Canada Imposes Carbon Taxes
September 20, 2016
9/19/16 – Taxing carbon released from burning fossil fuels could be a key part of a comprehensive effort to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, a major contributor to human-caused climate change, two economists have argued in Issues. Although policy makers in the United States have largely resisted this option, Canada’s federal government will soon begin imposing carbon taxes on any province that has not already put its own price on carbon through taxes or cap-and-trade programs.