Why We Need A Carbon Tax

From The Earth's Past To Its Future

One of the most powerful ways to figure out how the Earth will respond to all the carbon dioxide we're putting into the atmosphere is to look back into the planet's history.

Source: npr: Our Once And Future Oceans: Taking Lessons From Earth's Past by Richard Harris

The Carbon Tax

Charles Komanoff is an activist, economist and policy analyst. He directs the Carbon Tax Center and develops traffic-pricing modeling tools for the Nurture Nature Foundation. His works include several books (Power Plant Cost Escalation, Killed By Automobile, The Bicycle Blueprint), computer models, scholarly articles, and journalism. He discusses the need for a carbon tax with David Swanson.

Source: Talk Nation Radio: Charles Komanoff: We Need a Carbon Tax

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