Imagine EPA’s Clean Power Plan as a punching bag hanging from the ceiling at the local gym. On October 30 it absorbed blows from a Wall Street Journal editorial, which charged that the agency is playing games with the timetable. The opening paragraph uses phrases such as “President Obama’s palace revolution on climate” and his “takeover of the carbon economy.”
States Leading the Way on Carbon Fees
Some states have decided to stop waiting for Congress to take action on climate change and are trying to move ahead on their own. The list includes Oregon, Washington, and Massachusetts, where the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy held a hearing October 27 on S. 1747, authored by Senator Mike Barrett.
The Handiwork of Hurricane Patricia
Influential Voices Urging Carbon Fees
Three very influential international figures are saying that the best way to address climate change is to put a fee on carbon.
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim expressed that view October 7 during a panel discussion at the joint annual meeting of their organizations in Lima.