Clean the Air Carbon Tax Act
One-sentence summary: The Clean the Air Carbon Tax Act is a 2020 ballot measure proposal in Utah for a modest carbon tax, with 20% of the revenue going [...]
Feb 22 carbon tax bill: HB 304 S1
Rep Briscoe has introduced HB 304 S1 (Fossil Fuels Tax Amendments, Feb 22, linked from here) and now there's a Fiscal Note. Here's some details [...]
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Why I’m not signing the Economists’ Statement on Carbon Dividends
A few weeks ago there was a big news splash about the Economists' Statement on Carbon Dividends, signed by an incredibly impressive group of economists: [...]
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Feb 8 carbon tax bill: HB 304
Rep Briscoe has introduced HB 304 (Fossil Fuels Tax Amendments, Feb 8) and on Wednesday there should be a fiscal note. Until then, here's some [...]
2019 update on my global warming “traffic light” bet with Bryan Caplan and Alex Tabarrok
Back in 2014 I made a global warming bet with fellow economists Bryan Caplan and Alex Tabarrok about global temperatures over the following 15 years [...]
Some thoughts on a Hawai’i carbon tax
I'll be in Hawai'i as a speaker and participant in the Ha o ke Kai climate conference on Monday Jan 14. All are welcome! For [...]
John Madden’s “old bologna sandwich” quote: a definitive citation
Various news stories and online comments reference a John Madden quip about an "old bologna sandwich" during Super Bowl XXXIII in early 1999: The NY [...]
Vox should fire journalist David Roberts for intentionally lying about I-1631
Update Oct 30: David Roberts added a PS to his piece claiming that his analysis is good because Ash Grove Cement, Nucor Steel, Boeing (the [...]