Carbon Tax Center: Revenue-neutral means that little if any of the tax revenues raised by taxing carbon emissions [...]

By: After Gutenberg » City Capable Plug-in Hybrids

After Gutenberg » City Capable Plug-in Hybrids — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:50:50 +0000

[...] 2Why carbon taxes are essential for avoiding runaway climate change This entry was written by jcwinnie, posted on 2007-9-26 at 1:26 pm, filed under advocacy, commerce, competition, design, economics, energy, environment, forecast, manufacturing, problem, standards, testing, transportation and tagged electric drive, plug-in hybrid, traction battery. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.SIMILARLY TAGGED POSTS: Plug-In Conversions [...]

By: Another Day, Another Carbon Tax « Colorado Union of Taxpayers Weblog

Another Day, Another Carbon Tax « Colorado Union of Taxpayers Weblog — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:19:38 +0000

[...] give away their game with the following comment: That is why the two “return” approaches discussed above — carbon dividends or tax-shifting [...]