Sentences with phrase «carbon pricing legislation»

According to that report, 150 companies worldwide impose a price on carbon in their internal operations and investment decisions and 212 companies are directly engaging with policymakers in support of carbon pricing legislation.

But we harbor no illusions that current Republican officeholders will provide political leadership or even partnership for meaningful carbon pricing legislation.

POW is currently working on carbon pricing legislation in state governments across the US.

Proposed carbon pricing legislation in the U.S. as well as low carbon fuel standards being adopted by California and other states could make many oil sands projects marginal or entirely uneconomic in future.

The State Carbon Pricing Action Team provides updates on the status of Oregon carbon pricing legislation and on opportunities for volunteers to support those efforts.

Boston, MA — 71 Senators and Representatives signed onto a letter urging the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities, and Energy (TUE) to support carbon pricing legislation.

As you know, we are ready to negotiate on the specifics of carbon pricing legislation.

Proposed carbon pricing legislation in the U.S. as well as low carbon fuel standards being adopted by California and other states could make many oil sands projects marginal or entirely uneconomic in future.

Bernardi, who helped establish «grassroots» groups to fight Australia's carbon price legislation, had been Abbott's shadow parliamentary secretary until he was forced to resign last year over remarks linking same - sex marriage to bestiality.

Since entering Government in September, Tony Abbott has already abolished Australia's publicly - funded Climate Commission, re-iterated his «blood oath» to repeal the country's carbon price legislation and has pushed on with attempts to scrap the $ 10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation.

In a column that appeared in the May 2011 issue of Australian Resources and Investments Magazine, Rinehart wrote about her opposition to Australia's carbon price legislation and a proposed tax on mining profits — both of which have now been passed into law.

Six of the books were bought two months before Christensen was appointed by the then opposition to sit on a key committee to examine carbon price legislation.

The Liberals have promised in no uncertain terms to repeal the carbon price legislation, not merely change it.

Not exact matches

Abbott has also introduced legislation into parliament to axe Labor's Climate Change Authority, which advises the government on emissions - reduction targets, and to repeal its tax on carbon pricing.

Although PCAST called for «very substantial mitigation,» its report declined to recommend the idea of putting a price on carbon pollution, a centerpiece of climate legislation that Congress rejected earlier in Obama's term - or the administration's pending decision on whether to permit the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada.

«Over the longer term,» says Bradley Campbell, the former commissioner of New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection and now chief counsel to the PurGen project, «we're going to need a price on carbon, whether it's a tax or cap - and - trade legislation, for this plant to meet its potential.»

Price carbon emissions through cap - and - trade legislation or by imposing a carbon tax?

-- Administration analyses of proposed climate change legislation suggest that C.C.S. technologies will not be widely deployed in the next two decades absent financial incentives that supplement projected carbon prices....

In all of the fevered recent discussions over next steps for climate legislation, I haven't heard anyone put forward a template for a bill that would lock in a carbon pricing path coming anywhere close to $ 60 to $ 95 a ton on a timescale that would make the technology globally competitive in time to blunt the burst of emissions coming by 2030 in China and India.

Eric Pooley, the deputy editor of Bloomberg Businessweek, spent long stretches of the last three years immersed with a variety of combatants in the intensifying battle over legislation aimed at putting a price on carbon dioxide emissions.

Today, four Democratic Congressmen released draft legislation that would put a price on carbon released by polluters.

Price carbon emissions through cap - and - trade legislation or by imposing a carbon tax?

WTF is going on?Well, the short of it is, at face value, that senator Graham has been uneasy about climate legislation for a little while — after health care reform passed, he made comments about energy reform being dead in the water, and long before that he'd drawn fire from his own party for working with Democrats and pursuing a bill that would price carbon.

An unfortunate aspect of economic analyses of the impacts of carbon pricing is that they usually only consider the costs of such legislation, while ignoring the benefits associated with slowing global warming.

Under proposed revenue - neutral carbon tax legislation, about two - thirds of taxpayers are projected to receive more in refunds than they pay in higher energy prices.

But the possible «changes and extensions or whatever» for a tougher scheme — and a carbon price — are buried in the deal Tony Abbott's climate minister, Greg Hunt, did with crossbench senators to pass the Direct Action legislation.

Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Rep. Earl Blumenauer, and Senator Brian Schatz released draft carbon - pricing legislation (March 2013); see HERE.

With Republicans tightly lashed to climate denial, the value of Baker's carbon - tax proposal may be less as a gateway to legislation and more as a spur for progressives and other citizens to take a clear look at carbon pricing.

So, after some farcical manoeuvres, the Senate has passed Abbott's legislation removing the carbon price.

This is a great opportunity to ask your lawmakers whether they are committed to passing climate legislation, including a price on carbon, in front of their other constituents.

Recently, California's Senate President introduced legislation to significantly increase its carbon price while rebating the majority of the revenues back to residents in the form of a quarterly dividend.

Congress must pass legislation that puts a price on carbon and establish a cap - and - trade system.

Senator Lindsay Graham has reached across the aisle on climate policy, pursuing legislation with a Democratic Senator to put a price on carbon pollution.

If you don't accept the evidence on human - driven climate change and its likely harmful consequences, there is no need to support «comprehensive» legislation that would put a price on carbon through some framework to drive reductions in emissions.

Part 1, «Why carbon pricing will not succeed», is an edited extract from my submission to the Australian Senate inquiry into repeal of the carbon tax legislation (Submission No 2; Mr Peter Lang).

One example: There is legislation that would impose a price on carbon starting at $ 42 per ton.

«We find that for carbon pricing and big climate legislation, this legislative session is not impossible, but it's hard,» says Murphy.

French lawmakers passed legislation to increase the target price of carbon to 56 euros ($ 61.48) a ton in 2020 and 100 euros a ton in 2030, The rate, now 14.50 euros a ton, climbs to 22 euros a ton in 2016 and is integrated in a levy on fossil fuels.

Others in Congress support new legislation setting a price on carbon (with most recent attention focused on a revenue - neutral carbon tax).

House Democrats released a «discussion draft» of carbon tax legislation Tuesday and requested feedback on whether pricing per ton of carbon should result in a $ 15, $ 25, or $ 35 tax, as well as whether the price per ton annual increase

Bills to impose a carbon tax or create a cap - and - trade system are dead for now, although Boxer is nonetheless touting legislation to set a price on carbon emissions.

I've been planning for a while to write a post arguing that the one thing Julia Gillard can do to (at least, potentially) salvage her place in the history books is to secure passage of the carbon price package (and preferably the other outstanding items left over from the Rudd era, such as the mining tax legislation and health reform), then step aside, and let the Labor party choose a new leader.

The Post is correct that putting a price on carbon is the surest way to reduce greenhouse - gas emissions, and that it would be preferable for Congress to do this through legislation.

But as in previous surveys, far fewer people considered protecting the environment through such regulation more important than keeping energy prices low — an obstacle, obviously, for proposed legislation to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

As gas prices continued their upward trajectory, climate legislation to cap carbon emissions garnered less support in the U.S. Senate last summer than it had in 2003 and 2005.

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.

One of the persisting myths about comprehensive, carbon - pricing legislation is that it would cost the nation an arm and a leg to enact.

Just don't get your hopes for any sweeping attempts at a national carbon price or tax — federal legislation is going to be D.O.A. as long as the inertia of the Tea Party still grips Congress.

Now it's up to Congress to reflect the will of the people with legislation that truly and significantly bolsters the development of alternative energy — first and foremost by pricing carbon, of course.

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.