Open Letter on Carbon Pricing READ

Climate and Energy

Apr 6 2016

TLDR: Choose wisely when recycling revenue from carbon pricing

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Climate and Energy

The Ecofiscal Commission’s new report takes a look at how provinces could use revenues generated by a carbon tax or cap-and-trade system. In case you don’t have time to read the report in full, here are the essentials. Provinces are moving forward with carbon pricing to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in a cost-effective way. […]

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Apr 5 2016

The case for free allocation of emission permits

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Climate and Energy

by Mark Purdon, David Houle and Blake Shaffer Our next report will explore the challenges and opportunities with different approaches to recycling revenues from carbon pricing. To better understand the trade-offs associated with each revenue recycling option, we commissioned a set of six papers authored by some of Canada’s leading policy thinkers. What are the […]

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Mar 31 2016

Recycling Carbon Pricing Revenues to Reduce Public Debt

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Climate and Energy

by Jean-François Wen Our next report will explore the challenges and opportunities with different approaches to recycling revenues from carbon pricing. To better understand the trade-offs associated with each revenue recycling option, we commissioned a set of six papers authored by some of Canada’s leading policy thinkers. What are the advantages of each option? Under […]

Mar 29 2016

Carbon Pricing and the Case for (Green) Infrastructure

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Climate and Energy

by Marc Lee Our next report will explore the challenges and opportunities with different approaches to recycling revenues from carbon pricing. To better understand the trade-offs associated with each revenue recycling option, we commissioned a set of six papers authored by some of Canada’s leading policy thinkers. What are the advantages of each option? Under […]

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Mar 24 2016

How to price carbon so that emissions go down and citizens don’t go crazy*

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Climate and Energy

by PJ Partington and Vicky Sharpe Our next report will explore the challenges and opportunities with different approaches to recycling revenues from carbon pricing. To better understand the trade-offs associated with each revenue recycling option, we commissioned a set of six papers authored by some of Canada’s leading policy thinkers. What are the advantages of […]

Carbon fee and dividend - revenue recycling of carbon pricing revenues
Mar 22 2016

We All Own the Air: Why a Carbon Fee and Dividend Makes Sense for Canada

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Climate and Energy

by Lars Osberg Our next report will explore the challenges and opportunities with different approaches to recycling revenues from carbon pricing. To better understand the trade-offs associated with each revenue recycling option, we commissioned a set of six papers authored by some of Canada’s leading policy thinkers. What are the advantages of each option? Under […]

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