Sentences with phrase «without carbon taxes»

Coal and natural gas prices will increase over the next few decades — even without carbon taxes — as resources are exhausted.

A near - global carbon tax might be achieved, e.g., via a bi-lateral agreement between China and the United States, the greatest emitters, with a border duty imposed on products from nations without a carbon tax, which would provide a strong incentive for other nations to impose an equivalent carbon tax.

I do not see any way of reducing CO2 emissions without a carbon tax, or its innocent maskarade as cap and trade, which raises the prices of carbon as well.

Willard obviously doesn't get that the US decarbonized its economy faster than Europe... without being in Kyoto, and without a national renewable mandate, and without cap and trade, and without a carbon tax... by the way, the US also decarbonized faster than Germany, and the world as a whole decarbonized faster before Kyoto was signed than after.

In response the federal environment minister Greg Hunt stated that «What Labor refuses to learn is that you can tackle climate change without a carbon tax.

We will take action to reduce domestic emissions by 5 per cent by 2020, but we'll do it without a carbon tax which hurts households and business.»

A near - global carbon tax might be achieved, e.g., via a bi-lateral agreement between China and the United States, the greatest emitters, with a border duty imposed on products from nations without a carbon tax, which would provide a strong incentive for other nations to impose an equivalent carbon tax.

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).

Not sure, where the funds would come from without a carbon tax, and that tax would have to be substantial to fund such a deal.

With or without a carbon tax this is a serious issue!

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Australian coal producers are only marginally more attractive without the $ 24 - a-tonne carbon tax they used to pay.

The Tories have attacked the Liberals» carbon tax policy and have argued it will raise prices on almost everything — from gasoline and groceries — without actually cutting emissions.

The unanimous position among the UCP leadership candidates to repeal the carbon tax without proposing any alternatives to reform or replace it suggests that none of them see climate change as a serious issue.

Even if you're focused on limiting CO2, there are taxes, and there is the possibility that through technology the problem will solve itself without cap - and - trade or a carbon tax.

Computer models play a significant role in environmental policy, but offer only a partial picture of the industrial system Whether it's electric automobiles, renewable energy, carbon tax or sustainable consumption: Sustainable development requires strategies that meet people's needs without harming the environment.

The plan also includes a border tax adjustment: U.S. companies exporting goods to countries without a similar carbon price would receive a rebate of tax paid, and imports from companies outside the U.S. would face fees based on the carbon content of their products.

Gates hammered on points reported here for many years: that without a big, and sustained, boost in spending on basic research and development on energy frontiers, the chances of triggering an energy revolution are nil; that while the private sector and venture capital investors are vital for transforming breakthroughs into marketable products or services, they will not invest in the long - haul inquiry that's required to generate game - changing breakthroughs; that a 1 or 2 percent tax on carbon - emitting fuels could generate a large, steady stream of money for invigorating the innovation pipeline; that a declining emissions cap and credit trading system --- if it could survive America's polarized politics --- would have to raise energy costs far beyond what would be politically tenable to generate a similar scale of transformational activity.

We endorse these four principles for taxing carbon to fight climate change without undermining economic prosperity:

Companies based in regions with regulatory carbon pricing programs were more likely to buy carbon offsets, even on a voluntary basis, than companies based in locations without a cap - and - trade system or carbon tax.

Even there, they ignore the regressive effect a carbon tax without rebate will have on the lower economic spectrum.

Tax approximate CO2 emissions from final combustion of biofuels and biomass based strictly on product type without attempting to account for carbon sequestered during growth cycles or emitted during harvesting, distillation or other chemical processing or land - use impacts.

Here in America, this can be done without a legislated carbon tax through an integrated combination of two major anti-carbon measures administered by the EPA.

If one accepts that there is no other practical means of accomplishing this objective but to raise the price of carbon and to restrict its availability, the reality here is that one has to figure out how to do this without the use of a Congressionally - legislated carbon tax, and to do it without violating the Constitution.

This can be done without a legislated carbon tax through an integrated combination of two major anti-carbon measures administered by the EPA.

Even without a global agreement, the imposition of a domestic carbon tax — coupled with taxes on imports to reflect the carbon taxes that would have paid had the imported product been produced or manufactured in the United States — would, per Joseph Stiglitz (chapter 6), provide a powerful incentive for countries to impose their own carbon taxes to capture the revenue that would otherwise go to the U.S. Treasury.

With a carbon tax of $ 15 — 25 / tonne of CO2, for example, many kinds of clean energy projects may be economically viable without additional financial support, so developers will pursue them without further revenue or incentives.

This is an example of a policy that could achieve the same outcome as the Nordhaus «Optimal» carbon tax policy but without the need for maintenance and enforcement of international agreements to control and monitor GHG emissions.

So I think it is reasonable to assume that» energy diversification» as you suggest will occur: we will gradually move away from being a primarily carbon - based economy, and this will occur quite naturally, without imposing direct or indirect taxes on carbon.

Notably, environmental dispatch would only work within existing markets without major disruption if operators apply a «price» for carbon dioxide emissions (a carbon tax).

Experience in British Columbia shows that even a modest carbon tax can reduce emissions significantly without harming the economy.

With fossil fuels, a large majority of economists that contemplate climate action advocate a price on carbon, either a tax or a permit to emit, which would reduce demand for the fuels without restricting supply.

By rejecting a carbon tax without proposing an alternative, Republicans may have relinquished their best chance to shape climate policy this decade, continuing to cede the issue to Democrats at a national level.

A behavior - changing carbon price (a tax or fee) of perhaps $ 150 - 200 per metric tonne CO2 - equivalent emissions (with or without a refundable tax credit, sometimes called a dividend to blunt its regressivity) would require sacrifice differentially among economic sectors and groups, as well the need to change comfortable habits and ways of life.

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Heritage Foundation research has found that any sort of carbon tax, cap and trade, or other combination of carbon regulations such as the regulations on new power plants and existing ones (the Clean Power Plan) will only kill jobs and cut income, all without having any meaningful impact on global temperatures, now or in the future.

A carbon tax would significantly reduce the deficit and raise revenue — without taxing work or investment.

It cuts carbon without growing the size of government, so there's no way for conservatives to cast it as tax - and - spend liberalism.

A carbon tax would put a lower ceiling on national gasoline use without more aggressive regulatory interventions.

A simple carbon tax can't do that without additional intervention from Congress.

I've been following discussions of solar energy on - and - off for quite a while, and it has always seemed as if it would be quite a long time, even assuming an emissions trading scheme or carbon tax, before solar photovoltaics could be a cost - competitive source of electricity without special support such as capital subsidies or feed - in tariffs set above market prices.

In spite of the change of government, the repeal of the carbon tax and 15 years without warming, all major parties in Australia and almost all minor party / independent members continue to support significant and costly GHG - emissions - reduction policies.

Using official data, we concluded that BC's carbon tax has provided the impetus for the province to reduce its emissions 3.5 times as fast as the rest of Canada, without slowing economic growth.

The transformation of our fossil fuels - based energy system to reliance on energy efficiency, renewable energy and sustainable fuels won't happen fast enough without carbon fees or taxes sending the appropriate persistent and rising price signals into every corner of the economy and every aspect of life.

But these problems help explain why a cap - and - trade system is so popular in Washington: companies and lobbyists see it as a chance to make money, and legislators see a chance to appear virtuous without imposing any obvious costs on voters, as a carbon tax would.

A carbon tax measure without the ridiculous features of the one just defeated will be passed.

Several countries, for instance, have used carbon taxes to good effect — showing that this policy can successfully reduce emissions without imposing a burden on the economy or causing any of the other problems that critics assert.

It is not surprising to see activists who are unable to ask one another to do the dishes without immense conflict, also demand things like carbon taxes unsuccessfully.

It is often claimed, without any justification whatsoever, that carbon taxes or cap and trade schemes will cost trillions of dollars.

Stiff carbon taxes can't rescue the climate by themselves, but without them a rescue is virtually inconceivable.

Instead, we are confronted with a new lie: that we can respond to climate change without taxing and regulating carbon... We already have technologies to cut carbon... The problem is we don't use them... What matters is not just the technologies we have but the incentives to deploy them.