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Proposed carbon tax a poorly disguised 'wealth tax'
Legalbrief (subscription)
A carbon tax should have three objectives, he points out: it ought to push consumers toward greener technology; push manufacturers into making such ...

Don't park with Greens, Abbott says
Sydney Morning Herald
"If there is a Greens balance of power in the senate, if the government is returned, we will get a carbon tax. "Now the problem with the carbon tax is that ...

E.ON, RWE Poised to Cut Spending as Germany's Nuclear Tax Erodes Profits
Bloomberg

How Much Will a Carbon Tax Spur Innovation?
The Atlantic (blog)
I meant to blog last week about the long dispute between Jim Manzi and Ryan Avent over what sort of innovation you get out of a carbon tax. ...

Cap and trade a complex solution
BCLocalNews
The alternative would have been a carbon tax. On Feb. 27, 2007 the governors of the states of Arizona, California, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington signed ...

[Viewpoint] King coal's pyrrhic victor
JoongAng Daily
If it proved impossible to introduce a moderate carbon tax in a rich economy, it is certain that no commitment will be forthcoming for the next generation ...

The final nail in Newt's coffin
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)
Even those who accept the rather dubious theory of anthropogenic global warming agree that a carbon tax is the best way of addressing it. ...