• Hansen — We must tax carbon | | Grist
  James Hansen’s headline-grabbing broadside against Big Oil and Big Coal CEOs may prove less significant than his full-throated advocacy of carbon tax-and-dividend as the highest priority for reducing carbon emissions and abating global warming.
  (tags: carbon+tax James+Hansen carbon+emissions global+warming)
• Carbon Tax to Help Curb Climate Problems || Treemaple Blog
  On Monday, James Hansen, the director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, said at a congressional briefing that the government should not keep the proceeds from any carbon tax, but refund the money to taxpayers to help them pay for more fuel
  (tags: carbon+tax carbon+emissions James+Hansen Congress global+warming)
• Prominent Economist on Tax Shift to Combat Climate Change | NDN Blog
  Prominent economist Robert J. Shapiro, who chairs the the U.S. Climate Task Force, has released a paper that details a strategy for implementing a carbon tax and using 90 percent of the revenue to cut the payroll tax.
  (tags: carbon+tax payroll+tax global+warming climate+change Shapiro Climate+Task+Force carbon+emissions)
• Everyone Wants a Say on Climate Change || CQ Politics
  The hot-button issue of climate change is attracting a swarm of lobbyists representing virtually every major interest group, even though lawmakers say they don’t expect to move legislation this year.
  (tags: global+warming climate+change Congress lobbyists legislation)
• California air board announces plan for carbon-credit trading || Los Angeles Times
  California air regulators today (June 26) announced a bold plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions that would alter the way utilities generate electricity, automakers build cars and developers construct buildings, and launch the nation’s broadest market in
  (tags: carbon+trading credits California greenhouse+gases carbon+emissions global+warming climate+change utilities buildings)

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