Cold feet over carbon tax? (Netherlands imposes the tax to cut carbon...

Chemistry and Industry;  March 2, 1992 ;     700+ words ......courage, but just how effective would a carbon tax be? asks Ferry Biedermann The prospects...Community is studying the imposition of a carbon tax as a way of cutting [CO.sub.2] emissions...environment ministry are convinced that a hefty carbon tax will have to be levied, starting ...

Grits should fear B.C.'s carbon-tax uneasiness

Winnipeg Free Press;  September 14, 2008 ;     680 words ......hope. After showing no interest in a carbon tax, B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell last February...featured, among other things, Canada's first carbon tax. Environmentalists were thrilled at finally...supporters of the Campbell government's carbon tax have grown increasingly uneasy ...

Carbon tax cuts revenue - study

The Press;  December 16, 2005 ;     361 words ...The imposition of a carbon tax cut seven companies' earnings by...brick-making and tomato growing applied a carbon tax at $25 a tonne of CO2 to 2005 accounts...companies the extra costs of the carbon tax would have resulted in losses at...

Nats aim to kill carbon tax

The Press;  December 2, 2005 ;     493 words ......mounting a campaign to axe the proposed carbon tax amid strong signals from the Government...reasonable independent analysis will kill the carbon tax stone dead," he said. Brash said New Zealand was the only country to impose a carbon tax, and there was no evidence it would reduce...

Canadians warming to carbon tax: poll

Winnipeg Free Press;  May 26, 2008 ;     562 words ......Canadians would be supportive of a federal carbon tax and would like to see its new revenues...British Columbia had recently introduced "a carbon tax on fossil fuels to reduce greenhouse...other issues. "The support for B.C.'s carbon tax is fairly uniform across Canada," he...

B.C. tables continent's first carbon tax

Winnipeg Free Press;  February 20, 2008 ;     415 words ......America to introduce a consumer-based carbon tax. "We have to find a way that we can work...provincial budget that, aside from the carbon tax, commits $1 billion over four years to...the coming year. Taylor said the new carbon tax will begin July 1, starting at a rate...

QLD:Carbon tax to replace GST - Anderson

AAP General News (Australia);  March 13, 2005 ;     489 words ......General News (Australia) 03-13-2005 QLD:Carbon tax to replace GST - Anderson (EDS: Adds...his weight behind the introduction of a carbon tax. Mr Anderson, a former boss of BHP-Billiton...towards cleaner energy was through a carbon tax which would be applied to all fuels...

Carbon tax faces hurdle in votes as NZ First takes Kyoto stand

The Press;  October 20, 2005 ;     416 words ...A carbon tax is unlikely to win enough votes in Parliament...NZ First and United Future oppose the carbon tax and have required a review of that in...pleases the business community who argue a carbon tax would penalise business, motorists and...

Oil-rich premiers warn about evils of carbon tax

Winnipeg Free Press;  May 30, 2008 ;     469 words ......environmental policies -- including a carbon tax -- that could cripple the West, a region...western premiers' conference that a federal carbon tax or national cap-and-trade emissions program...Stelmach said a national, consumer-based carbon tax similar to one already introduced in...

New emissions data impacts carbon tax rates.

M2 Presswire;  June 19, 2008 ;     496 words ......Environment: New emissions data impacts carbon tax rates(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...result, the Province has revised its carbon tax rates on various fuel types in advance of the implementation of the carbon tax. British Columbia's carbon tax starts...

Households bear brunt of carbon tax

The Press;  May 5, 2005 ;     700+ words ......costs on the back of the Government's new carbon tax that will also see them subsidise tax...prices will also increase as part of the carbon tax package announced yesterday. The Government...greenhouse gas emissions. About $240m of the carbon tax revenue would go towards funding ...

Carbon tax supported

The Press;  November 20, 2008 ;     360 words ......Government should bring in a low-level carbon tax of $5 to $10 a tonne instead of an emissions...Minister John Key suggested this week that a carbon tax could be an alternative under the planned...had recommended starting with a modest carbon tax and then moving to an ETS if a ...

Carbon tax may knock NZ drivers

The Press;  September 14, 2000 ;     700 words ......costs could be hit with a 9c-a-litre carbon tax which is being considered by the Government...Ministry officials have proposed two carbon-tax scenarios involving 3.5 to 9c-a-litre...petrol tax. Officials estimate the high carbon tax scenario would produce a 3 per cent reduction...

Ottawa advised to levy carbon tax to cut emissions

Xinhua News Agency;  January 7, 2008 ;     292 words ...Ottawa advised to levy carbon tax to cut emissions OTTAWA, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Canada must start collecting carbon tax or set up a cap-and-trade system in...if a market-basedapproach such as a carbon tax or cap-and-trade system is to be employed...

Carbon Tax Will Hurt Families: Layton ; Harper's team supported BC carbon...

Marketwire;  September 25, 2008 ;     258 words ......New Democrat Leader Jack Layton blasted the carbon tax schemes of both B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell...government of flip-flopping on the British Columbia carbon tax. "Campbell slapped on his carbon tax and hurt families here in B.C. Bay Street...