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Concerns with the Curbelo Carbon Tax
In the climate change policy debate, the latest news is the carbon tax bill (H.R. 6463) introduced by Florida Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo, which would levy an initial $24 per ton tax on carbon in...
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Introducing: Plugged In
New from the policy team at IER comes Plugged In, a podcast dedicated to exploring energy-related topics through a free market oriented perspective. Released weekly, Plugged In will seek to break down...
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In 2017, the U.S. Had the Largest Reduction in Carbon Dioxide Emissions in...
The United States announced its intentions to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement last year, but still reduced its carbon dioxide emissions more than any other country in the world in 2017. In...
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Niskanen Center’s Jerry Taylor Rebuts Himself
Wednesday on Twitter, the Niskanen Center’s Jerry Taylor shared a recent carbon tax blog post written by his colleague Nader Sobhani, giving it the following caption: “Niskanen’s @nsobhani_smrc walks...
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No, Working Families Won’t Benefit from a Carbon Tax
Before the Curbelo bill dropped (see my analysis here), the big carbon tax news was the launch of the group “Americans for Carbon Dividends,”which was a spinoff of the older Climate Leadership Council...
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Much of Puerto Rico’s Wind and Solar Power Is Not Yet Operational
It has been almost a year since Hurricanes Irma and Maria hit Puerto Rico. The hurricanes destroyed much of Puerto Rico’s already-ailing electric infrastructure, causing widespread blackouts lasting...
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