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Nothing "wrong" here (although the prescriptions are pretty messy) but it doesn't mention the obvious solution we've always known about - a carbon tax where the bottom half (roughly) of the distribution is compensated or over-compensated a la 2010. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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"OCEAN", with David Attenborough. His point is that if we fail to protect 30% of the seas from overfishing we'll lose both fisheries and fishers, and erase about half of all protein consumed by humans. There's much more in this extraordinary film. PLEASE GO TO THE CINEMA, WATCH IT, AND SPEAK OUT.

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"OCEAN", with David Attenborough. Natural beauty set against heart-shattering footage of destruction caused by bottom trawlers. Showing NOW across North Am, prior to the UN Ocean Conf in Nice in June, where the world MUST agree to set aside 30% of the ocean to save all fisheries. PLEASE GO SEE IT!

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Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Gaza.

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Carbon pricing done in a smart way is very badly needed. A conservative gov’t did it in British Columbia in 2008, and established a ‘template for the world’. I detail the why and how, history and politics in my book, “The Carbon Tax Question”, to be released to USA bookstores on April 15, 2025.

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Canada’s Consumer Fuel Charge, or revenue-neutral carbon tax was based on British Columbia’s very successful revenue-neutral tax that ran from 2008 to 2013, as fully described in my recent book: “The Carbon Tax Question”. I hope it’s on PM Carney’s desk! It’s not too late to reverse a bad decision!

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Machiavelli, Poilievre, and the Liberal Leadership Race: For Canadians: A Victoria Times-Colonist commentary on axing Canada's carbon tax, and an exhortation to our next Prime Minister to stay the course: keep our revenue-neutral, world-beating carbon tax! pressreader.com/article/2817...

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You may run into people who say that renewable energy is expensive. Here is an explanation of why that's not the case and how it actually saves the economy money. www.theclimatebrink....

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Andrew Dessler has a great piece out today. Canadians should consider it carefully. Alberta & Saskatchewan residents should pay LESS for electricity if they incorporate more renewables, like Texas. Our revenue neutral carbon tax accelerates that transition. www.theclimatebrink.com/p/an-explana...

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Insightful piece by Chris Hatch that links ignorance of climate science (Trump, Poilievre et al.), extraordinary climatic extremes (Amazon drought, LA wildfires, 2024 as the hottest year) political reality (who WON'T axe the tax?), and profit (drill, baby, drill): mailchi.mp/nationalobse...

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An open letter to Canada's Conservative Leader of the Opposition, Pierre Poilievre, who vows he'll axe Canada's well designed, revenue-neutral (almost) carbon tax, should he become Prime Minister. Mr. Poilievre is no student of climate science. That shows. policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ja...

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Boils down to; Liberal Party @liberal.ca.web.brid.gy carbon pricing climate policy (a policy endorsed by Nobel Economic Prize winners by the way) is where big polluters pay Canadian taxpayers back via rebates. Pierre Poilievre's 'axe the tax' makes Canadian taxpayers pay the big polluters, instead.

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The thing is, carbon pricing is SUPPOSED to make you want to burn less carbon. The whole point is to discourage its use. So, while it's always great when PP is outed as the creepy liar he is, we really should be complaining when burning the planet goes up in price.

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In today’s National Observer, a report on a new analysis of the impact of Canadian carbon pricing on inflation. Please google the report—it’s important!: Carbon pricing has only a 'tiny' impact on inflation: economists By Natasha Bulowski News Politics Ottawa Insider December 12th 2024

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An excellent report on the financial penalty that most Americans are now paying as a result of the national and international failure to put an effective revenue neutral tax on carbon emissions (and we Canadians are getting hit financially too!): www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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When one of the richest societies in the world refuses to tax carbon emissions, it contributes to astonishly high home insurance costs. It’s long past time to wake up! Here’s a stunning example: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024....

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It took over a decade of hard work by many people to build Liberal credibility on climate and the environment in Canada. It’ll take a fraction of that time to light it on 🔥. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

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www.nationalobserver.com/2024/10/30/n... Another smart piece of reporting that showcases why the health of Alberta’s long term economic future is threatened by the short-term transactional actions of Premier Smith, a leader whose vision is blinkered by oil-patch patches over both eyes.

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History teaches us that dictators like Hitler and Stalin attacked the press to crush democracy. Poilievre’s attack on the CBC, echoing Trump’s rhetoric, follows this dangerous playbook—and it should raise serious alarm bells. #cdnpoli reportnorth.blogspot.com/2024/12/poil...

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Cons are screaming that PMJT has put a cap on O&G. Don't listen to this lie. There is NO cap on oil production. There is a cap on emissions. They want oil companies to invest in technology that reduces their emissions WITHOUT cutting production. We literally have record high oil production! #CDNpoli

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 🇨🇦 visited the President -Elect Donald Trump in the US. It's sad and disgusting that so many Canadians on SM hoped that the meeting went bad. That Trump "owned" Trudeau. Shameful how many Canadians are not patriotic and do not support our country. #cdnpoli #peipoli

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I want to share to folks, speech by Australia's first woman PM Julia Gillard, decade ago. This speech outlays RW TOXIC Male Misogyny in Politics, poor treatment of our PM of the time, by Male counterparts. Plse take the time to watch this Land Mark SPEECH. It resonates.. youtu.be/fCNuPcf8L00?...

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Another insightful gem from the National Observer's lead journalist: www.nationalobserver.com/2024/11/27/o...

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#cdnpoli Trudeau is defending his embattled #carbonpricing and #rebates program on the world stage, and he argues that carbon pricing has been subject to "propaganda, misinformation, disinformation and flat-out lies" and is threatening environmental progress. ca.news.yahoo.com/trudeau-tout...

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It’s exhausting to hear reporters lazily referencing the “unpopular carbon tax” while giving up on informing us that the reason it’s “unpopular” is the successful conservative misinformation campaign ignoring that it’s better than price neutral for people & is a bare minimum tool for climate action.

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Should the Conservatives take power in Canada in 2025, they might well abolish a big piece of our national revenue-neutral carbon tax. This would be akin to shooting oneself in the wallet. A recent analysis of the concerns, the costs and the politics can be found at: thewalrus.ca/the-carbon-t...

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Ed Miliband on the renewables revolution…it’s following the money. The revolution would be happening even faster if emissions were taxed and every penny received was put back in the economy via reductions in employment and income taxes. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Here’s what I learned at Cop29. Rows aside, an unstoppable transition to clean energy is happening

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Can BC's Carbon Tax Be Saved? Should It Be? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2024/11...

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rather unambiguous chart this 👀😬🔥 www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10... #heat #extremes #australia

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The good news is that renewables are burgeoning. The COPs have helped build that trend. Intelligent carbon taxation would accelerate it it further, like we experienced in British Columbia during the 2008-2013 years.

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Check out this intelligent analysis of COP 29. The economics of renewables are now on the right side of history. Imagine what an intelligent carbon tax, like ours in BC from 2008 to 2013, could do to accelerate that uptake! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Think Cop29 doesn’t matter? Here are five things you should know

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In this @theguardian.com column, @georgemonbiot.bsky.social perfectly summarises why carbon credits for soil are not a good idea. Yes, we need to protect soil carbon, and we may increase it through good soil management, but promising golden mountains is flawed. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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In “The Carbon Tax Question,” Thomas Pedersen, former Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions exec director, takes aim at cynical politicians offering simplistic slogans aimed at killing carbon pricing.

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The Case for the Carbon Tax via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2024/11...

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