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The idea of “carbon tariff”, a tax on import from countries which are not taking similar environmental measures as the importing country, is gaining support. The United States is considering its own cap-and-trade system to reduce domestic emission levels.

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Posted on April 22, 2009 · in Global

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U.S. efforts to curb emissions of greenhouse gases mean Canada will have to put a price on carbon and set up a national cap-and-trade system, an official panel said Thursday.

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Posted on April 17, 2009 · in Global

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Carole James’s standard response when anyone raises the enormous gulf that’s opened between her and parts of the environmental movement over the carbon tax is that “we’ve agreed to disagree.”

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Posted on April 14, 2009 · in Global

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Reducing emissions of carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas scientists have linked to global warming, will surely increase your monthly electric bill, experts say.

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Posted on April 12, 2009 · in USA

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For years, analysts have pointed to carbon dioxide cap-and-trade systems as the ideal solution to the global warming crisis, proclaiming that the best way to “go green” is through the power of green – money. And these days, carbon cap-and-trade is downright in vogue: As the market for carbon futures continues to expand, countries from Japan to Australia to the U.S. have started introducing their own national initiatives.

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Posted on April 2, 2009 · in Global

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As policymakers debate Wall Street reform, there is little attention being paid to whether new regulations will be adequate to govern carbon trading and the carbon derivatives markets, which many experts believe could become larger than credit derivatives markets.

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Posted on March 29, 2009 · in Global

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The Florida Energy and Climate Commission holds its second meeting this morning to discuss, among other things, a carbon cap-and-trade system for Florida.

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Posted on January 27, 2009 · in USA

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Attacking climate change through a complex greenhouse gas trading system is a centerpiece of the incoming Obama administration’s energy policy. But economists and energy analysts of all ideological stripes are saying a better approach to getting a cleaner atmosphere might involve a political dirty word — tax.

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Posted on January 19, 2009 · in Global

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Carbon taxes got a somewhat unlikely ally today: Rex Tillerson, CEO of ExxonMobil.

“My greatest concern is that policy makers will attempt to mandate or ordain solutions that are doomed to fail,” such as a cap-and-trade system, Tillerson said in a speech at the Woodrow Wilson Center, according to a report in Dow Jones. “A carbon tax would be a more direct and transparent approach.”

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Posted on January 9, 2009 · in Top Stories

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WASHINGTON – President George W. Bush could be forcing President-elect Barack Obama to act almost immediately to curb global warming, after years of the Bush administration’s fighting attempts to crack down on greenhouse gas emissions.

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Posted on January 4, 2009 · in Global

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The cheapest way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions is probably to put a price on them. One way to do that is a direct tax (see “Q&A”). Another is a cap-and-trade system, where the government sets an overall cap on emissions, but indi­vidual businesses trade emission allowances. But surprisingly, a carbon penalty may do little to increase reliance on renewable energy or reduce petroleum consumption.

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Posted on December 23, 2008 · in Top Stories