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Carbon tax could alter course of climate change
2013-06-10 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tennessean: Recently, Sen. Lamar Alexander addressed Americas need to alter its energy course, outlining four principles to guide future energy policy. Its gratifying to see our senator take the lead in the necessary work of changing how we drive our country. His May 29 speech at the Tennessee Valley Corridor National Summit in Oak Ridge came after a month of sobering climate news. The most recent, an international study led by John Cook of the University of Queensland in Australia, surveyed 12,000 peer-reviewed...
US ultra-conservatives target carbon tax in online advertising campaign
2013-06-06 13:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Americans for Prosperity (AFP), the ultra-conservative group funded by the Koch oil billionaires, is launching a series of adverts that target Democratic senators and aim to block action on climate change. The online-only campaign was created with the specific purpose of defeating moves to make polluters pay for the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change. AFP said on its website: "Over the next several weeks, the online ads will alert activists to urge their lawmakers to block carbon...
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U.S. carbon tax could boost revenue, curb climate change - report
2013-05-23 11:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A tax on carbon dioxide emissions could help the United States mitigate climate change while significantly increasing government revenue, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said this week. President Barack Obama supports plans to price carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, tailpipes and factories that have been blamed for worsening climate change. Levying a tax on such emissions would both curb carbon dioxide pollution and become a meaningful source of federal revenue, the report...
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CBO: Carbon Tax an Option to Avoid 'Catastrophic' Outcomes
2013-05-23 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) noted Wednesday that a carbon tax could generate significant revenues for the United States and avert catastrophic effects of climate change. CBO said in a new report that there are many uncertainties about how to design and implement a carbon tax, but waiting too long to curb greenhouse gas emissions would have clear results. [D]elays would increase the expected damage from climate change by increasing the risk of very costly, potentially even catastrophic,...
Australia: Opposition reaffirms carbon tax double dissolution threat
2013-05-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: ELIZABETH JACKSON: The Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has made it clear that the Coalition will scrap the carbon tax if it wins the election in September. But a Tony Abbott victory won't mean an end to the debate. With the changeover in the Senate not due until next year, Labor and the Greens would be able to block repeal legislation. And that would mean voters could face the prospect of having to return to the polls again next year, with the Coalition reaffirming its threat to call a double...
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