by Jane Richey | Jan 24, 2014 | Agenda 21
Australia’s inflation rate was the highest it had been in two years after consumer prices jumped in the December quarter. Aussie conservatives have blamed the country’s carbon tax for the jump in prices. “The inflation rate continues to be impacted by Labor’s carbon...
by Jane Richey | Jun 24, 2013 | Agenda 21
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said President Obama’s upcoming plan to impose new greenhouse gas regulations could create traction for carbon tax proposals that currently lack political support in Congress. “There is no chance right now, but that chance can change...
by Jane Richey | Apr 3, 2013 | Agenda 21
If you want to know what a carbon tax on emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) would do to America you need only look at the destruction of industry and business in Australia, along with the soaring costs for energy use it imposes on anyone there. “The carbon tax is...
by Jane Richey | Dec 10, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Folk wisdom tells us, “Where there’s smoke, there’s carbon emissions.” And where there are carbon emissions, there are internationalists hell-bent on hobbling the American economy in the name of Global Warming. Several recent signs: In 2010, the Treasury Department...
by Jane Richey | Aug 3, 2012 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Today, Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) introduced the “Managed Carbon Price Act of 2012″ (MCP), a bill imposing a tax on carbon dioxide-equivalent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from producers of coal, oil, and natural gas, refineries, and other covered sources. The MCP...