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Carbon cycle graphs: IPCC, NOAA, NASA via GSU. Financial Times editorial: A least-worst tax: A levy on carbon is an idea whose time has come [...]
Cartoon Macro page notes
Additions or edits welcome! For information about PPTs for use in class, please email me using your school email address. For more information on this [...]
Foreign Translations
As detailed below, you should be able to find translations for: Cartoon Micro (2010) in up to 17 languages: follow links or scroll down [...]
An economics love letter
University of Alberta student Fraser Thompson sent me this economics love letter, in the spirit of the Fed valentines (see also here and here). Together [...]
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Three Things Everyone Should Know About BC’s Carbon Tax – In Pictures American Support for a Carbon Tax The Commerce Clause Implications of California's Climate [...]
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U.S. voters favor carbon tax by 4-to-1 margin (Friends of the Earth poll) Washington State Ferries (WSF) is exploring an option to use liquefied natural [...]
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Op-ed: Legislature must invest to keep Washington state competitive. By Eric Schinfeld and Sam Kaplan Officials contemplating raising fuel taxes, fees for roads, Metro Beate [...]
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A Place Comfortable With Boeing, Anarchists and ‘Frasier’: Museum of History & Industry Reopens in Seattle Carbon Taxes Make Ireland Even Greener. See also California [...]
Why connect a carbon tax to transportation infrastructure maintenance?
First, transportation accounts for about 50% of fossil fuel CO2 in Washington State; so it makes sense to direct 50% of carbon tax revenue to [...]
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Marriage on the Ballot: The measure in Maine probably has the best chance of winning. Three years ago, Maine voters rejected a marriage-equality bill that [...]