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U.S. emissions curbs pushing Canada towards carbon cap-and-trade system

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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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NDP facing a fight on the carbon tax

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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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  • Published: Apr 12th, 2009
  • Category: USA
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Cost is a key issue for caps on carbon

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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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Recession and the prospects for carbon trading

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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

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Subprime Carbon?

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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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  • Published: Jan 27th, 2009
  • Category: USA
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Commission to discuss carbon cap-and-trade system for Florida

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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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Debate flares over how to cut greenhouse gases

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Attacking climate change through a complex greenhouse gas trading system is a centerpiece of the incoming Obama administrations 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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Is Carbon Tax Beating Cap and Trade? Exxon CEO Favors a Tax

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

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  • Published: Jan 4th, 2009
  • Category: Global
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Obama may act faster on carbon dioxide emissions

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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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The Cost of Cutting Carbon

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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 indi

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