The Republican leadership in Congress and most GOP presidential candidates are dead-set against EPA’s Clean Power Plan, the centerpiece of the nation’s program to counter climate change.
The Spokesman Review: Carbon tax would achieve Clean Power Act goals
“Too little, too late!” That’s what the world’s leading scientists say about the upcoming global climate conference in Paris. Even if President Obama’s Clean Power Plan is not repealed by Congress or upended by the courts, the United States will fall far short of the greenhouse gas reductions the president intends to pledge as our contribution.
At Paris Conference, Former Ambassador Eacho to Focus on a Pro-Growth, Market Based Solution to the Climate Challenge
Washington, DC -- With Alberta now moving toward a carbon tax, former U.S. Ambassador to Austria William Eacho will seek to build on the carbon-pricing momentum while at the Paris Climate Conference from December 4 to 10.
“A carbon fee is the simplest, most-efficient way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,” said Eacho, a long-time business executive. “As I meet with a range of leaders in Paris, I will be making that case.” He will also be tweeting regularly from @AmbEacho.
China Will Hit Its Targets, Will the U.S.?
China is the number-one source of greenhouse gases. But Washington Post China Bureau Chief Simon Denyer recently wrote: “There is a growing sense that a fundamental change is taking place, because of an aggressive shift into cleaner fuels, slower economic growth that has hit heavy industry hardest, and a conscious transition away from high-polluting industries that used a lot of coal and electricity.”