June 14, 2019 – 11:05 am
Funny how they always want more money, eh? Ottawa needs to boost carbon tax by $50 a tonne to meet emissions reduction targets: budget officer The federal government would have to levy an additional carbon tax worth as much as $50 a tonne on greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) to achieve Canada’s emissions reduction targets, the […]
June 13, 2019 – 3:25 pm
They should put this up for a referendum instead of a general assembly vote, and see how that goes. Usually, the carbon tax legislation loses. But, hey, this is vastly left leaning Oregon, so, let them suffer under the policies they push Oregon’s Major Climate Change Proposal Clears Final Committee A sweeping proposal for sharply […]
June 9, 2019 – 4:37 pm
See, members of the of the Cult of Climastrology make grandiose promises about people getting all sorts of money back from the carbon taxes passed into law by Warmists to offset the artificially increased cost of living from those taxes, and then Average carbon-tax rebates are lagging federal estimates, data suggests The federal government has […]
June 7, 2019 – 6:59 am
Writing in the opinion section, Catherine Rampell is rather bummed that the 2020 Democratic candidates, all 453 of them, are forgetting to put forth a carbon tax. She should be careful what she wishes for, because what do you think will happen to a company that relies on the use of lots and lots of […]
May 26, 2019 – 7:22 am
Canadian Terence Corcoran makes the case that a carbon tax doesn’t really reduce the use of fossil fuels, particularly in discussing the Canadian carbon tax schemes (via Watts Up With That?) Carbon tax smackdown: Terence Corcoran says higher prices at the pump don’t mean fewer emissions According to the oracles of carbon economics, a carbon […]
April 25, 2019 – 11:06 am
I actually love this idea for Warmists What’s behind a new surcharge coming to your restaurant bill in California Some California restaurants will put another surcharge on their bills later this year — but this time, it won’t be for service or employee benefits. It will be to fight climate change. The initiative, announced Wednesday, […]
March 20, 2019 – 8:49 am
If that’s what carbon taxes are, then they have also been shot down in much the same way, because virtually every carbon tax proposal in the U.S. has been shot down. Here you have Steven Rattner, who served as counselor to the Treasury secretary in the Obama administration (which had such awesome economic policies, eh?) […]
March 14, 2019 – 8:24 am
With the election of new governor, Warmist Janet Mills, Maine seemed poised to make all sorts of ‘climate change’ laws. One got shot down hard Maine Becomes The Most Recent Blue State To Reject A Carbon Tax The beginning of March brings bad news for carbon tax supporters, who have been successful in getting legislation […]
January 27, 2019 – 3:38 pm
Just like when you read about Warmists saying a carbon tax is “free market”, be beyond skeptical when they say it is “revenue neutral” A NEW ‘CARBON FEE’ PROPOSAL COULD HIKE TAXES BY MORE THAN $1 TRILLION The bipartisan House Climate Solutions Caucus claims it is pushing a “revenue-neutral†carbon tax, but legislation proposed Thursday […]
December 31, 2018 – 7:55 am
Just like with all the climate scientists, who receive a lot of government funding so they so often seem to take a very specific position, eh? COMMENTARY: Want citizens to care about climate change? Write them a cheque …. Political leaders need to care about climate enough to take on polluting entities like fossil fuel […]
