U.S. helps sink world’s first global carbon tax,” read the headline. And every American who values common sense should ...

Economists worldwide point to carbon pricing as the most effective way to reduce emissions. Why? Because carbon pricing reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to the lowest cost possible, where that ...

Tax Notes chief correspondent Amanda Athanasiou discusses the effectiveness of carbon pricing as a climate change mitigation strategy and possible alternative policies. This transcript has been edited ...

“Pennies” – that’s what Governor Inslee predicted would be the impact of the state’s new carbon tax on gas prices. One year after he made that prediction, and for the first time in state history, ...

Environmentalists fear carbon tax concessions to global oil giants may undermine efforts to shift to cleaner energy ...

Washington is one of two states to implement a tax on carbon emissions. A measure on the 2024 ballot would have canceled this provision in its climate law. By a large margin, voters affirmed their ...

Latvia is ranked among the countries with a carbon tax in the world. It implemented a carbon tax in 2004, with a price rate of $16.31 as of 2023. The UK is ranked 9th on our list. As of 2023, the ...

Canada's carbon tax has become as toxic as the fossil-fuel emissions it aims to curb. Canada's cost-of-living crisis and the "pugnacious" populist Pierre Poilievre have pushed the policy back into the ...

On July 4, President Donald Trump signed into law the fiscal year 2025 budget reconciliation bill -- the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” -- and with it came a fireworks display of handouts. While ...