Carbontax.org Website Review

a carbon tax is the fairest, most effective, most efficient single policy tool in the fight for a habitable climate. the carbon tax. center serves as a resource for people supportive of or curious about carbon taxes. a carbon tax is a fee on the carbon content of fossil fuels. though levied “upstream” where the coal, oil or gas is extracted or imported, it charges fossil fuel users for the climate damage their fuel use causes by releasing heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the find out where carbon taxes have been enacted or proposed around the world, including in canada, ireland, australia, chile, scandinavia, right now (2018 summer), every day brings another disaster rooted in climate change. historic floods, raging wildfires, persistent droughts, mas*ive icemelts. causing profound suffering and setting off food shortages, civil unrest, mas* migrations. it’s not because our wired world gives us greater access to cataclysms. the frequencies are rising.   quick answers to 32 key questions about carbon taxes, including why they’re needed to prevent climate catastrophe and how to make them the good news: u.s. electricity savings + renewables are leading the way a clean electricity boom is why the clean power plan is way ahead of schedule. we’ve calculated the co2 avoided because u.s. electricity usage has stayed flat since 2005 instead of growing with economic output. this leads to the surprising and important finding that china surged past the united states a decade ago to become the world’s #1 carbon emitter, but its emissions have plateaued since our blog is where you’ll find breaking news, fresh takes and clear-eyed an*lysis on carbon taxing and broader climate change campaigns for state carbon taxes educate the public and advance the idea on the policy map. a carbon tax in one or more states will create facts on the ground that can appeal to left and right alike and upend the climate stalemate. the carbon tax center is out with a new report