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Could Ontario and Quebec’s cap-and-trade get Trumped?
Dec 7 2016

Could Ontario and Quebec’s cap-and-trade get Trumped?

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Climate and Energy

The election of Donald Trump has provoked deep concern in climate policy circles. Reince Priebus, Trump’s White House chief of staff, recently stated that Trump’s ‘default’ position is that climate science is “a bunch of bunk.” This raises critical questions about the future of climate policy in the U.S. as well as internationally, due to […]

Refrigerators and spray cans: HFC policies are a perfect complement to carbon pricing
Nov 23 2016

Refrigerators and spray cans: HFC policies are a perfect complement to carbon pricing

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Climate and Energy Pollution

Part three of our blog series on complementary climate policies explores the recent global agreement to curb the use of hydrofluorocarbons—a potent greenhouse gas used in refrigerators, air conditioners, and spray cans. Specifically, we look at how a targeted policy that reduces HFCs under the global agreement is a complement to carbon pricing here in […]

climate policy
Oct 24 2016

Assessing our emerging pan-Canadian climate policy

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Climate and Energy

by Commissioners Paul Boothe, Mel Cappe, Don Drummond, Glen Hodgson, Richard Lipsey, Nancy Olewiler, France St-Hilaire and Christopher Ragan For almost three years, Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission has been actively engaged in discussions about carbon pricing across the country. We have spoken with many governments, opposition parties, business groups and environmental organizations. Our emphasis has been […]

carbon gaps - federal-provincial carbon coordination - GHG emissions - climate goals
Feb 3 2016

Carbon Gaps: Emissions, Policy and Prices

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Climate and Energy

We’re currently exploring some of the issues related to federal-provincial carbon coordination in a blog series, and the emissions gap is a key measure of the work at-hand. The first blog in the series outlined three primary objectives, and five of the largest inherent challenges. The logical next step is to think about the scale […]

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