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Tesla’s Elon Musk Calls Carbon Tax “Ideal”
The take-home from Musk is that subsidies may be good and may be bad as policy tools, but they are inferior to a carbon tax.
Australia Passes Landmark Carbon Tax
Under a controversial new plan passed in the Australian parliament today, Australia’s 500 biggest greenhouse gas emitters will pay $23 for every ton of carbon they emit.
Skeptical Environmentalist Lomborg Likely to Lose Funding
Research institute led by Danish political scientist Bjorn Lomborg, a controversial figure in climate policy, could lose millions under Denmark’s new left-center coalition government.
What US Lawmakers Can Learn from Australia’s Carbon Tax
A climate bill is again on the table in Australia after Prime Minister Julia Gillard Sunday outlined a plan to reduce the country’s annual carbon emissions by 159 million tons 2020.
EPA Dips a Cautious Toe in the Tepid Waters of Carbon Dioxide Regulation
So as the 111th Congress adjourns and President Obama heads to Hawaii to join his family for Christmas, the wheels of the U.S. Government continue to roll, albeit cautiously, toward the goal of regulating and ultimately reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
