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Hawaii looking ‘to introduce a climate change fee for visitors’ – ‘Flat-fee’ will raise $68 million annually – Charged at hotel check-in or vacation rental

https://www.news.com.au/travel/destinations/north-america/hawaii/hawaii-looking-to-introduce-special-tax-for-incoming-tourists/news-story/508f365b9008f0a1df310443de290814 Visitors to Hawaii may be hit with a new fee, following in the footsteps of other popular holiday locations around the world. Tourists heading to Hawaii may be slapped with additional entry costs, as the popular holiday destination looks to introduce a climate change fee for visitors. The new tax, according to the state’s […]

Watch: Morano rebuts Elon Musk’s call for ‘carbon taxes’ to fight ‘climate change’ – ‘Paying more taxes to the government will not make hurricanes less frequent’

Watch: Morano on @tntradiolive rebuts @elonmusk on his call for 'carbon taxes' to fight 'global warming' Morano: 'Paying more taxes to the government will not make hurricanes less frequent." "It's a shell game of nonsense that's going to outsource more jobs, wealth, & energy… pic.twitter.com/nfW47fPHCT — Marc Morano (@ClimateDepot) February 6, 2024 For Morano’s full […]

IMF Boss Says Governments Need to Impose Global Carbon Tax on Citizens to Punish Them for Using Energy ‘to fight climate change’

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/leo-hohmann-imf-boss-says-governments-need-impose/ By Leo Hohmann Kristalina Georgieva, a Bulgarian economist who serves as the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said Monday that the IMF wants to see countries implement punishing new carbon taxes to “fight climate change.” She delivered her dire message at the United Nations COP28 climate summit, where globalists in attendance flew […]

Former UN IPCC Lead Author Dr. Richard Toll: ‘Abandon emissions targets altogether’ – Explains ‘the money for CO2 removal will go to large multinational companies’

Dr. Richard Tol:  The money for CO2 removal will go to large multinational companies who operate in faraway countries in order to help solve a remote problem. It is hard to get votes for such a subsidy, harder if that subsidy is really large.

Decarbonizing the economy at a more leisurely pace will still require tax reform – but to a much smaller extent, one that is well in line with historical precedent. It would be even better to abandon emissions targets altogether and instead steer climate policy on its cost.

Bloomberg news: Carbon Offset Market Faces Chaos as African Mega-Project Collapses – ‘Raises new doubts about the carbon market’s ability to backstop failures’

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-27/shaky-zimbabwe-project-puts-whole-carbon-market-at-risk#xj4y7vzkg The breakup of the partnership behind one of the world’s biggest carbon projects in Zimbabwe raises new doubts about the carbon market’s ability to backstop failures. The integrity of one of the largest single sources of credits in the $2 billion carbon market faces serious doubt following the collapse of the partnership behind Kariba, […]

We’re saved! African Climate Summit issues unanimous call for world leaders to support global tax on fossil fuels

https://apnews.com/article/africa-climate-kenya-finance-65a5708b00e204a7c3d2783e81d3e1b6 NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The first African Climate Summit ended with a call Wednesday for world leaders to rally behind a global carbon tax on fossil fuels, aviation and maritime transport, and it seeks reform of the world financial system that forces African nations to pay more to borrow money. The declaration backed by the leaders […]

Associated Press Poll: AP-NORC Poll: Only ‘38% of Americans support a carbon fee to combat climate change when told it would increase the cost of energy by $1 each month’

AP-NORC Poll: Only 38% of Americans are willing to support a “carbon fee” to combat climate change when told it would increase the cost of energy by $1 each month. Willingness to pay decreases as the impact on their energy bill grows. Support is down 14% since 2016. Via @TIME… pic.twitter.com/LvgXj8g2r1 — Gabriella Hoffman (@Gabby_Hoffman) […]

We’re saved! Romney to the rescue of our climate! Supports carbon tax as ‘number one thing’ to ‘reduce temperatures’ – Laments Democrats missed ‘opportunity’ to enact carbon tax

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-environment/romney-carbon-tax-climate-change?utm_source=msn&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=msn_feed by Brady Knox Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) voiced his support for a carbon tax in order to help combat climate change. At a Washington Post webinar on Thursday, Romney spoke about the necessity of fighting climate change. In his view, the most useful tool would be a carbon tax, which would push the private sector to innovate towards clean […]

‘The real economic objection to a carbon tax is that it will…have same result as our current policies. Fossil fuels will end up being priced out use & be left with unreliable & expensive alternatives’

https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2022/10/24/it-pollutes-so-tax-it/ By Paul Homewood A new paper from GWPF calls for the introduction of carbon taxes, instead of mandating renewables: London, 24 October – An important new paper from the Global Warming Policy Foundation argues that the failure to limit CO2 emissions is a direct result of politicians’ obsession with mandating renewables as the main policy response. […]

WaPo touts report calling for ‘global tax’ on commercial flying (but not private jets) – ‘Would require’ global ‘centralized system to track passports’

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/10/10/frequent-flyer-tax-aviation/ Frequent fliers are a problem for the planet. Should they pay more? By Shannon Osaka A report suggests a novel way of curbing climate pollution from air travel: A global tax on people who fly the most, with the proceeds going toward research and development into sustainable aviation fuels, The Post’s Shannon Osaka reports. The report from the nonprofit International Council […]