Cohn-Bendit Advocates "Revolutionary" Carbon Tax

Michel Rocard, president of the Conference of Experts on the "climate-energy tax," must hand in proposals to Christine Lagarde and Jean-Louis Borloo. The former prime minister envisions the establishment, by 2010, of a carbon tax on fossil energy, but also on electricity. The cost would be 32 euros per ton of CO2 emitted next year and 100 euros as of 2030. Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Jul. 31, 2009

The views toward the carbon tax tell quite a bit about European/French attitudes toward climate change.

A carbon tax would be so much easier to run than a cap and trade shell game.

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