The JP Forum is hosting a panel co-sponsored by 350 Massachusetts / Better Future Project and the Coalition for a Clean Energy
Future on carbon pricing on Wednesday November 4th at 7:00 pm at the First Church Jamaica Plain, 6 Elliot St., Jamaica Plain
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Producing more clean energy, reducing energy waste and putting a
price on carbon pollution will create sustainable jobs, diversify Alberta's economy and make the province more competitive and resilient in the
future.
To get those technologies off the shelf, a
price on carbon is needed — but that
price should start low and rise over time — it is the
future price of
carbon at the time when a new technology has emerged that provides the incentive for innovation, not the
price of
carbon today.
I would like to pursue, as much as possible, to increase our knowledge of
carbon price and
future emissions, and our knowledge
on reducing the institutional barriers to adopting a
carbon price system.
How one sees the answer boils down to an important difference in perspective
on how to best deal with climate change: Do we (a) try to influence the course of
future human development using
carbon pricing as the main policy tool?
Second, there must be a moderate
price on carbon emissions, and both businesses and consumers must recognize that this
carbon price will continue to increase in the
future.
If you're building your theory about the
future on oil depletion and permanently high
prices, that sets the entire economic frame for a
carbon - free renewable
future.
«We are calling
on policy - makers to respond to the prospect of triggering
future climate tipping points by applying the brakes now and putting a high
price on carbon emissions before it is too late,» says one of the authors, Tim Lenton, professor of climate change and earth system science at the University of Exeter.
He also co-founded and served as executive director for Climate XChange, a Massachusetts - based nonprofit advocating for
carbon pricing, as well as the Massachusetts Campaign for a Clean Energy
Future, a statewide coalition of organizations working to put a
price on carbon.
In a new report, experts from the Union of Concerned Scientists examine different
future energy scenarios and find that it is possible not only to scale back energy's reliance
on water, but also to reduce
carbon emissions and provide reliable power at a reasonable
price.
A state - mandated
price on carbon will ensure that all businesses do more to ensure a healthy
future for ourselves and our children.
«More than two dozen of the nation's biggest corporations, including the five major oil companies, are planning their
future growth
on the expectation that the government will force them to pay a
price for
carbon pollution as a way to control global warming.»
S&P says
future carbon constraints need to be factored into credit assessments for the oil sector — along with uncertain
future oil
prices and rising operational costs — and financial models that rely
on past financial performance are no longer adequate.
«A properly designed revenue - neutral
price on carbon will improve economic efficiency, promote better environmental outcomes than existing policy and allow market forces to determine the course to a lower -
carbon future.»
Its prediction of «substantial»
future gas flows is based
on Treasury's
carbon price modeling, which suggests a
carbon price of around $ 40 / t out to 2025, and then an assumption that it will flat - line beyond that.
In recent years, Harvard faculty members have made many vital contributions in this area, such as creating an artificial leaf that mimics photosynthesis, designing new chemical processes to reduce fossil fuel dependence, developing new battery technologies, envisioning the
future of green buildings and cities, proposing
carbon pricing models, and helping to shape progress
on international climate agreements, US energy policy, and strategies to reduce emissions in China.
For all of us, a
price on carbon will hasten the decline of emissions that will imperil our environment and economy for
future generations.
There is an incentive to be the first to put an honest
price on carbon:
future global technologic and economic leadership.
The letter emphasizes, «Effective disclosure of the market risks from climate change would focus
on how low -
carbon scenarios would impact commodity demand and
price and include the knock -
on effects of those shifts
on future capital expenditure plans, liquidity and reserves valuations, if any.»
Growth could reach up to 5 - 10 % of total transport energy, depending
on future oil and
carbon prices, improvements in car efficiency and technological advances.
Wanted to share this Washington Post analysis «Why identity politics couldn't clinch a Clinton win» as it seems relevant now as
future efforts to get a
price on carbon passed in Washington are pursued.
On January 29, 2014, we searched Factiva — an online research tool for accessing content from different sources (viz. newspapers, journals, and magazines)-- for newspaper articles containing statements regarding the
future costs of Australia's
carbon pricing scheme — commonly referred to as the «
carbon tax».
By reporting potential emissions, a company would acknowledge its contribution to the
carbon budget and implicitly show that it is preparing to respond to policies and market signals for a low -
carbon future, such as a
price on carbon pollution.
Instruments such as
carbon taxes that are designed to increase the cost of burning fossil fuels rely
on decision makers to develop expectations about
future trajectories of fuel
prices and other economic conditions.
Both carrots and sticks — participation in a global
carbon trading system, for example, or the imposition of border tax penalties based
on carbon pricing — are options that could be considered in the
future.
Impacts of a climate policy
on coal use will depend upon the type of climate policy employed, the stringency of the policy, the
future price of natural gas, the
future cost and penetration of nuclear and renewable technologies, and the cost of coal - fired generation with
carbon capture and storage technologies.
«Our past, present and
future environmental management actions — including the fact that Alberta already has a
price on carbon and was the first place in North America to legally require all large industry to curb emissions — are unmatched by any oil producing region in the world,» Premier Alison Redford said in a companion statement.
Planning for the
future price of emitting one ton of
carbon dioxide can seem like a game of chance, in which electric utilities and other stakeholders are forced to bet
on uncertainties.
The difference between a shadow
price and a
carbon tax is that the shadow
price is applied to projected emissions of
future investments, while a
carbon tax is applied
on current emissions.
The Fine Print Despite all of this real world progress, the Lima text failed to take obvious steps to incentivize the transition to a clean energy
future, steps like putting a
price on carbon, eliminating perverse fossil fuel subsidies and increasing support for developing countries to leapfrog to modern, low -
carbon economies.
I would prefer that Congress pass a law that puts a
price on carbon, thereby unleashing the innovation of the marketplace to create a clean energy
future.
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future.
He will be researching the competitiveness impacts of
carbon pricing and determining the impact of deliberative dialogues
on Canada's energy
future.
Whether or not it ever gets built will depend
on how serious GM is about becoming a leader in green vehicle design;
future climate legislation (namely, the
price we put
on carbon); hydrogen infrastructure, and how that hydrogen is made; the cost of fuel cells; and the cost of batteries.
In order to break through the logjam of actually getting a
price on carbon established, Hansen argues that President Obama needs to get more involved and «use his bully pulpit to persuade Congress to do what is right for the nation and
future generations.»
A variety of consultants have also argued that Arctic oil is too expensive to find and develop in either a low oil
price environment or in a
future world with a higher
price on carbon emissions.
It has been argued that a scenario phasing out
carbon emissions fast enough to stabilize climate this century, limiting further warming to a maximum of several tenths of a degree Celsius, is still possible, but it would require a rising
price on carbon emissions sufficient to spur transition to a clean energy
future without burning all fossil fuels (33).
Almost every idea that might bring us a better
future would be made much easier if the cost of fossil fuel was higher — if there was some kind of a tax
on carbon emissions that made the
price of coal and oil and gas reflect its true environmental cost.»
Not waiting for national legislation to set a
price on carbon and kickstart the journey to a low -
carbon future, Montgomery County, Maryland has enacted one the country's first
carbon taxes.
These are important first steps towards putting a
price on carbon, and to protect our
future we all need to get behind them.