Category Archives: Carbon Tax

Tesla CEO calls for carbon tax

So taxpayers can continue to subsidize his lame-o electric cars to the tune of $7,500 a pop? Continue reading

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Joe Biden: No carbon tax ‘because we know it will go nowhere’

At least Biden got one thing right. Continue reading

James Hansen goes Marxist: 100% of carbon tax ‘distributed to the public on per capita basis’

From his latest diatribe against the Keystone XL. Continue reading

International Carbon Lunacy in Dire Straits: Australian carbon tax cut scrapped as carbon tax fails; European carbon trading ‘chaos’ blamed

We owe the Euros and Aussies a debt of gratitude for proving that carbon trading and taxing is lunacy. Continue reading

Former GOP Congressman seeks money from Exxon to promote carbon tax

RINO Bob Inglis at work. Continue reading

UK Enviros: Carbon tax on imported goods would spur global climate deal

“Countries with strong carbon regulations might have to start taxing imported goods from nations with weaker ones in order to persuade them to sign up to a global deal, argues a report by the watchdog Committee on Climate Change.” Continue reading

Navigating the American Carbon World (with the UN)

There is much activity in the UN climate arena at the moment, as they push for yet another “Global Agreement on Climate Change”

At the moment, UNFCC executive secretary, Christina Figueres is boasting that they have an agreement to come to an agreement by 2015. Whilst it is to be hoped that this agreement to agree goes the way of previous ones, it highlights that they haven’t gone away and are determined to keep pressing on, no matter that the AGW paradigm is collapsing.

She gave a speech this week in San Francisco, entitled Navigating the American Carbon World
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Hansen slams Boxer-Sanders carbon tax bill: ‘As usual they cannot keep their hands off our wallets, proposing to make government 40% bigger’

Who knew Hansen had an anti-government streak? Continue reading

Obama Energy nominee Moniz on carbon tax: Administration has no plans to introduce one

In response to a question from Utah Sen. Mike Lee, Moniz admitted to past support of cap-and-trade but denied pans for a carbon tax. Continue reading

Al Gore: US fossil fuel subsidies in 2011 — $502 billion

This is more of the “social cost of carbon” nonsense. The enviros now want folks to believe that not taxing carbon amounts to a fossil fuel subsidy. The social cost of carbon is an entirely fictional (and bogus) concept. In reality, fossil fuels have provided countless trillions of dollars of societal benefits. Continue reading

New Enviro Bogusity: Not carbon taxing fossil fuels is a subsidy worth trillions annually

From the make-believe land of the “social cost of carbon.” Continue reading

Report: Carbon tax hits Aussie hospitals’ bottom lines

Hurting hospitals while not saving the planet seems foolish. Continue reading

Al Gore also spurned in Senate vote

Not just carbon taxes. Continue reading

Carbon taxes spurned in Senate budget vote, 41-58: 13 Dems rejected late plea from Al Gore

Al Gore urged a carbon tax today. The Senate rejected his plea. Continue reading

A Robbin’ Hood: Tom Friedman’s carbon tax would redistribute fossil fuel levy as lower tax rates

With some skim for the government, too. Continue reading

Waxman releases discussion paper for ‘Waxman-Markey II: The Carbon Tax’

But Markey has been replaced by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Representative Earl Blumenauer, and Senator Brian Schatz. Main feature is a $15-$35 carbon tax. Continue reading

China Backing Away From Carbon Tax Start in 2013, Official Says

Guess why? Continue reading

Tax Bicyclists for Polluting

If carbon dioxide is a polluting greenhouse gas, it’s only fair that everyone pays their share of carbon taxes … Continue reading

Politico: Debate grows over carbon tax, despite long odds

Politico does its part to make conservatives think they need to swallow a carbon tax. Continue reading

China to introduce carbon tax — or a carbon hoax?

No doubt this is just propaganda meant for consumption by US policy makers. Alarmists can now say, “See… even China has a carbon tax.” Meanwhile, China does business as usual. Continue reading