No phony offsets, no CDM, no futures markets to enrich investment bankers, a nice simple carbon tax that encourages private investment in carbon emission reduction. (tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com)
Both candidates, however, need to answer a crucial question: Why cap - and - trade when so many policy experts, seeing the troubles with carbon trading in Europe, now recommend a simpler carbon tax? (scientificamerican.com)
In the U.S. we can't even get a simple carbon tax instituted, though economists of every stripe support it. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)