Chris White on December 28, 2018 Environmentalists are threatening to sue French President Emmanuel Macron for eliminating stiff carbon taxes after a grassroots movement opposed to the measure spurred several mass protests. Greenpeace and three other organization initiated a lawsuit Dec. 18 claiming France is not doing enough to tackle climate change. The organizations are giving the government…
Michael Bastasch on December 19, 2018 Sen. Jeff Flake will co-introduce carbon tax legislation in his final two weeks in office. Flake became a prominent anti-Trumper and is now teaming up with Democrats to push climate policies. Most Republicans and conservative groups oppose carbon taxes. Outgoing Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake will…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By: Michael Bastasch Environmentalists have linked arms with the oil industry to push a nationwide tax on carbon dioxide emissions as a “conservative” way to fight global warming. The Climate Leadership Council (CLC) unveiled Tuesday some of the world’s largest oil and gas companies were among its donors, including BP, ExxonMobil,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch The White House is not considering a tax on carbon dioxide to fight global warming, according to an administration official. “The Trump Administration is not considering a carbon tax,” said White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters, according to Axios, shortly after Press Secretary Sean Spicer gave an ambiguous answer on the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White Various conservative groups are ramping up efforts to promote what they call “free enterprise” policies to wrestle the climate change warrior title from Democrats. GOP-affiliated groups, such as ConservAmerica and republicEn, are doubling efforts to recruit Republican lawmakers to work on rebutting President Donald Trump’s climate skepticism. They…
The Green Party is Further From Liberty Than You May Think Many people are familiar with Jill Stein. The Green Party candidate seems like the natural successor to Bernie Sanders’s revolution. For far-left socialists, this may be the case. For those interested in a free and productive society, however, Stein falls far below par. Here…
Governor Johnson’s “Carbon Fee” Proposal Had Some Merit, After All by Brett Linley Nothing will burn through your libertarian street-cred faster than proposing taxes. In reality, it doesn’t matter what kind of tax it is. The tax’s purpose doesn’t really matter, either. All that matters, when rubber hits the road, is that you want more…
Gary Johnson and Nicholas Sarwark clarify previous statements By: Darrell England Gary Johnson, Libertarian Party Presidential Nominee, made some recent statements that made many libertarians nervous concerning a carbon tax and mandatory vaccinations. Nicholas Sarwark, Chairman of the Libertarian Party, called Johnson yesterday morning to discuss these two issues. The Libertarian nominee later closed his speech at…
Andrew Follett writes The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently called for countries to start taxing carbon dioxide emissions to finance struggling governments. “It is just the right moment to introduce carbon taxes,” IMF’s Managing Director Christine Lagarde said at a conference [need to put what day this took place], because “finance ministers are looking for revenues.”…