The carbon tax has remained at $ 30 / t since 2012 and the previous Liberal government showed no inclination to increase it further other than to match the federal carbon price floor in 2021. (macleans.ca)
Now with the imposition of a federal carbon price floor nationally, we can expect a more equal burden of costs across provincial emitters. (corporateknights.com)
In the United States, coal's dominance in the power sector has been eroded by low gas prices; in China, coal demand has fallen due to lower use in the industrial and residential sectors linked to efforts to improve air quality; while in the United Kingdom a recently introduced carbon price floor has rung the death knell for coal use in power generation. (iea.org)