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Repercussions of a carbon tax
Vancouver Sun
In recent columns deriding carbon taxes, Aldyen Donnelly ( Carbon tax killed private-sector jobs in ...

Repercussions of a carbon tax
Vancouver Sun
In recent columns deriding carbon taxes, Aldyen Donnelly ( Carbon tax killed private-sector jobs in ...

BC's Greenhouse Gases Went Up After Carbon Tax Imposed
/A\ News Vancouver Island
VICTORIA - Data from Environment Canada shows in 2008, the year the carbon tax came into effect, BC spewed out 65.1 megatonnes of greenhouse gases. ...

Sweden, Germany not keen on EU carbon tariffs
Steel Business Briefing (subscription)
Sweden is “not particularly keen” on the idea of imposing a carbon tax on EU imports, including steel products, from countries that do not take action to ...

Research links carbon-footprint size to income
Straight.com
Given the findings, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives argues that some carbon-reduction strategies—such as a carbon tax—can place an unfair ...

Carbon trading no cure-all
Kelowna.com
Indeed, economists and environmentalists find rare common ground in their preference for a hard carbon tax over carbon trading. “Applying cap and trade to ...

Carbon Tax Proposal Could Cost Mirant Millions
WJZ
A proposed carbon tax has started a dispute between a county lawmaker and a power plant operator. Montgomery County Council member and energy lawyer Roger ...

NS NDP announce voluntary carbon offset program
TheChronicleHerald.ca
Interim Tory Leader Karen Casey said the Dexter government may be softening up people for a carbon tax. "Call it a user fee, call it a tax, call it a credit ...

Irish Revenue Issues Guidance On Carbon Tax
Tax-news.com (subscription)
The Irish Revenue Commissioners has published a guidance note in respect of the introduction of the Natural Gas Carbon Tax (NGCT) from May 1. ...