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A Carbon Tax is Not the Solution to Global Climate Change

The definition of insanity, according to a famous quotation (often mis-attributed to Albert Einstein) is “doing the same thing over and over and expecting different...
October 5, 2021Eric Toder
Business Taxes: TaxVox

Border Carbon Adjustment without Carbon Pricing Makes Little Sense

A group of Senate Democrats has introduced a bill to impose tariffs on imports of carbon-intensive goods and fossil fuels equal to the domestic environmental...
August 9, 2021Thornton Matheson
Business Taxes: TaxVox

Lessons for the US From Canada’s Ambitious Carbon Tax Plan

Earlier this week, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dropped a bombshell: He’ll require every province to adopt either a carbon tax or develop a carbon...
October 6, 2016Howard Gleckman
Business Taxes: TaxVox

Could a Carbon Tax Prevent The Catastrophic Consequences of Climate Change That Obama Fears?

In recent days, President Obama has painted the risks of climate change in apocalyptic terms. Speaking in Anchorage, AK on Monday, Obama warned that without quick action to slow or reverse global warming, "entire nations will find themselves under severe, severe problems: More drought. More floods
September 1, 2015Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Want to Do Something About Greenhouse Gas? Try a Carbon Tax

This morning, the White House released a massive report on the effects of climate change . In sum: The problem is already bad, it is going to get worse, and we need to address it quickly. The science of greenhouse gas emissions and climate change may be clear (though, of course, always evolving).
May 6, 2014Howard Gleckman