A comment piece published in Nature yesterday urges tropical countries to adopt a tax on carbon emissions in order to halt global warming, species loss, and deforestation. The authors of…
SINGAPORE — Indonesia’s development model over the decades has been to exploit its abundant natural resources to feed a population that’s now ballooned to 260 million and fuel an economy…
Aerial view of Egypt's drylands. Research has linked a changing climate with the downfall of Egypt's Old Kingdom 4,200 years ago. Photo by Rhett A. Butler. Look at most climate…
At the end of last year, the world got some good news on the green business front concerning a very unlikely set of participants. A recent market review revealed that…
World must aim for one degrees Celsius warming, instead of two say leading scientists. Two degrees is too much: that's the conclusion of a landmark new paper by top economists…
Around 60,000 Australians marched yesterday across the country calling on their government not to go backwards on climate action, according to organizers. Australia has taken a sudden U-turn on climate…
For many concerned about climate change, Australia has suddenly become the new Canada. With the election of Tony Abbott as Prime Minister in September, the land down under has taken…
Climate-conscious folk agree that atmospheric carbon dioxide is a key greenhouse gas and a large factor in global climate change. However, there are discrepancies in the methods chosen to address…
Comparison of carbon emissions from six leading countries. Click image to enlarge. China will not introduce a carbon tax in 2013, reports Bloomberg. A carbon tax proposed under the country's…
Comparison of carbon emissions from six leading countries. Click image to enlarge. China will introduce a carbon tax, reports official state media. The government will levy a tax on carbon…
Beginning next year, Norway will nearly double the carbon tax on its domestic oil industry to help set up a $1 billion climate change fund for programs in developing nations…
NASA GISS Surface Temperature Analysis for June 2012 compared with a 1951-1980 baseline. Former Secretary of State George Shultz is calling for a carbon tax to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas…
By a margin of just two votes (74-72), Australia's plan to put a price on carbon passed its toughest hurdle today. It is now expected that the Australian legislator will…
Australia's 500 largest polluters will pay AU$23 ($24.60) per ton of carbon dioxide emitted beginning July 2012 under a plan announced by Australian prime minister Julia Gilliard. The carbon tax…
The President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, has announced that he will implement a carbon tax to help "save the human race" from global warming. The tax of 17 Euros (about…
Bjorn Lomborg, a Danish business school professor and author who has riled environmentalists by arguing that addressing climate change should be a lesser priority than global health and nutrition initiatives,…
Failure to develop policies that account for emissions from land use change will lead to widespread deforestation and higher costs for addressing climate change, warn researchers writing in the journal…
Mongabay does not normally publish statements from environmental groups on climate policy matters, but this recent post from World Resources Institute preisdent Jonathan Lash is an exception.
US government: $28 carbon price would raise gas prices by 25 cents US government: $28 carbon price would raise gas prices by 25 cents mongabay.com October 9, 2008 Congressional Budget…
Carbon tax will ease transition to sensible climate policy Don't "Sell Short" the Earth: Carbon tax will ease transition to sensible climate policy Richard B. Rood and Gabriel Thoumi August…
Despite loss in Congress, global warming lobby gains momentum say environmentalists Despite loss in Congress, global warming lobby gains momentum mongabay.com June 8, 2008 Friday's defeat of the Lieberman-Warner Climate…
Bloomberg calls for a carbon tax Bloomberg calls for a carbon tax mongabay.com December 13, 2007 New York City mayor and potential U.S. presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg said that carbon…
$400/ton carbon tax needed to curb aviation emissions $400/ton carbon tax needed to curb aviation emissions mongabay.com September 4, 2007 European Union proposals to reduce the climate impact of aviation…
