carbon tax
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U.S. Supreme Court Delivers a Rare Win for Environmental Policy
In the wake of some incredibly demoralising news that’s come out of the Supreme Court recently, it looks like they may have done some good: the Court will allow the Biden administration to use monetary estimates of greenhouse gas emissions for future policymaking.
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Exxon May Finally Release a Climate Plan That Only Sort of Sucks
Well, well, well, look who finally decided to join the Big Oil climate pledge party. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that Exxon, the company that for decades pushed climate denial on the world, is “considering” making a pledge to get its carbon emissions to net zero by 2050.
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Microsoft Pats Itself On Back For Some Pretty Weak Climate Pledges
On Tuesday, Microsoft announced some major updates to its sustainability commitments. The company said it would double its internal price on carbon emissions, meaning it will charge itself more for its emissions from operations, buildings, and data centres, and join a group advocating for a national carbon tax and dividend. These are nice steps for…
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Elon Musk On Why We Need A Carbon Tax
Billionaire Elon Musk has a few things on the boil at the moment. He’s revolutionising how we all get around with Tesla electric supercars, SpaceX reusable rockets and an experimental Hyperloop, while also working on a plan to launch a Mars colony running in the background. Needless to say, he’s a real-life billionaire/genius/playboy/philanthropist. At a…