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7 January, 2019 — Thomas: What's the point of a carbon tax rebate?  Carlisle SentinelThe Irish government is proposing rebates to a carbon tax it recently imposed to households that comply with what it considers "low-carbon lifestyles." The rebate ...

7 January, 2019 — Pro-pipeline truck rally rolls through Whitecourt  Whitecourt StarOver a thousand vehicles took to the road on Dec. 30 in Whitecourt to rally against federal energy policies as part of the yellow vest.

7 January, 2019 — The Drilldown: Cod in Gulf of Saint Lawrence on path to extinction  iPolitics.caAtlantic cod could go extinct in the southern Gulf of Saint Lawrence by 2050 due to predation by grey seals, according to a study in the Canadian Journal of ...

7 January, 2019 — Electricity from renewables topped coal in Germany for first time in 2018  Carbon BriefCoverage has continued over the weekend of the news that for the first time in 2018, renewables generated the largest share of electricity in Germany.

7 January, 2019 — Mad Hatter & Happy Hatter - January 7  CHAT News TodayBharswisk also said she didn't understand why so many pundits in Canada ridiculed Trudeau and his family for wearing traditional Indian clothing during last ...

7 January, 2019 — How The British Columbia Carbon Fee Plan Can Avoid A "Yellow Vest" Backlash  CleanTechnicaJanuary 7th, 2019 by Steve Hanley. We all know putting a price on carbon is the only way the world will ever come to grips with its carbon addiction. The phony ...

7 January, 2019 — Former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan thinks the Ocasio-Cortez 70% tax plan is 'a terrible idea'  CNBCRaising the marginal tax rate on the richest Americans to 70 percent would be a "terrible idea," former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan said.

7 January, 2019 — Taxing The Rich Probably Isn’t Enough To Fund Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘Green New Deal.’ Who Else Would See Higher Taxes?  The Daily CallerRaising taxes on the wealthy is likely only one of many taxes that would need to be levied to pay for the so-called "Green New Deal."

7 January, 2019 — Astounding 60% of voters oppose plan to increase carbon taxes  Extra.ieAn exclusive survey has revealed that six out of ten voters oppose any hike in fuel taxes to help combat climate change.

7 January, 2019 — FUREY: The carbon tax isn’t the end goal – what comes next will be even wilder, like a meat tax  Toronto SunThis is going to be the year of the carbon tax even more so than last year. It's the year the Saskatchewan reference question gears up in the courts. It's the year ...