Sentences with phrase «carbon tax proposals»

Confederation isn't easy when it comes to drawing together Provincial, Territorial and Federal carbon tax proposals

The Hill (10/26/12) reports: «A conservative think tank will host a forum next month on carbon tax proposals — and this time it's on the record... The American Enterprise Institute is the venue for the Nov. 13 event on the economics of carbon taxes, which AEI is hosting with two other think tanks, the Brookings Institution and Resources for the Future, and the International Monetary Fund.»

But generating new government dollars isn't their purpose; indeed, distributing revenues from carbon taxes as carbon dividends, or using them to reduce or phase out existing (and onerous) taxes like payroll taxes in revenue - neutral «tax shifts or swaps,» is built into many carbon tax proposals, most of which the Carbon Tax Center strongly supports.

In other words, ExxonMobil's lobbying against carbon tax proposals in Massachusetts occurred largely behind the scenes.

The carbon tax proposals also come in a range and the two ranges are roughly identical.

All current Washington state carbon tax proposals lag behind British Columbia, whose carbon tax rate will be climbing to $ 50 (in Canadian dollars) per ton by 2021.

And most carbon tax proposals do not have rates high enough to meet this test... or bear this criticism.

In contrast, carbon tax proposals introduced in this Congress by Rep. John Larson (D - CT) and Rep. James McDermott (D - WA) would rise briskly to exceed $ 100 per metric ton within a decade, which we estimate would reduce U.S. emissions below this year's levels by more than one - fourth in that time (and by nearly a third below 2005 emissions).

HEM is appropriate for this analysis, and similar models have been used in the past to understand the economic effects of other carbon tax proposals.

Stephane Dion's carbon tax proposal would have started at $ 10 per tonne and risen to $ 40 per tonne.

Mr Trudeau has increasingly shown himself as a hypocrite about global warming, accepting a helicopter ride to a private island to enjoy a free family vacation with a billionaire and putting forward a carbon tax proposal whihc is insufficient.

Beyond the policy implications, the Climate Leadership Council's carbon tax proposal is just the latest example of policy solutions crafted by and made for cultural elites.»

Second, as I discuss this week on National Journal's energy blog, there are only two defensible reasons for economic liberty / limited government advocates to consider a carbon tax proposal such as the MCP.

But independent analysis by the Stanford Energy Modeling Forum suggests that Sanders» carbon tax proposal would establish a price on carbon one - third of what would be necessary to achieve the 80 % reduction in emissions that he claims.

His carbon tax proposal contravenes globally agreed principles and plays into the hands of those opposed to urgent action -LSB-...] Read More»

The Shultz - Baker carbon tax proposal — outlining a $ 40 per ton tax on carbon dioxide emissions (to be collected at the refinery level or well, mine, or port), with revenue returned to the American public — has been hotly debated since it was released in early February.

Senator Michael Barrett, who sponsored S. 1747, has since reintroduced his carbon tax proposal as S. 1021, and climate advocates are planning a campaign to support the bill during the 2017 - 2018 legislative session in Massachusetts.

The $ 2 billion carbon tax proposal, modeled on a successful tax in neighboring British Columbia, offered a carrot - and - stick approach to effect change.

We allied ourselves with the Climate Leadership Council's audacious Republican - branded carbon tax proposal.

Mr. Bloomberg presented his carbon tax proposal in a speech this afternoon at a two - day climate protection summit in Seattle organized by the United States Conference of Mayors.

Inglis sounded a strongly optimistic — some might say naive — note in a March 2017 interview with Ensia.com, when asked whether the Trump administration might warm to the Baker - Shultz carbon tax proposal enunciated in Feb. 2017 by the Climate Leadership Council (see description above):

Not exact matches

Other proposals include a carbon tax on gasoline sales, limiting deductibility of state taxes for businesses by imposing the same caps that now apply to individuals, and taxing generous employer - provided health care plans.

This echoed an earlier proposal by center - right former French president Nicolas Sarkozy to levy a new border tariff on U.S. exports seeking to enter the EU in the event of a Paris withdrawal, as well as a call from the chairman of ArcelorMittal, a major global steel company, for Europe to establish a carbon border tax.

The economic recovery remains fragile and we will not pursue initiatives like the NDP that would destroy Canadian jobs, including Mr. Mulcair's proposal to introduce a carbon tax.»

They are not governments - that kind of deal - making comes in December (or rather in the glacial negotiating sessions throughout this year), so I see no problem with them having earnest conversations deep into the night about the relative merits of carbon taxes over cap and trade, or any other issue, that have no substantive outcome other than to generate more research proposals, newspaper column inches and comments in well - meaning blogs.

Yet even liberal groups call her «fee» proposal what it truly is — a «direct carbon tax.»

By Sean Ryan A proposal to use a federal gasoline tax increase to pay for carbon - emissions research is frustrating builder associations that want the money for highway construction.

Alberta will introduce a $ 15.25 per metric ton tax on 1 January 2017 (rising to $ 22.87 by 2018), but Premier Rachel Notley said in a statement that although the province supports the notion of national carbon pricing, it «will not be supporting this proposal absent serious concurrent progress on energy infrastructure, to ensure we have the economic means to fund these policies.»

To allow solar to continue to soar, the 2016 U.S. Budget includes proposals «to reform and renew tax credits that incentivize the deployment of wind, solar, and carbon capture sequestration technologies.»

An early target of the campaign is European proposals for a carbon tax on fossil fuels, rising to $ 10 per barrel by the end of the decade.

If we are in a global warming crisis today, even the most aggressive and costly proposals for limiting industrial carbon dioxide emissions and all other government proposals and taxes would have a negligible effect on global climate!

Also, all of his proposals will cost money through hidden taxes (this has to be paid for somehow) rather unleashing the technology and CONSERVATION by 300m citizens thru a revenue neutral carbon tax.

All of the proposals, carbon tax, cap - and - trade, cap - and - dividend, and Manhattan - style deployment of technology all suffer from this myopia.

The devil is always in the detail so let's wait and see what the French proposals are but we need carbon taxes urgently as the background for improving on current and developing new technology.

China will not establish a price for carbon, through a tax or emissions limits, which are at the center of the ICAP proposal, unless doing so is in their economic self - interest.

Can't anyone see beyond the almost useless proposals of carbon taxes, cap and trade and more energy efficient vehicles, because those proposals do nothing to remove any molecules of carbon dioxide from the 35 % and growing overload of that gas in the atmosphere.

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.

The carbon tax James Baker brought to the Trump White House on February 8 on behalf of the new Climate Leadership Council has a lot in common with I - 732: The Council's proposal is also avowedly revenue neutral.

I personally prefer McKitrick's proposal for a carbon tax that rises as the climate warms and which is fully rebated equally to every citizen.

Given the tax reform effort currently under way in Congress this would seem an appropriate time to consider the usefulness of a carbon tax to increase Federal revenue even though no such proposal (happily) is in the current tax bill.

When asked about specific proposals to reduce climate change, most Democrats (90 %) and smaller majorities of Republicans (65 %) say that restrictions on power plant emissions would make a difference in reducing climate change, as would tax incentives encouraging businesses to reduce their carbon emissions (85 % and 65 %, respectively).

The Governor's proposal prescribes a technical approach to decide which businesses qualify for carbon tax exemptions, and those exemptions must be renewed periodically.

This is a staggering number, one that goes far beyond any carbon emission tax or cap - and - trade carbon - price proposals to date.

His proposal, introduced on Earth Day at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, would tax carbon dioxide and CO2 equivalents from methane and other sources at a rate of $ 30 per metric ton, increasing annually at 4 % above inflation.

Directly offsetting the tax regressivity impacts of the carbon price is not part of any of these proposals but would be an implementation option under both the Governor's and Ranker's bills.

One week before, I e-mailed this aide links to Wall Street Journal commentary supporting a carbon tax from October 2016 and another WSJ article, A Growth - Friendly Climate Change Proposal.

Moreover, the proposal to return this tax to District residents vis periodic rebate checks would be a wonderful thing for District residents, provided that residents who use a reasonable amount of carbon - emitting energy over a period of time are able to recoup the fees they paid.

«A sensible carbon tax might began at $ 40 a ton and increase steadily over time,» the group's proposal said.

George C. Marshall Institute (5/3/13) reports: «The year 2013 will see a major political debate over proposals for a carbon tax — a tax on emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), particularly carbon -LSB-...]

Just about the dumbest reaction to the quitting - Paris thing: a proposal for a carbon tax against US exports.