Business Support for Climate Protection
June 8, 2015
Six of Europe’s largest oil and gas companies have called on the United Nations and world governments (here and here) to agree on “carbon pricing” to limit global warming, even as U.S. companies oppose such collective action. In Issues, two economists have argued for a carbon tax as a promising pricing mechanism, while a senior policy analyst, recognizing past resistance to such options, has called for a Plan B that places more emphasis on “technology-push” solutions.