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Hurt or Help? Carbon Pricing and the Global Competitiveness of Canadian Oil - Alberta - SGER
May 14 2015

Hurt or Help? Carbon Pricing and the Global Competitiveness of Canadian Oil

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Climate and Energy

Never before has so much public attention focused on the evolution of Alberta’s climate policy. In this 3-part video blog series, Chris Ragan tackles some of the stickiest questions we’re often asked about the relationship between carbon pricing and the oil and gas sector, Alberta’s “family business.” In the lead up to the major global […]

Carbon pricing: carbon tax versus cap-and-trade. What is the difference
May 13 2015

Carbon tax versus cap-and-trade: what’s the difference? (Hint: it’s smaller than you think)

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Climate and Energy

By Paul Lanoie When we talk about pricing carbon, there are two main possibilities. One option is creating a carbon tax, as B.C., Denmark and Sweden have done. The other option is to create a cap-and-trade system. This is the route Quebec has taken, along with California, Korea and parts of Europe. (It’s also possible […]

Carbon pricing and the oil and gas sector, Alberta's Family Business - oil sands
May 12 2015

What is the impact of a carbon price on the oil and gas sector?

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Climate and Energy

Never before has so much public attention focused on the evolution of Alberta’s climate policy. In this 3-part video blog series, Chris Ragan tackles some of the stickiest questions we’re often asked about the relationship between carbon pricing and the oil and gas sector, Alberta’s “family business.” In the lead up to the major global […]

Advancing the climate debate in Canada - Chris Ragan CIGI talk -blog and video about provincial carbon pricing
May 8 2015

Advancing the climate debate in Canada

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Climate and Energy

The following is a cross-posted blog from cigionline.org by Erin Baxter, Public Affairs Coordinator and Kevin Dias, Communications Specialist. We can have our cake and eat it too, said Chris Ragan, Canadian economist and chair of Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission. Speaking at CIGI as part of the Signature Lecture Series, Ragan discussed a radically practical approach […]

Carbon pricing revenue - Ontario estimate - cap-and-trade
May 6 2015

Carbon pricing revenue: Let me count the ways

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Climate and Energy

Every so often, the research team here at Ecofiscal will venture out into the blogosphere. Sometimes, we’ll share additional analysis that didn’t quite make it to a report. Sometimes, we’ll elaborate on more technical ideas or data that the main reports consider only briefly. And sometimes, we’ll just take the opportunity to be unabashedly #wonkish. […]

Does carbon pricing hit lower-income families harder?
May 5 2015

Give it to me straight: does a carbon tax hit lower-income families harder?

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Climate and Energy

by Mel Cappe It’s a good question: if we tax carbon, will lower-income Canadians end up paying proportionately more than their wealthier neighbours? Let’s start by looking at the objective of a carbon tax. What we’re trying to do is make sure people consider the real cost of using fossil fuels, including the environmental cost […]

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