On February 4, 2013, Ontario gas-fired power generation plants emitted 63,667 metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2), the main man-made greenhouse gas, into Earth’s atmosphere. Table 2 in the left-hand sidebar gives a running total by generating fuel since midnight…
Category: Carbon tax
U.S. “green” group gunning to get on Oil and Gas payroll (if they’re not already on it)
I recently received a press release from the U.S.-based Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) announcing a “major new solution to cut existing coal-fired emissions by 26 percent.” Ever since reading David Ogilvy’s highly entertaining Confessions of an Advertising Man—which tells readers…
A low carbon tax in Ontario would make worst-case nuclear overrun look cheap
A $15-per-ton tax on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Ontario power plants would add 0.8 cents to the cost of natural gas-fired power generation. Natural gas is generally regarded as the “cleanest” fossil fuel; that is because it emits roughly…
Faced with choosing environment or jobs, Obama chooses… jobs
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how the U.S. Supreme Court had told the Obama administration that the issue of climate change is the administration’s, not the court’s, responsibility. What would Obama do? Well, we just found out. On…
U.S. court kicks climate back to Administration, for now
Euro-Disney, meet American law. Germany’s most recent nuclear phaseout (see article) is a true head-shaker. Germany led the way in calling for countries to line up behind the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The nuclear phase out will…