Analysis: Biden ‘would literally do everything differently if he really cared about’ climate change
.@HolmanJenkins is @WSJ's sharpest columnist. We disagree with him about a #carbontax, which would be pointless and regressive. He has also swallowed the narrative that we know CO2 is serious threat to climate. We don't. Other than that he is cogent.https://t.co/cPkg4E2dPp — Clear Energy Alliance (@clearenergy) January 27, 2021 https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-age-of-climate-decadence-11611703252?mod=opinion_featst_pos1 Biden’s Age of Climate Decadence […]
Biden Treasury Dept seeks to develop a CO2 tax & pressure banks not to lend to fossil fuel companies
Biden Treasury Department to work to develop a CO2 tax and to pressure banks not to lend to fossil fuel companies.https://t.co/HiuEjeXPWL — Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) January 19, 2021 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-yellen-climate/yellen-says-would-appoint-senior-climate-official-at-treasury-idUSKBN29O2B3 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Janet Yellen, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for Treasury Secretary, on Tuesday called climate change an “existential threat” to the U.S. economy and […]
Listen: Morano testifies against RGGI energy taxes to Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection – ‘Your fracking revolution…has been the energy success story of America’
RGGI Public Hearing Afternoon Session – December 11, 2020 Topic: RGGI Public Hearing Afternoon Session – December 11, 2020 Host: Darek Jagiela Friday, December 11, 2020 1:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time (New York, GMT-05:00) https://www.dep.pa.gov/PublicParticipation/EnvironmentalQuality/Pages/default.aspx The audio-only hearing was on Pennsylvania’s desire to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative or “RGGI”. RGGI is an agreement between […]
The IMF’s Net-Zero Fairy Tale
https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2020/12/06/the_imfs_net-zero_fairy_tale_652008.html By Rupert Darwall With Britain, France, the European Union, and now America (soon to be under Joe Biden’s leadership) piling onto the net-zero bandwagon, you’d think that some objectivity about the economic costs and consequences about such absolutist carbon-emission policies would be in order. Traditionally, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) could be relied upon as […]
Be it CARBON or CARBONATED, they want to TAX it: Biden Cabinet Picks Support Steep Soda Tax and $2 Trillion Carbon Dioxide Tax
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/biden-cabinet-picks-support-steep-soda-tax-and-2-trillion-carbon-tax By Craig Bannister At least two of presidential heir apparent Joe Biden’s cabinet picks support burdensome new taxes. Biden’s choice to head up the Office of Management and Budget (OBM), Neera Tandemn, has voiced support for two different costly soda tax proposals that would hit low-income Americans the hardest, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) analysis […]
U.S. to be Subject to UN ‘Climate Conciliation Commission’ if Re-Joins Paris Climate Pact – Paris pact could be cited to levy carbon taxes, block infrastructure projects
https://govoversight.org/u-s-to-be-subject-to-un-climate-conciliation-commission-if-re-joins-paris-climate-pact/ By CHRIS HORNER Paris Climate ‘Accord’ FOIA Case: State Dept. Releases, Withholds Parts of Memo to Sec. John Kerry Requesting Authority to Sign Paris Agreement It appears possible that, come January, the United States will rejoin the 2015 Paris climate agreement, committing to adopt the “Green New Deal” agenda (now rebranded for political purposes as “Net […]
Pennsylvania governor tramples legislators to impose carbon taxes
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/pennsylvania-governor-tramples-legislators-to-impose-carbon-taxes by Kevin Mooney Pennsylvania state lawmakers in both parties have a message for Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf, and it goes something like this: No taxation without representation! That message came through loud and clear in September when the General Assembly passed legislation that would prohibit the governor from joining a multi-state climate change agreement […]
EU climate plan sets stage for an explosive rise in carbon prices
https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2020/09/22/eu-climate-plan-sets-stage-for-an-explosive-rise-in-carbon-prices/ EU climate plan sets stage for an explosive rise in carbon pricesNOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT / by Paul Homewood / 7d By Paul Homewood https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2020/09/20/eu-climate-plan-sets-stage-explosive-rise-carbon-prices/ Ambrose Evans-Pritchard keeps telling us that super duper renewable energy is so cheap, everybody will be falling over themselves to switch away from fossil fuels. Very strange then that the […]
Joe Biden unlikely to push carbon tax as part of ‘climate change’ plan
https://www.axios.com/joe-biden-carbon-tax-climate-change-plan-e8d522a8-5015-45fc-8164-3ec5c8a0d8a3.html By Amy Harder Joe Biden is unlikely to pursue a carbon tax if he wins in November, according to several people familiar with his campaign’s thinking. Driving the news: The campaign said last year it supported a price on carbon emissions, but it has since released policies that embody government mandates, investments and job creation amid the pandemic-induced […]
New Paper Shows Hidden Cost Of Net-Zero Decarbonization
https://climatechangedispatch.com/new-paper-shows-hidden-cost-of-net-zero-decarbonization/ New Paper Shows Hidden Cost Of Net-Zero Decarbonization Climate Change Dispatch / by Dr. Benny Peiser / 5d The UK faces a £200 billion bill to rewire the country if the government follows through on plans to electrify the country’s homes and transport systems. That’s because the installation of electric car chargers and heat […]