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The Globe and Mail: Pragmatic conservatives missing in the climate change debate

14th May 2013 | Categories: In the News, News, Opinion

The Globe and Mail: Pragmatic conservatives missing in the climate change debate

The op-ed by McGill University economics professor Christopher Ragan appeared in The Globe and Mail‘s opinion page on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Ragan attended the recent Canada 2020 forum and panel in Ottawa that Bob Inglis was a part …

The Globe and Mail: Pragmatic conservatives missing in the climate change debate



Inglis op-ed: Conservatives’ grand opportunity on energy (POLITICO)

25th April 2013 | Categories: Featured Articles, In the News, Opinion

Inglis op-ed: Conservatives’ grand opportunity on energy (POLITICO)

April 25, 2013
By Bob Inglis

It’s rough when your campaign photo has you pictured in outdated eyeglasses, but you’ve already printed hundreds of signs. What do you do? You can’t throw away the signs. And you can’t update your …

Inglis op-ed: Conservatives’ grand opportunity on energy (POLITICO)



Salt Lake Tribune: GOP Warming; Fewer Republicans in Denial

10th April 2013 | Categories: Opinion

Salt Lake Tribune: GOP Warming; Fewer Republicans in Denial

The Salt Lake Tribune’s recent editorial highlighted the fact more Republicans are recognizing climate change according to new polling data by George Mason University’s Ed Maibach. On what the polling data indicates, Maibach said, “on issues related to energy and …

Salt Lake Tribune: GOP Warming; Fewer Republicans in Denial



Wall Street Journal: Why We Support a Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax (Shultz-Becker op-ed)

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7th April 2013 | Categories: External Links, Featured Articles, News, Opinion

Wall Street Journal: Why We Support a Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax (Shultz-Becker op-ed)

Coupled with the elimination of costly energy subsidies, it would encourage competition.

By George P. Shultz and Gary S. Becker

Americans like to compete on a level playing field. All the players should have an equal opportunity to win based …

Wall Street Journal: Why We Support a Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax (Shultz-Becker op-ed)



Inglis op-ed: Old plays won’t save coal but a carbon tax could (Lexington Herald-Leader)

31st March 2013 | Categories: Featured Articles, In the News, News, Opinion

Inglis op-ed: Old plays won’t save coal but a carbon tax could (Lexington Herald-Leader)

March 31, 2013
By Bob Inglis

Coal built our economy but its future is grim — unless we find an alternative to EPA regulation of heat-trapping gases like CO². If we can clean it up, coal can be a useful …

Inglis op-ed: Old plays won’t save coal but a carbon tax could (Lexington Herald-Leader)



Financial Times: A least-worst tax; a levy on carbon is an idea whose time has come

15th March 2013 | Categories: Featured Articles, News, Opinion

Financial Times: A least-worst tax; a levy on carbon is an idea whose time has come

The Financial Times editorial “A least worst tax” is a must read piece because it asks why are we taxing the good (income) and not the bad (carbon). E&EI fully agrees because a revenue-neutral carbon tax “strengthens energy …

Financial Times: A least-worst tax; a levy on carbon is an idea whose time has come



Atkinson: Act on climate, conservatives

10th March 2013 | Categories: Featured Articles, News, Opinion

Atkinson: Act on climate, conservatives

By Price Atkinson – March 10, 2013 (article link)

Let me be up front. I’m a dyed-in-the-wool, Reagan conservative and I believe we ought to avoid unnecessary risks from a changing climate. Our country needs a bipartisan energy-and-climate

Atkinson: Act on climate, conservatives



Inglis op-ed: A Republican politician’s advice for President Obama on energy and climate (Thomson Reuters)

31st January 2013 | Categories: Featured Articles, News, Opinion

Inglis op-ed: A Republican politician’s advice for President Obama on energy and climate (Thomson Reuters)

Former Congressman Bob Inglis gives his suggestions to President Obama on how to deal with the problems of global warming and energy.

President Obama anchored his inaugural address with a commitment to tackle global warming. The lingering question is whether

Inglis op-ed: A Republican politician’s advice for President Obama on energy and climate (Thomson Reuters)



Kansas City Star editorial recognizes revenue-neutral carbon tax possibilities

26th January 2013 | Categories: News, Opinion

Kansas City Star editorial recognizes revenue-neutral carbon tax possibilities

A recent editorial (Saturday, January 26) by The Kansas City Star recognized the possibilities and political realities that any proposed carbon tax must be revenue neutral in order to garner any possible support by conservatives.

And of course, we here …

Kansas City Star editorial recognizes revenue-neutral carbon tax possibilities



Editorial: Save the Planet. Save Social Security. Save Medicaid. Tax carbon.

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4th January 2013 | Categories: External Links, Featured Articles, Opinion

Editorial: Save the Planet. Save Social Security. Save Medicaid. Tax carbon.

From the Editorial Board, The St. Louis Dispatch, December 27, 2012

If Congress and the president were more rational than political — admittedly, a very big if — they could kill a covey of birds with one stone. They …

Editorial: Save the Planet. Save Social Security. Save Medicaid. Tax carbon.