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Debating a carbon tax in global shipping
2016-05-09 10:00:00| Ship Technology
Following the climate change summit in Paris, the International Monetary Fund suggested implementing a carbon tax of $30 per tonne of CO emitted from maritime and aviation fuels, which it says could raise around $25bn a year. The International Chamb
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Washington state will vote on a carbon tax this fall its complicated
2016-04-27 01:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: As governments worldwide begin imposing fees on pollution to try to protect the climate, a debate over dueling approaches - one that has long been restricted to conferences and academia - is becoming prominent in Washington state. Washington voters will decide in November whether to introduce a carbon tax on fossil fuels and electricity from coal and natural gas, with the goal of slowing global warming while reducing taxes on sales and manufacturing and keeping total tax revenue flat overall....
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Carbon tax key in stopping pollution
2016-04-22 14:08:01| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Observer: Spring is the most beautiful season in the Carolinas cool nights and mild days, colored with dogwoods, redbuds and azaleas. Just dont count on your grandchildren enjoying the same beauty. We think of nature as immutable, but the fossil record shows that the earths environment is very fragile. Perhaps the era of beautiful Carolina springs was changing anyway, but it was changing at an evolutionary pace. Industrialization has significantly accelerated that flux and has launched us into an unprecedented...
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Malaysian carbon tax could pave way to renewable energy future
2016-04-20 05:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Phys.Org: If Malaysia doesn't take action to control its carbon emissions through a carbon tax, the damage caused by climate change over a 95-year period could cost the country more than 40 trillion Malaysian ringgits (US$9.1 trillion). Temperatures in Malaysia are projected to rise between 0.8°C and 3.1°C by 2100. This rapid temperature rise and the resulting climate changes could degrade natural resources, damage infrastructure and threaten human...
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Canada: Raise the carbon tax, B.C. businesses say
2016-03-31 13:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Metro: Nearly 140 businesses from across B.C. are calling for a stronger carbon tax. In an open letter to Premier Christy Clark, the signees argue that starting in July 2018, the provincial government should increase the carbon tax by $10 per tonne of C02 equivalent emissions per year (the tax rate has been pegged at $30 per tonne since 2012). It would mean a stronger incentive to reduce carbon pollution in the province and get the province back on track for reducing emissions, Matt Horne, associate...
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