Carbon Costs Coalition
A group of state legislators from 12 states devoted to accurately accounting for the cost of carbon pollution.
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2119 Resources Found, Displaying 1831 thru 1840
EIA carbon tax modeling
Modeled a carbon price of $25 per metric ton, increasing 5% per year.
IWG Social Cost of Carbon
The Interagency Working Group Social Cost of Carbon’s 2013 update gave four updated SCC estimates for 2020 at $12, $43, $64, and $128 (2007$) based on different integrated assessment models.
Report: Markets, Externalities, and the Federal Power Act
NYU’s Environmental Law Journal published a 2019 article on FERC’s authority to price carbon dioxide emissions.
Berkeley report, Addressing Climate Change Without Legislation
Proposes that FERC can influence the cost-effectiveness of new generation and new infrastructure by putting a price on emissions.
French carbon tax
The Law on Energy Transition to Green Growth set a trajectory for the tax rate to gradually increase until 2030, up to the rate of 100 €/tCO2e.
Japanese carbon tax
Tax base is the amount of CO2 emissions from fossil fuel use (covering 70% of Japan’s GHG emissions), with some exemptions for agriculture, public transportation, petrochemical industries, and coal-fired power plants in Okinawa.
Mexico’s carbon tax and nascent emissions trading scheme
Established a carbon tax in 2013 for those sources whose emissions exceed the emissions of natural gas, with the value of the tax capped at 3%, and established MexiCO2, a voluntary exchange that provides carbon credits.
Iceland carbon tax
Tax was extended indefinitely in 2012 with extended coverage, and indexing of the tax rate to 100% of the EU ETS price.
Irish carbon tax
A carbon tax on all residential and commercial use of gas and oil not covered by the EU ETS.