
President Obama is not alone in wielding governmental power to clamp down on carbon-emitting energy. While he weaponizes the Environmental Protection Agency to take on coal-powered energy, potentially shutting down hundreds of coal-fired power plants, Alberta’s new socialist NDP government is pushing ostensibly environmentally-minded policies against oil on shared premises of combating “climate change.”
by Robert Kraychik20 Aug 2015, 6:53 AM PST0

UK Chancellor George Osborne is expected to scrap green tax targets in the summer budget to be announced Wednesday. The move is designed to bring down the cost of renewable energy as subsidies spiral out of control. Conservative Members of Parliament
by Donna Rachel Edmunds6 Jul 2015, 5:44 AM PST0

There are taxes and then there are Green taxes. The latter are used as punitive levies in successful industrialised countries like the UK so politicians can advertise that they really, really do care about the environment. Trouble is, they care
by Simon Kent2 Apr 2015, 5:32 AM PST0

In a rare victory for democracy and common sense, 92 percent of Swiss voters have rejected green taxes in a referendum which took place on Sunday. The proposal, put forward by the Green Liberal Party of Switzerland, had the backing of
by Donna Rachel Edmunds10 Mar 2015, 9:52 AM PST0