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France's carbon tax proposal means gas, diesel prices expected to jump

Former French Prime Minister Michel Rocard has introduced his final proposal for a carbon tax, which was one of the star measures announced as "Grenelle de l'environnement." Called "Contribution climat-énergie," the proposal will charge CO2 emitters €32 per metric ton in 2010. This climbs up to €100 in 2030 and then to €200 in 2050. Translated into the automobile world, this corresponds to an increase in fuel prices of about seven percent for and nine percent when it comes to diesel. This will increase the average French ... Read more →

CAFE and Unintended Consequences. Guess which law wins? Art Vatsky

The Chicago Tribune's Steve Chapman writes that the new CAFE standards (35 miles per gallon by 2020 - about 12 short years away) won't do much good because folks like us will buy the more ...

Dingell will propose carbon tax, predicts Americans will not go for it Sam Abuelsamid

Amid all the squabbling about how high to raise fuel economy standards and in what time frame, no one has been willing to step up to the plate and do the one thing that would make the standards a moot ...

Rep. Pete Stark introduces Carbon Tax bill Sam Abuelsamid

California congressman Pete Stark has introduced a bill in the House of Representatives HR 2069 that would establish a carbon tax on fossil fuels. The Save Our Climate Act would add a tax of $10 per ...

WaPo: Energy industry ready for climate change legislation Sebastian Blanco

Man, we've been focusing on all the wrong things. In our attempt to figure out how the political shift in Washington, D.C. earlier this month will affect the green car industry, we stupidly paid ...

Toyota New Zealand: carbon tax a good idea, gas-guzzler drivers need to pay more 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

There's talk in New Zealand of taking the carbon neutral concept to a nationwide level. Prime Minister Helen Clarke has said she's in favor of the idea, and yesterday, Toyota New Zealand executive chairman Bob Field said that a carbon tax might be necessary to make the idea a reality. Field told the ...

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