March 3, 2008
The government of British Columbia has implemented a carbon tax of $10 per tonne of carbon emissions, increasing to $30 per tonne by 2012. For gasoline, this works out to about 2.4 cents per litre. For home heating fuel about 2.8 cents. This is the first consumer carbon tax in North America.
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Posted in British Columbia, Canada, Environmental Policy
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March 2, 2008
I thought this was interesting. From Naomi Klein’s latest newsletter:
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Posted in United States, War in Iraq
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March 2, 2008
You hear about it every day. Our climate is changing. The predictions about what that might mean for us, and the rest of the living creatures on this planet we all share, is somewhat bleak to state it mildly. Read the rest of this entry »
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