Tag: Carbon tax
A carbon tax on investment income could be more fair and...
Jared Starr, UMass Amherst
About 10 years ago, a very thick book written by a French economist became a...
Shipping is tough on the climate and hard to clean up...
Jing Sun, University of Michigan
Ships carry more than 80% of world trade, and they rely heavily on some...
The oil industry says it might support a carbon tax –...
Richard Schmalensee, MIT Sloan School of Management and David Schoenbrod, New York Law School
The oil industry’s lobbying arm,...
Janet Yellen confirmed as first female US Treasury secretary – here’s...
Rachel Kyte, Tufts University
The Senate voted 84-15 to confirm economist Janet Yellen as U.S. Treasury secretary on Jan....
With the right guiding principles, carbon taxes can work
Gilbert E. Metcalf, Tufts University
Like most economists, I favor taxing carbon dioxide to cut carbon pollution.
A carbon tax makes fossil fuels like oil and...
EXPLORING NATURE
2024’s extreme ocean heat breaks records again, leaving 2 mysteries to solve
Annalisa Bracco, Georgia Institute of Technology
The oceans are heating up as the planet warms.
This...
