A group of Republican senior statesmen is calling for a carbon tax to fight climate change.
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GOP Senior Statesmen Call For Carbon Tax
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By Seth Jaffe | Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental LawIf It Walks Like A Carbon Tax And Talks Like A Carbon Tax, (Then The GOP Hates It)
By Seth Jaffe | Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental LawHe’s hardly the first right-of-center energy thinker to come out in favor of a carbon tax, but Jerry Taylor’s story puts a more provocative spin on things: He was a longtime Cato Institute fellow who for years rejected the idea that climate change represented a well-understood, urgent threat, or that it was clear what impact man… Keep reading →
Energy Quote of the Day: ‘Before You Get Mugged by Reality, Take Out an Insurance Policy’
By Edward DodgeFormer Secretary of State George P. Shultz is urging climate change doubters to at least take out an insurance policy when it comes to carbon emissions and climate change. Shultz argues for sustained support for energy research and development along with a carbon tax. In an opinion piece in the Washington Post, Shultz described the… Keep reading →
This winter, the US Northeast was constantly pummeled with heavy snow often accompanied by gusty winds that brought arctic air from the High North. The city of Boston, in particular, bore the brunt of these Arctic blasts, but at the same time, parts of Alaska experienced an unusually mild winter. “Boston is crushed under more than eight… Keep reading →
This speech is important. Royal Dutch Shell CEO Ben Van Beurden says that it is time for the oil industry to join the debate over climate change. Shell has long advocated for a price on carbon, but in a speech Thursday in London he took the message farther by saying: “Our sector needs to enter… Keep reading →
Capital Markets: Champions for Climate Change Mitigation
By Thomas H Stoner, Jr. and David Schimel, Ph.D.According to some, the power of greed shapes and drives our capital markets, and it is this greed that has led to the industrialization of the global society and ultimately to the buildup of excessive levels of Green House Gases (GHGs). Can the same capital markets save us from catastrophic climate change? Our answer to… Keep reading →
Senate Finance Committee Hearing on Energy Tax Policy Reforms
By Enerknol ResearchOn September 17, 2014, the Senate Committee on Finance held a hearing titled “Reforming America’s Outdated Energy Tax Code” to discuss possible reforms to the U.S. energy tax policy. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) underscored the need for predictable, level playing-field tax policy that puts renewables on the same footing as other… Keep reading →