Opinion: A price on carbon offers the clearest way to tackle climate change
Green MEP’s and NGO campaigning for a price on carbon in 2013. Photo credit: greensefa via Flickr. By Declan Milling Wouldn’t it be great if we did things because they […]
Category Archives: carbon tax
Alberta’s carbon levy: a primer
Photo credit: Kris Krug. By guest contributor Derek Leahy It may come as a surprise to some that Alberta pioneered carbon pricing — not just in Canada, but for all […]
What’s stopping Canada from putting a price on carbon?
Stephen Harper: Photo credit: PM Photo Gallery. By guest contributor Derek Leahy For the first time in several years, carbon pricing in Canada is back on the national radar. Recently a group […]
Top climate and energy developments of 2014 – year in review
Extreme weather events across the planet became one of the dominating news stories of 2014. Photo credit: Reuters / China Daily. 2014 literally started with a storm. ‘Dreadful’, ‘heartbreaking’ and […]
Opinion: Is the falling oil price an environmental victory?
Photo credit: Geof Wilson via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen As I recently reported a drastic drop in the oil price over recent months has thrown several oil projects into doubt […]
The graphs that shows you renewables are working in Australia
A wind turbine part being transported in South Australia and in the background an existing wind farm. Photo credit: David Clarke via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen Coal loving Australia have […]
Opinion: The biggest climate movement the world has ever seen is underway in America
Photo credit: Climate Action Network International. By Anders Lorenzen Something quite remarkable happened in New York City last month, more precisely on the 21st September 2014 as an estimated 400,000 […]
Opinion: The energy to fight injustice
Photo credit: Xinhua / Alamy. By Dr. James Hansen As I peer into Beijing’s impenetrable smog, I feel nauseous. Air pollution from burning coal kills over one million people per […]
Australia repeal the carbon tax
Al Gore and Clive Palmer. Photo credit: Alex Ellinghausen By Anders Lorenzen It’s been coming for a while, but the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has finally won the political backing […]
