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Some provinces have implemented policies to reduce green house gas emissions

Sep 19 2018

On Provincial Climate Policy and Early Action

When it comes to provincial climate policy, not every province is starting from the same place. Some, for example, have previously implemented policies to reduce GHG emissions. Should provinces be able to use these “early actions” to justify implementing less stringent carbon pricing policies now? In short, no. Here’s a slightly wonkish explainer. How to […]

Sep 5 2018

Dealing with climate change is the ultimate long game

by Brendan Frank

Climate and Energy Carbon Pricing Carbon tax Climate Change Economics for the Rest of Us

To decarbonize on a timescale necessary to avoid the worst of climate change, business as usual is not going to cut it. We need policies to give ourselves the necessary boost, policies that drive deep emissions reductions. And there’s an abundance of evidence that carbon pricing can do exactly that. Done right, it is most […]

Picture of Boston, demonstrating the US where carbon pricing is working

Apr 25 2018

Carbon pricing works in the U.S.

by Brendan Frank

Climate and Energy Pollution Cap-and-trade Carbon Pricing Carbon Pricing Works Economics for the Rest of Us

Carbon pricing is emerging as the tool of choice to reduce emissions. More governments are relying on carbon pricing, and more evidence is piling up that it works. Ecofiscal’s latest report highlights three case studies, including one on California. Today, we’ll dive deeper into the U.S.’s other cap-and-trade system: the Northeast’s Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative […]

Apr 11 2018

Carbon pricing works in Sweden

by Brendan Frank

Climate and Energy Carbon Pricing Carbon Pricing Works Carbon tax Economics for the Rest of Us

Governments around the world are embracing carbon pricing as a central component of their strategies to reduce GHG emissions. Ecofiscal’s latest report highlights why and how carbon pricing works, with case studies from British Columbia, California and the UK. Today, we’ll build on those three and dust off a case study on Sweden, which has […]

Mar 14 2018

Hey! Who put this carbon in my ice cream?

by Brendan Frank

Climate and Energy Carbon Pricing Economics for the Rest of Us

How big is your carbon footprint? Getting the full picture can be difficult. We have a sense of the emissions we produce directly, when we drive our cars or cook with gas, for example. Emissions we produce indirectly are less obvious, but they’re still “embodied” in the goods we buy. One of the biggest sources […]

Feb 7 2018

Albertans are environmentalists (even if they don’t know it)

by Brendan Frank

Climate and Energy Livable Cities Pollution Alberta Carbon tax Climate Change Economics for the Rest of Us Oil sands Wonk Wednesday

Canada is a decentralized, sparsely populated and very, very big country. Cultures and attitudes are often regional. Provinces don’t always see eye to eye. As an Albertan living in Ontario, these challenges have become evident in my ongoing dialogue with Albertans—especially when it comes to climate and carbon pricing. It can, on occasion, feel like we […]

An Open Letter from Economists on Canadian Carbon Pricing

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