OttawaA carbon-tax swap?In the United States, the carbon tax discussion continues. From the National Journal . From the Washington Post . A White House...
BusinessWhy environmentalists should be open-minded about the oil sandsThe question is: do the extra benefits from oil sands production outweigh the costs?
OttawaSpreading the good word beyond the House of CommonsReference to a "carbon tax" turns up in the Lacombe Globe in an op-ed by Conservative MP Blaine Calkins. Two similar sentences...
OttawaMeanwhile, in the United States...Bloomberg’s Mary Duenwald surveys the scene. CNN’s Steve Hargreaves considers the options. More from Reuters . And Environment &...
Ottawa’Taxes, taxes and more taxes’A new radio ad from the Conservative party. Here again is a rough guide to the Conservatives’ carbon tax farce.
OttawaA global tour of carbon pricingAs noted yesterday, Stephen Harper is presently in India, a country that has a carbon tax. After India, he will visit the...
OttawaEverything is a tax nowThe idea of what constitutes a tax has expanded somewhat over the last few weeks to include measures that create government...
OttawaJohn Baird does not speak for IndiaDuring QP this afternoon, the Foreign Affairs Minister concluded his third response to Thomas Mulcair thusly. India has a carbon...
OttawaThe American debateFrontline recently did a documentary on the climate change debate in the United States. Around the 9:30 mark, the defeat of a...
OttawaJack Mintz and putting a price on carbonA central figure in the carbon-pricing debate is economist Jack Mintz. In protesting the NDP’s cap-and-trade proposal, for...