Happiness is a carbon tax.(Editorial)(imposing taxation on carbon...

Alternatives Journal;  July 1, 2007 ;     478 words ......reality, we won't get a handle on climate change unless our governments implement...and environmentalists that a carbon tax, especially a global carbon tax, is the best way to deal with climate change--the best way for expectations...not perfect--but what is?--a ...

Nats aim to kill carbon tax

The Press;  December 2, 2005 ;     493 words ......to axe the proposed carbon tax amid strong signals...the 2008-2012 Kyoto climate change protocol. However, it...analysis will kill the carbon tax stone dead," he said...country to impose a carbon tax, and there was no evidence...

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...and United Future oppose the carbon tax and have required a review...business community who argue a carbon tax would penalise business, motorists...The Government has said a carbon tax of $15 a tonne of carbon ...

Canadians warming to carbon tax: poll

Winnipeg Free Press;  May 26, 2008 ;     562 words ......tax on activities that cause climate change, but they don't necessarily expect...would be supportive of a federal carbon tax and would like to see its new...said Clare Demerse, a senior climate change policy analyst at the Pembina...

Households bear brunt of carbon tax

The Press;  May 5, 2005 ;     700+ words ......the Government's new carbon tax that will also see...increase as part of the carbon tax package announced yesterday...tax, but Ministerial Climate Change Group convener Pete...About $240m of the carbon tax revenue would go towards...party supported the carbon ...

A carbon tax on gasoline? It's worth a look.(Opinion)(Brief article)

Automotive News;  March 5, 2007 ;     251 words ......about CO2 contributing to climate change and the need for the nation...time to consider a so-called carbon tax. The theory behind a carbon tax is based on the concept of...sure it's not too painful, a carbon tax may have to be part of a...

Cleaner energy: it is political poison, but a carbon tax still makes...

The Economist (US);  April 18, 1998 ;     530 words ......in December, the threat of climate change was all the rage, and the...over renewables. Unless a carbon tax was so huge as to be economically...Precedents suggest strongly that a carbon tax would be effective. For example...of proving the impact of a carbon tax: energy ...

EU/US : CARBON TAX DEBATE IGNITING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC.

Europe Environment;  March 20, 2008 ;     458 words ......on 7 March for climate change talks with top...sincerely believe a carbon tax will not be needed...others to act on climate change through sabre...for getting the carbon tax plan omitted from...Commission's January 2008 climate change package. ...

Carbon tax may knock NZ drivers

The Press;  September 14, 2000 ;     700 words ......be hit with a 9c-a-litre carbon tax which is being considered...under the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change, which the Government has...officials have proposed two carbon-tax scenarios involving 3.5...include a carbon charge in a climate change package, the work ...

Carbon tax move criticised

The Press;  February 21, 2006 ;     257 words ......in tackling tricky climate change issues has been tarnished...scrapping of a proposed carbon tax late last year. The...Australia-New Zealand Climate Change and Business conference...disappointment when the carbon tax was dumped. "Some...minister responsible for ...

Tax Poll.(CLIMATE CHANGE)(ecotaxes and emission trading)(Brief article)

Alternatives Journal;  January 1, 2008 ;     102 words ......among policy analysts that tackling climate change requires that a price be placed...Prime Minister Harper will make No Carbon Tax a campaign promise. Such a move...the process since, in designing climate change policies, all options, including a carbon tax and ...

Royal Commission wants carbon tax.(Brief Article)

Chemistry and Industry;  June 26, 2000 ;     336 words ......complex and cumbersome plans for a climate change levy on energy-intensive industries...come into force next April. A carbon tax would be more effective, the...to 'dangerous and destructive climate change', the report says. To promote...

AUSTRALIA: P.M. COMMENTS ON LABOR'S CARBON TAX PLAN

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ......emissions and climate change. It also exposes...hidden plan for a carbon tax. The notion that...demonstrable impact on climate change. Unlike the economies...real wages and a carbon price equivalent...of the Kyoto climate change framework, namely...

Feeling the effects of climate change

Beyond Numbers;  June 1, 2008 ;     331 words ......Question of how climate change will affect us...potential impacts of climate change remain vague and...potential impacts of climate change became a lot clearer...introduced its new carbon tax in the 2008-2009...businesses? Will the carbon tax be ...

Leaders debate climate change

The Press;  February 20, 2006 ;     312 words ......country's responses to climate change, the organiser of an international...second Australia-New Zealand Climate Change and Business Conference...forge a path in addressing climate change and greenhouse gas emission...had scrapped its planned carbon tax. "One of the big ...