Sentences with phrase «of a carbon tax»

What is the likely impact of the carbon tax on the amount of emissions produced by these companies?

Only 23 CEOs, or 20 %, were in favour of a carbon tax in the current poll.

You'll see our estimates of carbon tax revenues by clicking here and clicking the link in the fourth paragraph.

I like the idea of a carbon tax because it makes use of a highly developed infrastructure that we sometimes don't remember to consider.

They should focus on the main game — the introduction of a carbon tax later this year.

This is partly because the penalties imposed by governments in the form of a carbon tax or charges for pollution permits are so low that there is no incentive for carbon capture.

They're in favor of a carbon tax, and direct investment in cleaner infrastructure.

Some have claimed energy costs would rise because of a carbon tax, but little attention has been given to what would happen to food costs.

These estimates also completely ignore the benefits of the carbon tax policy.

What level of carbon tax is necessary to ensure that at some time in the future the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere will stabilize?

None of those characteristics describe congressional opponents of carbon taxes (or other consumption taxes).

I have always been an advocate of a carbon tax along with the removal of all fossil fuel subsidies.

The proponents of carbon taxes or other pie in the sky schemes never want to consider those questions.

But: what kind of carbon tax would you need to make a serious dent in carbon output, of the order that we need to deal with climate change?

On the carbon tax front, a 2nd substitute version of the carbon tax bill has just come out (find it here).

Actually, I am becoming optimistic about raising the price of fossil fuels with some sort of carbon tax.

The advantage of carbon taxes relative to binding emissions reductions is particularly applicable to countries with weak governance structures.

The second graph shows, among other things, how brown coal emissions in particular have increased since the removal of the carbon tax.

Reading about the repeal of the carbon tax with no effective measures to reduce carbon emissions in its place just makes my heart sink.

While some progress is being made on a progressive version of a carbon tax, congestion - pricing advocates were hell - bent on a flat fee.

And his description of a carbon tax doesn't align with popular ideas about its shape.

In other words, the public dialogue seems very ill - prepared to consider the pros / cons of carbon tax vs. cap - and - trade, at least at this point.

The only virtue of carbon taxes is that if carefully done they can be more efficient than administrative regulations.

He told us that electricity prices would be all kinds of terrible as a result of the carbon tax.

About 60 per cent of households will have at least some part of their carbon tax bill repaid.

The vast majority of people have no knowledge or understanding of carbon taxes and many of them are looking for any excuse available to continue not knowing.

The portion of carbon tax paid by corporations would impact their shareholders, which again indirectly impacts upper - income taxpayers disproportionately.

[38] We chose a revenue - neutral carbon tax in which 100 percent of the carbon tax revenues are returned directly to taxpayers.

About half of all carbon taxes in the world today fund carbon mitigation programs and government budgets.

«The certainty and transparency of a carbon tax that is revenue - neutral will drive innovation much faster than the uncertainties of carbon trading,» he said.

His discussion of the policies, politics, and psychology of carbon taxes is highly readable and an extremely useful resource.

This means that the bulk of carbon taxes will be paid, directly or indirectly, by families of above - average means.