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Katharine Hayhoe

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“But that carbon tax is useless,” they counter; getting to the real objections, driven by solution aversion. Again, NO. This meta-analysis of 21 policies finds that "introducing a carbon price yields immediate + substantial emission reductions despite the low level of prices." We just need more!

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Katharine Hayhoe's avatar Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com
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No matter where we live or who we are, climate change affects us all. And, as I often say, that means ….

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Karla jean's avatar Karla jean @karlingian.bsky.social
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Ages ago I read a survey in an economics journal where they asked seventy three economists across the political spectrum whether carbon taxes were an appropriate means to combat carbon pollution. Seventy two said yes. One said no, but sent a followup comment that they had misread the question.

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Casey Wagner's avatar Casey Wagner @cannibal.holiday
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Meanwhile PeePee and his cohorts benefitting from the number of people outraged by the cost of the carbon tax affecting them at the pumps, while the math shows that a person has to spend $4000 on gas every three months before they match the carbon tax rebate they get deposited for that time period.

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