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The curious case of the expanding environmental group with falling income
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Sunday, January 17, 2010 |
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When Douglas Alexander travelled to New Delhi last September to announce Britain was presenting £10 million to the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), standing alongside him was an imposing, bearded figure, writes Christopher Booker and Richard North in Telegraph. |
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Collectivism, Climate Change, and Economic Freedom
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Saturday, January 09, 2010 |
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It would probably turn out that if the necessary adjustments were allowed to be made, global warming, if it actually came, would prove highly beneficial to mankind on net balance, writes George Reisman. |
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Global Wealth Can Heal the Planet
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Monday, January 04, 2010 |
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Free-market nations are better at protecting their environments than statist regimes.By Jonah Goldberg
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Carbon Prices Plunge in Wake of Copenhagen
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009 |
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Carbon prices plunged yesterday in the aftermath of the Copenhagen conference on climate change, dealing a blow to the credibility of the European Union's carbon-trading scheme. Prices for carbon permits for December 2010 delivery, the benchmark contract for pricing European permits, dropped by 8.3 per cent, closing at EUR 12.41. Analysts estimate that prices of more than EUR40 a tonne are required to stimulate investment in new low-carbon technologies, reported Chris Flood and Fiona Harvey in the Financial Times. |
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Carbon market woes tilt US towards carbon taxes
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Monday, February 23, 2009 |
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Carbon permit prices in Europe’s Emission Trading System (ETS) have crashed from €31 last summer to €8 today. The two causes for this collapse are: the recession has reduced demand for energy and, thus, for carbon permits. And second, European governments have handed out “luxurious quantities” of carbon permits, free of charge, to big emitters, claiming that economic growth “would soon see them bumping against the ceiling.” So, liberty lovers be warned: We could end up with cap-and-trade, carbon taxes, and CAA controls on CO2, writes Marlo Lewis in Open Market. |
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IATA chief calls for abandoning environment taxes
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Thursday, July 17, 2008 |
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The IATA representing 230 airlines as asked governments to abandon punitive environment taxes and support global environment solutions which in turn will reduce aviation’s 2% global carbon emissions. IATA said, “Taxes don't reduce emissions. Only better operations and technology can do that”. Airlines have lots of taxes but do nothing to reduce emissions, but technological advances and now the fuel prices reaching the sky, there is no need to implement more taxes but airlines themselves are going to help reduce emissions, reports PTI for Business Standard. |
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Little Chance For U.S. Climate Bill
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Sunday, June 01, 2008 |
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When the US Senate takes up landmark climate legislation this week, its backers can be sure of just one thing: The obstacles they face show how hard it will be to enact a meaningful cap on greenhouse gases -- probably under the next administration. For the moment, supporters of establishing a federal cap-and-trade system to curb emissions linked to global warming say they hope to put down a marker in the national debate over climate change,
write Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson in the Washington Post. |
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Global warming tax hikes heading your way
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Monday, April 21, 2008 |
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America is in the throes of a major housing and financial downturn, soaring food and energy costs, rising unemployment and near recession. But government agencies are falling all over themselves to restrict fossil fuel use, advance climate change legislation - and thereby increase energy prices, oil imports, and costs for families and businesses. Deficient computer models are driving policies that destroy jobs and family budgets. So hold onto your wallets, and hope you can hold onto your jobs, homes and cars. You're about to be put on a wild political roller coaster, writes Paul Driessen |
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Eco-protectionism and climate change alarmism
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008 |
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There is a proposal made by some groups and politicians in rich countries, that trade protectionism by rich and industrialized countries can be justified because these countries are consuming goods by "carbon-surplus" developing countries. But eco-protectionism as a result of climate change alarmism will only succeed in making the planet dirtier, while pushing more people to poverty and economic stagnation, writes Nonoy Oplas |
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