Higher Oil Taxes Would Lift the Economy. Council on Foreign Relations

Higher Oil Taxes Would Lift the Economy

Council on Foreign Relations

- ‎1 hour ago‎

Higher Oil Taxes Would Lift the Economy. Authors: Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment and Director of the Program on Energy Security and Climate Change, and Daniel P. Ahn, Adjunct Fellow for Energy ...

Climate Activist Failure to Convince Americans of Carbon Fee

Climate Action Programme

Poll: Americans back climate change regulation, not taxes

EurekAlert (press release)

- ‎3 hours ago‎

DURHAM, N.C. -- Now that President Obama has put climate change back on the table in his second inaugural address, a new national poll finds growing public support for regulating greenhouse gas emissions and requiring utilities to switch to lower ...

The US has some of the lowest energy taxes in the developed world. WashPo

The US has some of the lowest energy taxes in the developed world

Washington Post (blog)

- ‎21 hours ago‎

A well-designed tax on fossil fuels could, in theory, help curb wasteful use and allow society to recoup the damages wrought by, say, heat-trapping carbon pollution.

Sea Levels Could Rise Substantially More Than Previous IPCC Reports Have Predicted. Planetsave

Sea Levels Could Rise Substantially More Than Previous IPCC Reports Have Predicted

Posted: 07 Jan 2013 12:54 AM PST

The seas of the world could rise substantially more in the future than has been previously predicted in IPCC reports. This is primarily because the the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are likely going to melt considerably more than was previously estimated by the IPCC, new research from the University of Bristol has found.

Major Cuts to Surging Carbon Dioxide Emissions Are Needed Now, Not Down ... Science Daily

Major Cuts to Surging Carbon Dioxide Emissions Are Needed Now, Not Down ...
Science Daily (press release)
Jan. 7, 2013 — Halting climate change will require "a fundamental and disruptive overhaul of the global energy system" to eradicate harmful carbon dioxide emissions, not just stabilize them, according to new findings by UC Irvine and other scientists.
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NJ doctors who dump medical waste may lose licenses USA TODAY

NJ doctors who dump medical waste may lose licenses

USA TODAY

Dr. Hansen - Essentials to Avoid Ecocide

I urge you to watch this, NOT for style, but for substance. Then, please give me your comments, especially if you think I've gotten something important, fundamentally incorrect.   start_loving at yahoo dot com

***** FACT: The Costs Of Coal Use Outweigh Its Benefits. Fact-check. Media Matters.

http://mediamatters.org/research/2012/09/20/myths-and-facts-about-coal/190041#cheap

The Social Cost of Carbon: How to Do the Math?

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/18/the-social-cost-of-carbon-how-to-do-the-math/

Study: Social cost of carbon more than $250 per metric ton.

http://www.bna.com/panel-underestimated-benefits-n17179869733/

***** New CO2 Cost Estimate Gives Renewables An EdgeEarthTechling

Faulty model behind US underestimating carbon cost

Zee News - ‎4 hours ago‎

"This is a wake-up call for America to start aggressively investing in low carbon sources of energy. The very real economic benefits will accrue quickly and increase over time," Johnson was quoted as saying in the Journal of Environmental Studies and ...

New CO2 Cost Estimate Gives Renewables An EdgeEarthTechling

Model used by US government underestimates costs of carbon pollution, climate ...Phys.Org

Highly Cited:New study (part I of II): Feds underestimate costs of carbon pollution, low ...Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)

Coal Pollution Will Kill 13,200 Americans This Year & Cost $100 Billion in Additional Health Care Bills (2010)

http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/coal-pollution-will-kill-13200-americans-this-year-cost-100-billion-in-additional-health-care-bills.html

Bayer, Nestle Lead Carbon Effort as Climate Risk Grows Businessweek

Bayer, Nestle Lead Carbon Effort as Climate Risk Grows

Businessweek - ‎2 hours ago‎

... states in the northeast U.S.. “It is vital that we internalize the costs of future environmental damage into today's decisions by putting an effective price on carbon,” Carbon Disclosure Project Chief Executive Officer Paul Simpson said in the ...

The changing climate and a much-needed carbon tax Globe and Mail

The changing climate and a much-needed carbon tax

Globe and Mail - ‎18 hours ago‎

“With the carbon tax there are virtually no serious trade-offs. Our analysis shows the overall economy improves, taxes are lower and pollution emissions are reduced,” said John M. Reilly, co-director of MIT's Joint Program on the Science and Policy of ...

President of Royal Dutch Shell Canadian division urges carbon price Globe and Mail

President of Royal Dutch Shell Canadian division urges carbon price

Globe and Mail - ‎40 minutes ago‎

A senior oil executive is urging federal and provincial governments to put a significant price on carbon dioxide to encourage the industry to reduce emissions even as it increases production and accesses new and growing markets.

Global Carbon Trading Takes a Big Step Forward Triple Pundi

Global Carbon Trading Takes a Big Step Forward

Triple Pundit - ‎4 hours ago‎

It has often been pointed out that our modern world could quickly become cleaner, safer, and more sustainable if only externalities, such as air pollution or carbon emissions, were internalized, so that they could be captured and factored into the ...

"'Close' counts only in horseshoes and hand-grenades." Anonymous

"'Close' counts only in horseshoes and hand-grenades." Anonymous

Our next 200 billion kids don't get another chance at life. 

Cap and Trade, too little, too late, will be the final nail in their coffin.  NOTHING LESS than $240/ton by 2022, announced 2012, will save them, using the George Schultz / Inglis revenue neutral tax shifting from income to carbon, or the right / left sanctioned Fee and Dividend approach.

"'Close' counts only in horseshoes and hand-grenades." Anonymous

Obama, EPA actions make cap-and-trade more likely The Hil

Obama, EPA actions make cap-and-trade more likely

The Hill (blog) - ‎18 hours ago‎

President Obama's use of executive authority and his Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) interpretation of existing laws might have laid the groundwork for renewed cap-and-trade efforts, political experts said Wednesday. The courts have approved...

Cost of greenhouse gas abatement at $1484 a tonne?

Hopes of slashing greenhouse emissions just blowing in the wind

The Australian - ‎6 hours ago‎

Even in SA, which uses gas, not coal, for base-load power and makes much greater use of wind, Cumming estimates the cost of greenhouse gas abatement at $1484 a tonne. Cumming used data published by the Australian Energy Market Operator, which ...

nd James Hansen - $200 est cost / ton to draw down 30 ppm. $15 trillion on our kids and grandkids; or, on today's earth wreckers?

nd James Hansen - $200 est cost / ton to draw down 30 ppm. $15 trillion on our kids and grandkids; or, on today's earth wreckers?

"Storms of our Grandchildren"