I am bemused by the reaction to my suggestion that we might tax to save the environment. I think the need to tackle climate change
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Tax to Save The Environment: a Carbon Usage Tax
I believe that taxes can assist the transformation to the economy and society that we need if we are to avoid catastrophic environmental change. That
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Taxes to Save the Environment – a progressive air travel tax
I believe that we need Tax to Save The Environment (TASTE). I have offered two already. One is VAT on food products made from cattle,
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Tax to Save The Environment – higher rates of VAT
I have already this morning introduced the idea of TASTE – Tax to Save The Environment. And I have suggested the first such tax –
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Tax to Save The Environment: VAT on cattle, sheep and goats
It’s sometimes thought that tax is complex. And sometimes it is. And that’s why many people misunderstand a lot about taxation. But it does not
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Tax to Save The Environment – TASTE
I am impressed by the courage of those who have taken direct action in the cause of the Extinction Rebellion. They have gone beyond talk,
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Why Myles Allen is wrong: there is no deferred way of dealing with the climate crisis by financialising it
I am sharing this piece by Myles Allenwho is Professor of Geosystem Science and Leader of ECI Climate Research Programme at the University of Oxford. It
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Canada wants a Green New Deal
I noted the piece I quote on this page with interest. My interest is threefold. Of course part is personal: for a large part of
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Need I say more?
Two FT articles this morning deserve attention. First, this: And then, this: Of course, it could just be a coincidence. But, really? Need I say
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