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Is a Carbon Tax Actually Good for the Economy?
TIME (blog)
The economic theoretical case for some sort of carbon tax is very simple. Pollution is a negative byproduct of the industrial process that neither the ...

Alberta eyes carbon levy hike
Point Carbon (subscription)
Alberta may raise its carbon tax rate above C$15 to better reflect the cost of deploying CCS. This is part of Carbon Market News Service* and only available ...

Is A Carbon Tax Actually Good for the Economy?
TIME (blog)
I don't know if Obama has actually folded on enacting a carbon tax or if this is just politics. That's something for the folks at Swampland to debate. ...

HST may not be so bad: economist
NorthernLife.ca
Since HST is acting a bit like a carbon tax in Ontario, Robinson believes it will hit people the hardest. “It's really funny that you've got the right wing ...

Want to Save the Planet? SupportOil Tax, 'Learn to Do with Less'
Common Dreams (press release)
Proceeds from an oil tax could be partly returned to people, he said, in the manner that the Cantwell-Collins bill would do with the carbon tax money. ...

Syncrude stake not for sale: Suncor chief
CTV.ca
Mr. George also voiced his personal support for a carbon tax that would apply equally to industry and consumers. “I'm in favour of a carbon tax, ...