Beginning Tuesday and running until the end of the Republican National Convention in July, the most widely circulated print newspaper in the United States will run a series of ads calling out its own bias against climate change.
The Washington Post: Wall Street Journal accepts environmentalist ad but charges extra
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial pages may be the beating heart of climate-change skepticism, but the newspaper apparently was willing to entertain an alternative view — for a price. The leading business newspaper is letting an obscure environmental group challenge the Journal editorial page’s orthodoxy on the issue, although it will cost the group thousands of extra dollars to run its kickoff ad on the page.
Grist: Wall Street Journal Publishes Call for Climate Action — For Cash Money
The editorial page of The Wall Street Journal is notorious for its climate denial. It frequently publishes opinion pieces like this one comparing climate activism to the Inquisition, or this one arguing that the evidence of climate change is based on faulty data. But the page is willing to print other views — for a price.
Minneapolis Star Tribune: Climate Change: 5 Reasons Why the U.S. Should Enact a Carbon Fee
The paper is piling up at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan is in the cross hairs of half the states, and judges are plowing through briefs filed by more than 1,000 trade associations, lawmakers, advocacy groups and others with a point of view.
GreenBiz: One way to sell a tax on carbon -- Cut other taxes
Brookings Institution: 9 Things You Should Know About the Carbon Tax
A “carbon tax” is one way to price carbon emissions generated from the burning of fossil fuels—e.g., coal and natural gas—to generate energy.
Economist call these emissions “negative externalities” because their costs—especially in terms of environmental harm—are not borne solely by the producer, but by the community. Thus, the actual cost to society of producing energy is higher than the cost to individuals.