The Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change is designed to put Canada on track to meet its Paris commitments. A key pillar of the plan is the introduction of a pan-Canadian carbon price by 2018. However, four Canadian provinces, nearly 85% of the Canadian economy and...

This article discusses the consequences of changing taxes and tariffs as tools to move towards a low carbon economy, in the context of international efforts to minimize the effects of climate change. This article argues that under the current regime, the domestic producers of the countries...

Since the Kyoto Protocol, black carbon and other non-gaseous short lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) have played little role in global climate policy making. Over the past ten years, however, there has been an increasing recognition in the climate science literature of their importance for the...

Deployment of new technologies is vital to climate change policy but invariably poses difficult tradeoffs. Carbon capture and storage (CCS), which involves the capture and permanent burial of CO2 emissions, exemplifies this truth. CCS lacks the green appeal of renewable sources of power, and...

This article explains why policy makers should seriously consider substantial early reductions in greenhouse gas emissions as a part of any post-Kyoto framework, and sets out suggested elements of a framework for early action in a post-Kyoto agreement. Substantial early reductions are needed...

The U.S. Department of Energy is working to develop and implement commercial-scale carbon capture and storage. This article discusses the technical and legal problems that must be resolved to have a viable program. It concludes that whether carbon sequestration becomes a commercial reality will...

This article focuses on NEPA compliance by the U.S. Department of Energy and its National Energy Technology Laboratory concerning the funding of carbon capture and storage projects. The article concludes that NEPA documents that are produced comply with the statute’s requirements, but the...

Congress is likely to consider domestic climate change legislation during 2009, with a cap-and-trade system continuing to draw support from the Obama Administration and many leaders in Congress. Yet cap-and-trade regulations would take years for EPA to develop and implement, the desired price...

During the last years, the renewable energy strategy of the European Union (EU) and the proposed policies and regulations, namely the Renewable Energy Directive (RED), have been heavily discussed among scientific circles and various interest groups. The sustainability of different biofuels and...

An important source of political opposition to measures aimed at reducing emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) arises from concerns over their negative effects on the competitiveness of domestic firms, especially those that are energy-intensive and exposed to competition from foreign producers....