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Carbon Tax Vital in Energy Transition, Oil Execs Say
2021-04-07 18:55:00| OGI
While a carbon tax may drive certain desired behaviors during the energy transition, there is no one solution to the worlds emissions woes, say panel of oil industry executives.
Norways Plans to Raise Carbon Tax Draw Oil Industry Ire
2021-01-11 15:12:51| OGI
The cost of emissions will be raised to 2,000 Norwegian crowns ($237) per tonne by 2030 from 590 crowns for most industries at present, Environment Minister Sveinung Rotevatn said.
US Senators To Unveil Carbon Tax Bill To Generate $2.5 Trillion In 10 Years
2019-07-24 23:43:24| OGI
Two Democratic U.S. senators will unveil a bill on Thursday to curb climate change by slapping a fee on oil, natural gas and coal and delivering most of the revenues to low- and middle-income Americans, one of the lawmakers said.
French carbon pricing committee proposes tax on coal-fired power
2016-07-12 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A French government advisory committee has recommended that France increase taxation on coal-fired power plants, or set stiffer carbon emissions standards, to encourage a shift to gas-fired plants to reduce carbon emissions. The proposal was included in a report handed to French Environment Minister Segolene Royal on Monday by the committee, which was appointed in March to review European carbon pricing and make recommendations to the French government. France currently chairs the United Nations...
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As Exxon ramps up support of carbon tax, imagine the possibilities
2016-07-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Dallas News: Mention Exxon Mobil, and environmentalists will immediately remind you of the firm's embarrassing reputation as an opponent of clean energy and denier of climate change. The company's scientists warned as far back as the 1970s that carbon dioxide from fossil fuels posed a danger to the planet. Yet the company ignored the warning and for decades publicly denied that a problem existed. Now a Wall Street Journal story last week offers a hopeful new role for the Irving-based energy conglomerate....