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Can a carbon tax work without hurting the economy? Ask British Columbia

2013-07-30 16:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Carbon emissions have an unavoidable cost. When we burn fossil fuels and release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, it increases the greenhouse effect. The resulting climate change has costs, for example by causing more extreme weather. More frequent and intense heat waves and droughts can damage crops, causing food prices to rise, more intense floods can cause more property damage, etc. Lacking a price attached to carbon emissions in the marketplace, we're effectively putting those costs on a...

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