Tag Archives: Climate Change Policy

EU’s green energy policy causes EU coal use to rise

Europeans have been rather annoyed with Americans over the last decade due to the latter’s total disregard for the need to reduce emissions of climate change gases. However, the funny thing is that USA’s CO2 emissions are falling, while EU … Continue reading

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The Carbon Tax: unloved by right and left

Why did the world end up with Cap’n Trade instead of a Carbon Tax to curb climate change emissions? I believe the answer lies in the idiosyncrasies of the political right and left: the left loves taxes but distrusts markets and prefers … Continue reading

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