Sentences with phrase «enacted carbon taxes»

Hawkins also said for Earth Day that New York should commit to 100 % clean energy by 2030, stop all new fossil fuel infrastructure and enact a carbon tax.

He will also address the upcoming Earth Day holiday, and New York's need for 100 % clean energy by 2030, stopping all new fossil fuel infrastructure, and enacting a carbon tax.

Boulder to Get a 40 Acre - Bike Park In addition to being one of America's most bike - friendly cities, Boulder, Colorado is also known for its progressive policies (such an enacting a carbon tax and creating a smart grid).

Given the time frame for US elections, unless the new president enacts a carbon tax within the first few months of taking office, we are going to miss the real window of opportunity.

The U.S. could adopt newer, tighter carbon rules to meet international climate obligations, or enact a carbon tax that increases the cost of fossil fuels.

It's only responsible to force a shift away from fossil fuels by enacting a carbon tax.

The United States could seek approval to tax imported goods in proportion to their carbon dioxide emissions if exporting countries failed to enact carbon taxes at home.

Whatever the AEI folks thought the event was about, the agenda clearly outlines a strategy meeting to develop the PR / legislative campaign to promote and enact carbon taxes.

The measure also rescinds regulations on greenhouse gas emissions, such as the Clean Air Rule, in exchange for enacting the carbon tax.

An alternative scenario would be for China to act first by enacting a carbon tax within its borders.

Specifically, we hope they are considering what could — and we think probably will — happen if Congress does not enact a carbon tax.

In particular, we've supported the grassroots effort underway to enact a carbon tax in Washington State, either through legislative action or a referendum in November 2016.

Today, the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a prominent conservative think tank, hosted a secret, four - and - a-half hour meeting of pols, wonks, and activists, including several self - identified «progressives,» to develop a PR / legislative strategy to promote and enact a carbon tax.

New Guide to Oil Depletion for Local Authorities Whether it's Boulder, Colorado enacting a carbon tax; Sydney becoming Australia's first carbon - neutral government body; or Somerset County Council becoming the first «Transition Local Authority» in

Last, price - responsiveness will grow as households have opportunities to buy more fuel - efficient vehicles and appliances, and as society transitions to a more fuel - efficient infrastructure — once we enact carbon taxes to send clear and strong price signals.

The economist Robert Frank; the sociologist Theda Skocpol; the blogger Ezra Klein; and my Brookings colleagues Warwick McKibben, Adele Morris, and Peter Wilcoxen have all in the last few months proposed enacting a carbon tax for purposes of averting «Taxmageddon» and discouraging carbon pollution.

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Voicing support for a carbon tax through the Climate Leadership Council is good, but it's time to start actively lobbying for such policies, and supporting politicians who will enact them.

The deal she hammered out with most of the provinces late last year urges them to enact carbon pricing, but promises that even if Ottawa has to step in to impose a tax, they'll get to keep the revenues.

He had campaigned on enacting a revenue - neutral carbon tax, but noted that Republican primary voters started to break out in hives on mentioning carbon and moved toward anaphylactic shock at the word tax.

A carbon tax enacted today that is immediately and completely successful at eliminating all U.S. CO2 emission would lower rise in temperature expected by the end of the century around 10 %.

Australia is close to enacting its first tax on carbon emissions.

And what is our blueprint for building political power to enact such a carbon tax, when «tax» remains a dirty word in national politics?

The good news is that we could insulate ourselves from catastrophic risk at relatively modest cost by enacting a steep carbon tax.

With its editorial, The Case for a Carbon Tax, the New York Times joins the growing community of opinion leaders, policy experts and, yes, elected officials who not only recognize the power of carbon taxes to quickly and equitably reduce emissions but also sense the emergence of a political critical mass that can enact fees into law.

The most one could say is that these sorts of groups have opposed specific legislation, such as carbon taxes or drilling bans, that Brulle wants politicians to enact into law.50 This opposition may explain a lot about Brulle's motivations, and it definitely shows that he's more interested in political victories than science, but it says nothing about how Americans form their views of the science of Global Warming.

If they don't enact a stiff tax on carbon in 2021; and if they don't start using the full legal authority of the Clean Air Act to regulate all sources of carbon emissions — implementing what is in effect a carbon fuel rationing scheme — then they can be rightly accused of being totally dishonest and hypocritical in claiming to be concerned about the impacts of climate change.

For these reasons, as governments enact policies to address the risks of climate change, we believe that market - based efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions — like a revenue - neutral carbon tax — are more economically efficient policy options than regulations, mandates, or standards.

Only Congress can enact an economy - wide carbon tax.

So what we need to do is restrict the use of carbon base fossil fuels, enact a massive tax increase that will affect the poor and third world most of all, and... oh yeah... turn control of the world energy economy to lolwot and his friends.

And, oh yes, cynics who said the U.S. could never enact a meaningful carbon tax.

[W] e could insulate ourselves from catastrophic [climate] risk at relatively modest cost by enacting a steep carbon tax.

U.S. carbon tax legislation should include border tax adjustments to help protect domestic industry from unfair competition and to tax imports of other nations until they enact their own taxes on carbon pollution.

[A] carbon tax... should be enacted now [but] set at zero for 2011 and 2012.

Citizens in Washington State and five other states are campaigning to enact statewide carbon taxes.

With a carbon tax, laws or regulations are enacted that establish a fee per ton of carbon emissions from a sector or the whole economy.

The report's policy prescription, the most provocative of which is the proposed implementation of a carbon tax, includes the following measures to be enacted over a period of five years:

We published an article in The Nation magazine decrying left - green dogmatism that doomed the campaign in Washington state to enact the USA's first carbon tax.

Find out where carbon taxes have been enacted or proposed around the world, including in Canada, Ireland, Australia, Chile, Scandinavia, and Washington State.

While I agree that a carbon tax, oil tax, or gas tax would probably be more effective that a windfall profits tax, I don't think any of the foregoing have a snowball's chance of being enacted.

British Columbia has enacted and annually increased its revenue - neutral carbon tax with popular support by dedicating all revenue to reducing a variety of other taxes ranging from sales taxes to business taxes.

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.

Likewise, environmentalists in British Columbia, which enacted the first tax on carbon dioxide emissions in North America two years ago, are incensed that Vancouver has blossomed into a major coal loading location.