Sentences with phrase «on both carbon tax bills»

Stephen Dodge, a lobbyist for the Massachusetts division of the American Petroleum Institute, also disclosed taking «oppose» positions on the carbon tax bills.

A disclosure form filed by lobbyist William J. Coyne, Jr., shows that Coyne took «oppose» positions on both carbon tax bills on behalf of his «client» ExxonMobil (see here for an overview of Massachusetts lobbying law).

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A natural gas bill for a customer from FortisBC, for example, shows that on a gas bill of $ 59.14, the carbon tax was $ 10.28.

Whether you're concerned with how the cost of the carbon tax affects your family income, or unintended negative consequences of Bill 6 on your agriculture operation; or perhaps the condition of Alberta health care delivery is your priority, regardless, it's important that you let us know.

In response to the upcoming implementation of the carbon tax, Australians will find an additional tax on their household energy bills — but the exact figure will not be itimised, The Daily...

To put this in context, an organisation like the University of Edinburgh would be charged # 900,000 in carbon tax next year — on top of its # 11 million energy bill, says Narayan.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D - R.I.), who introduced a bill last year to tax carbon, also described Clinton, Sanders and O'Malley as equals on the subject.

Resolution in Opposition to a Carbon Tax: Despite support for a carbon tax from ALEC members like ExxonMobil, ALEC is creating a model bill to weigh in on what will become the keystone policy battle for climate change science deniers, a battle that is already creating a rift among conservative groups, like the Koch - funded Heritage Foundation and the Heartland Institute against the R Street InstituTax: Despite support for a carbon tax from ALEC members like ExxonMobil, ALEC is creating a model bill to weigh in on what will become the keystone policy battle for climate change science deniers, a battle that is already creating a rift among conservative groups, like the Koch - funded Heritage Foundation and the Heartland Institute against the R Street Institutax from ALEC members like ExxonMobil, ALEC is creating a model bill to weigh in on what will become the keystone policy battle for climate change science deniers, a battle that is already creating a rift among conservative groups, like the Koch - funded Heritage Foundation and the Heartland Institute against the R Street Institute.

His critics show few signs of ever accommodating the ideas he now presses, which include a prompt moratorium on new coal - burning power plants until they can capture and store carbon dioxide and a rising tax on fuels contributing greenhouse - gas emissions, with the revenue passed back directly to citizens, avoiding the complexities of «cap and trade» bills.

Since the bill was first mooted, environmentalists, industry and academia have weighed in on the pros and cons of the tax, which will take a hybrid carbon tax and credits form.

There are currently four carbon tax bills in front of the state legislature which, if passed, would demonstrate leadership on climate change policy while offering a path forward for creating the revenue required to rewrite the state's biennial budget.

Carbon Washington believes the risk of job leakage needs to be mitigated in a carbon tax bill, but we encourage the Legislature to focus on special handling only for businesses that are truly emission intensive and trade exposed.

Bill Shorten is reportedly reconsidering the Labor Party's position on the question of a carbon tax, the latest chapter in Labor's long history with climate change policy.

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

I have given advice to the advocates for the carbon bill on how I think they can get a carbon tax adopted as law.

Our carbon tax spreadsheet model predicts that after an initial rapid 15 % drop due to the bill's aggressive starting price, CO2 emissions would rise on account of increased affluence and the rise in energy demand that tends to accompany it in the absence of continuing price incentives.

introduced the «Managed Carbon Price Act of 2012» (MCP), a bill imposing a tax on carbon dioxide - equivalent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from producers of coal, oil, and natural gas, refineries, and other covered sources.

On Tuesday afternoon, I contacted all 31 Republicans in the Climate Solutions Caucus, asking them if they had threatened to withhold their support for the bill for its lack of a carbon tax.

A [carbon] tax, by imposing a cost on every single ton of pollutant, constantly engages the polluter with the task of reducing her pollution tax bill.

CF's solution — this miracle — is to take the increasing carbon taxes that will be paid on top of bills, to subsidise the improvement of those 9.1 million households with 95 % of this revenue.

So the Treasury will be taking # 57.4 billion in carbon taxes between 2015 and 2027, and CF want to spend 95 % of that (# 54.9 billion) on doing up poor people's houses, to save them # 200 a year on bills.

TAXPAYERS are set to foot the bill for a $ 12 million carbon tax advertising campaign in an announcement that has angered independent MPs, who will have the deciding votes on the controversial reform.

Call the President now and I'm sure he'll have a bill to Congress next week, right after he calls for a new global conference where he will lead the charge on global carbon taxes and efficiency regs imposed by treaty.

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.

According to our own modeling, Rep. Larson's bill would, by its tenth year in effect, reduce U.S. use of petroleum by nearly 20 % below «business - as - usual» levels (i.e., without a carbon tax or equivalent price on carbon emissions).

On June 5 at Resources for the Future, Holmstead did not make the false comparison between EPA's estimated rise in electrical rates but reduction in utility bills, though he called a carbon tax «politically incorrect.»

You can download an app that let's you calculate the cost impact of a carbon tax on your electricity bill.

A lobbyist disclosed opposing a 2016 revenue neutral carbon tax bill in Massachusetts on behalf of ExxonMobil.

It seems unlikely any voters paying household bills are going to accept the legalistic and hair - splitting argument that the carbon tax is not levied directly on households.

Given that, if one wants freedom of choice and an efficient market, shouldn't one accept a market solution (tax / credit or analogous system based on public costs, applied strategically to minimize paperwork (don't tax residential utility bills — apply upstream instead), applied approximately fairly to both be fair and encourage an efficient market response (don't ignore any significant category, put all sources of the same emission on equal footing; if cap / trade, allow some exchange between CO2 and CH4, etc, based CO2 (eq); include ocean acidification, etc.), allowing some approximation to that standard so as to not get very high costs in dealing with small details and also to address the biggest, most - well understood effects and sources first (put off dealing with the costs and benifits of sulphate aerosols, etc, until later if necessary — but get at high - latitude black carbon right away)?

Hansen's Been Vocal Opponent of Cap and Trade Hansen has made such statements before: Back in May he said he hoped the Waxman - Markey bill failed because of concerns that the only people to really benefit from such a scheme are financiers acting as middlemen and that a «much more effective approach» was needed — such as a fee - and - dividend approach — which is essential a carbon tax on producers, with the money being given back to the public.

Former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum: Writing in The Wall Street Journal on Nov. 9, 2006, Frum urged Bush to send Congress a carbon - tax bill.

Researchers (in an article republished on Croakey) answered readers» questions about the change, shedding light on what it would mean for household bills, tax benefits, and future of carbon emissions in our country.