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Stern Report Not Right or Wrong, Just Irrelevant


Following the discussion on the Stern report’s projections for the economic cost / benefit of tackling climate change, I’d like to introduce a new perspective: The cost of climate change avoidance is irrelevant, since most of today’s avoidance schemes are wholly ineffective anyway.
I make this assertion following UK treasury projections that the “green levy” on […]

More Taxes Darling?


Much ado has been made about the UK’s latest budget presented by Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling last week.
Green groups universally panned Darling for failing to take a hard line on environmental issues, and particularly for failing to implement a 2 pence tax increase on petrol.
“This was billed as the greenest budget ever. But […]