• FACTBOX-U.S. candidates Obama, Huckabee on key issues | Reuters
  Huckabee: Backs an unspecified cap on carbon emissions and 35 mile-per-gallon fuel efficiency standard by 2020; favors alternative energy and energy independence. Obama: Wants to lead an effort to impose caps on carbon emissions and prompt U.S. automakers

  (tags: carbon+tax , carbon+offsets, fuel+efficiency, Huckabee, Obama, elections)

• Paying People for the Costs of Climate Control (Part 2) - Dot Earth - Climate Change and Sustainability - New York Times Blog
  Peter Barnes cites problems with a straight tax on carbon content of fuels.

  (tags: carbon+tax tax)

• What America Must Do: Step on the Gas
  The first thing the next American president should do upon taking office is to insist that the U.S. Congress pass a huge increase in gas taxes. (Subscription)

  (tags: carbon+tax elections president)

• AEI - Short Publications
  All of the Democratic candidates for President have presented detailed plans for addressing climate change that include four components: carbon caps and targets; fuel efficiency measures; renewable electricity standards; and efficiency targets.

  (tags: carbon+tax carbon+offsets cap+trade president democrats)

• In a land of excess and waste, opportunity abounds - Editorial - Opinion
  Sweden imposed the world’s first carbon tax , a startling $US100 a tonne, in 1991, amid forecasts of dire consequences (energy-intensive industries won a concessionary $US25 rate).

  (tags: carbon+tax sweden)

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