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The Case for a Global Carbon Tax; Options: The only way to slow climate change is to make coal more expensive and alternatives cheaper.
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CORRECTION: Correction: Fareed Zakaria's April 16 column ("The Case for a Global Carbon Tax") contained an error. U.S. energy consumption is 1.3 times greater than it was 30 years ago, not three times greater. NEWSWEEK regrets the error.
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Byline: Fareed Zakaria
The Bush administration made two notable statements on energy policy early in its tenure. They were both highly controversial. The first was that the Kyoto accords, as negotiated, were "dead." The second was Dick Cheney's declaration in a 2001 speech that "conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy policy." As it happens, both are accurate and should be at the heart of any new, ambitious policy to tackle global warming and energy use. If you haven't fainted yet, let me explain what I mean.
The administration had several narrow-minded and callous reasons for rejecting Kyoto, but among its main arguments was that the accords did not include developing countries and thus ...
- CHINA MULLING CARBON TAX: RESEARCHER.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News April 21, 2009 700+ words
...have conducted study on carbon tax for a year, China is likely to levy the...a timetable for the carbon tax, but it is hard to...The threshold for carbon tax will not be too high, he stressed. China has formed an energy...
- CHINA'S CARBON TAX SCHEME LIKELY TO COME OUT IN ONE MONTH, REPORT.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News May 4, 2009 700+ words
...taxes, and the included carbon tax scheme is predicted to...tax under study includes carbon tax on carbon dioxide emissions...likely be replaced by the carbon tax, saying that the former...are an urgent task for China's economic development...
- Problems with the carbon tax.(GOVERNMENT MATTERS)
- Magazine article from: American Machinist Freedenberg, Paul September 1, 2007 700+ words
...consider the imposition of a carbon tax. He argued that it would...those who advocate a carbon tax on industrial production...be driven to India or China, might not have such...significant way. If the carbon tax defenders argue that the...
- Cagliari: EC Commission's proposed carbon tax discriminatory, unworkable....
- Magazine article from: The Oil and Gas Journal January 4, 1993 700+ words
A carbon tax on fossil fuels, as proposed...environmental protection. "A carbon tax would have negative consequences...the greenhouse effect. A carbon tax should be equally applied...polluting energy complexes in China that feature energy efficiencies...
- Carbon tax the way to blue skies and financial stability.
- Newspaper article from: South China Morning Post December 27, 2006 700+ words
(From South China Morning Post) The purpose...will generate. Adding a carbon tax to the annual renewal of...well as cleaner fuels. A carbon tax also upholds the spirit...public. The idea of a carbon tax is in line with the spirit...
- The Carbon Tax: Green And Bear It.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)(Editorial)
- Magazine article from: Investor's Business Daily April 12, 2005 700+ words
...of such polluting giants as China and India. In 2001, the Bush...embraced the idea of a "carbon tax" to reduce pollution and promote...such as wind and solar. A carbon tax is a levy that would be applied...scheme -- whether they're a "carbon tax," a Btu tax or a "cap and...
- PRE-ELECTION CARBON TAX ANNOUNCEMENT BRAVE OR FOOLHARDY.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire May 6, 2005 700+ words
...possibly foolhardy, step of detailing the carbon tax just months before a general election...was to limit carbon emissions through a carbon tax and became the 101st country to ratify...announced in the budget, paid for by the carbon tax. Electricity generators using renewable...
- EU/US : CARBON TAX DEBATE IGNITING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC.
- Newspaper article from: Europe Energy March 12, 2008 700+ words
...I sincerely believe a carbon tax will not be needed on...emerging economies like China and India. USTR Schwab...Mandelson for getting the carbon tax plan omitted from the...comments that a European carbon tax should be applied to...
- US objects to French proposal for EU carbon tax.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire November 15, 2006 700+ words
...French proposal for an EU carbon tax on industrial products...early next year for a "carbon tax" on imports of industrial...as it did not include China, India and other fast...Dimas, said the idea of a carbon tax on imports from non...
- Report: Chirac Eyes Carbon Tax for U.S.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire February 1, 2007 700+ words
...published Thursday. "A carbon tax is inevitable," Chirac...pushed in the past for a carbon tax on industrial goods from...the United States and China. Some lawyers say it...the U.S., Russia, China and India remained opposed...
Source: HighBeam Research, The Case for a Global Carbon Tax; Options: The only way to slow...