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Tag Archives: carbon tax
Parker Gallant: Environmental Defence, hypocrites or hypochondriacs
(February 11, 2014) Riddle me this! What do the Cement Association of Canada, United Steelworkers, Xerox and Middlefields Resource Funds (investors in oil and gas exploration and development) and Environmental Defence have in common?
Posted in Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Oil, Pipelines, Renewables, Tar Sands
Tagged carbon tax, Climate Change, green energy, Oil, Parker Gallant
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Aldyen Donnelly: A Response to Peter Foster’s “The Demons in Krugmanomics”
(June 29, 2011) The following is a response to Peter Foster’s article published in the Financial Post on June 29, 2011. To read The Demons in Krugmanomics, click here.
Aldyen Donnelly: Politicians ignoring the constitutional crisis that would accompany cap and trade
(April 13, 2011) Aldyen Donnelly takes issue with the federal parties that are advocating for cap and trade, while ignoring the likely blow-back from the provinces. Continue reading
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Tagged Aldyen Donnelly, carbon markets, carbon tax, emissions trading, GHG, greenhouse gases, interprovincial trade, quotas
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How US greenhouse gas regulations will hurt Canadian exports to the US
(March 22, 2011) Aldyen Donnelly explains how a US cap and trade system would unfairly punish Canadian exporters, including the electricity industry, and fail to reward GHG reductions by Canadian exporters. Continue reading
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Tagged Aldyen Donnelly, carbon tax, CO2, emissions trading, Global Warming
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Aldyen Donnelly: British Columbia’s carbon tax quagmire
(February 18, 2011) British Columbia is now more reliant on carbon tax revenues than any other jurisdiction on earth. Aldyen Donnelly discusses the challenges this poses for the provincial government. Continue reading
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Tagged Aldyen Donnelly, BC Budget, British Columbia, cap and trade, carbon tax, Climate Change, CO2, environment, GHG, Global Warming
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Aldyen Donnelly: Why large industry supports a carbon tax over other GHG regulations
(February 15, 2011) Aldyen Donnelly argues that large industry in Canada has been supportive of carbon taxes over other forms of emissions regulations, since they could reasonably expect to receive the same exemptions that their European counterparts enjoy. Continue reading
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Tagged Aldyen Donnelly, cap and trade, carbon credits, carbon tax, Climate Change, Global Warming
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Aldyen Donnelly: Carbon regulations and trade policy
(February 9, 2011) Blogger Aldyen Donnelly writes that cap and trade schemes can be a source of protectionism. Continue reading
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Tagged Aldyen Donnelly, cap and trade, carbon tax, emissions trading, environment, foreign trade, Waxman-Markey
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Aldyen Donnelly: Use product standards, not carbon taxes to reduce C02 emissions
(Feb.3, 2010) Governments should look to product standards, rather than economically harmful carbon taxes or cap and trade to curb C02 emissions.
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Tagged Aldyen Donnelly, cap and trade, carbon tax, Climate Change, Global Warming
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Aldyen Donnelly: Why the income-to-consumption tax shift is a potential economic death spiral
(Nov. 30, 2010) Aldyen Donnelly looks at the major drawbacks to implementing consumption taxes, rather than income taxes. Continue reading
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