Carbon Tax Center Authors: Charles

Posts by Charles:

• Don’t Trade Carbon, Tax It (February 13, 2007)
  Yesterday Gristmill ran a curious article by Bill Chameides of Environmental Defense, attacking a carbon tax strawman that no one is advocating, least of all the Carbon Tax Center. Chameides stated that the "government would use additional tax dollars to subsidize the development of selected low-carbon technologies." We invite him to look at CTC's proposed [...]
• Congressional Climate Poll — Hold the Pessimism (February 7, 2007)
  Washington climate circles are abuzz over a National Journal poll released last weekend suggesting that concern over climate change is waning among Republican House members just as public alarm is mounting.The Journal, a highly respected print and e-magazine covering politics from Washington, DC, asked Members of Congress, "Do you think it's been proven beyond a [...]
• “A Carbon Tax Is Inevitable” — Chirac (February 1, 2007)
  The New York Times reported today that French President Jacques Chirac has demanded that the United States sign both the Kyoto climate protocol and a future agreement that will take effect when the Kyoto accord runs out in 2012. According to The Times, Chirac warned that if the United States did not sign the agreements, a [...]
• At Davos, Stern Calls for Carbon Tax (January 25, 2007)
  "Humankind's failure to pay for damaging the environment is the "biggest market failure ever seen," declared Sir Nicholas Stern, the author of last year's groundbreaking report on climate change and former adviser to Tony Blair.Sir Nicholas called for higher taxes on fuel to combat environmental damage yesterday at a summit of business and political leaders [...]
• NY Times Blog Spotlights Carbon Tax Center (January 24, 2007)
  Times science blogger John Tierney beamed the spotlight on CTC big-time in his front-page blog today:If you thought there was something missing in the energy section of the State of the Union Address, there's a new Web site to fill in the gap.President Bush last night dutifully mentioned the "serious challenge of global climate change" [...]
• The World Welcomes CTC! (January 23, 2007)
  Here’s a sampling of e-mails to info@carbontax.org since our launch yesterday. Keep those cards and letters coming. Even better, comment here, on this blog. Please also add a link to CTC on your Web site. Tell your friends and neighbors. And feel free to donate. Already received: 6 contributions totaling $500. We’re thrilled and grateful.   [...]
• Carbon Dioxide Emissions are Growing Dramatically (January 21, 2007)
  U.S. per capita carbon dioxide emissions are at least twice those of most European countries.
• Prices, Taxes, and Amory Lovins (January 20, 2007)
  Last week's New Yorker magazine carried a profile of energy-efficiency apostle (and, as it happens, my college classmate and longtime acquaintance) Amory Lovins by the magazine's global-warming reporter Elizabeth Kolbert. "Mr. Green -- Environmentalism's most optimistic guru" is a fair, digestible (at just 8 pages) portrait of the Rocky Mountain Institute CEO who reconceptualized the [...]
• Carrying Coals to Newcastle (Global Warming Version) (January 20, 2007)
  Ski race organizers spend nearly $400,000 to fly in imported snow...