Read more carbon taxes stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/21832/carbon-taxes.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:07:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74270/carbon-tax-foes-must-think-the-end-is-nigh.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOpponents of cap-and-trade legislation must believe that a massive plague will wipe out 2.5 billion people sometime between now and 2050. Otherwise, their stance makes no sense, writes Thomas Friedman of the New York Times . Even if you don’t believe climate change is real—and Friedman does—you can’t...http://www.newser.com/story/74270/carbon-tax-foes-must-think-the-end-is-nigh.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 8:25:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72000/energy-lobby-split-on-climate-thrilling-greens.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the Senate set to consider legislation to tax carbon and rein in global warming, a split has emerged among the energy lobby that may make it easier to pass a clean-energy law. Natural gas producers favor a bill, while their colleagues in the oil industry oppose it; electric companies...http://www.newser.com/story/72000/energy-lobby-split-on-climate-thrilling-greens.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 6:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59719/gore-throws-weight-behind-climate-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith controversial cap-and-trade climate legislation now in committee, former vice president Al Gore has mobilized his lobbying organization and grass-roots movement behind the bill, even calling some wavering Democrats personally, Politico reports. While some groups feel the measure is too soft on polluting industries, the Nobel Prize winner supports its...http://www.newser.com/story/59719/gore-throws-weight-behind-climate-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 21 May 2009 9:32:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55640/obamas-energy-policy-needs-a-tuneup.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagProponents of cap-and-trade, the climate policy Democrats are currently championing, argue that it “'hides the ball'—it doesn’t use the word 'tax'—even though it amounts to one," writes Thomas Friedman in the New York Times . There’s just one problem: “Opponents are not playing hide the ball anymore.” They’re calling...http://www.newser.com/story/55640/obamas-energy-policy-needs-a-tuneup.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Apr 2009 9:43:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54971/climate-financial-crises-two-sides-of-one-coin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe key issue behind both the global economic and climate crises is exactly the same: “mispricing risk,” Thomas L. Friedman writes in the New York Times . “We have been mispricing risk in both arenas,” he contends, “producing a huge excess of both toxic assets and toxic air that now threatens...http://www.newser.com/story/54971/climate-financial-crises-two-sides-of-one-coin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Apr 2009 9:59:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/44234/nader-obama-should-pitch-a-worldwide-carbon-tax.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe cap-and-trade system Barack Obama favors to deal with climate change won’t work, Ralph Nader and Toby Heaps write in the Wall Street Journal , and it’ll lead to “trade anarchy.” Any unilateral action we take must be global; otherwise, companies will simply relocate, taking jobs and emissions with them. China...http://www.newser.com/story/44234/nader-obama-should-pitch-a-worldwide-carbon-tax.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Dec 2008 12:26:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/17657/newt-argues-a-conservative-green-plan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNewt Gingrich has triggered a debate in the New Republic over how to inspire eco-friendly fuel innovation. He argues that tax breaks and a billion-dollar prize can spark green entrepreneurs to usurp the "oligarchies and dictatorships" that control US oil dependence. But a pair of eco-authors wants more, and argues...http://www.newser.com/story/17657/newt-argues-a-conservative-green-plan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Jan 2008 21:07:55 CST