'The Hill's E2-Wire : The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) noted Wednesday that a carbon tax could generate “significant” revenues for the United States and avert “catastrophic” effects of climate change. Last month, a Senate Finance Committee report suggested the carbon tax was one of many policy tools available to tax-writing panels. MORE >>

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'In October 2010, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) called out oil-producing Abu Dhabi for being one of the world’s highest  emitters of carbon dioxide per capita. Now, less than three years later, the government’s environmental arm has turned the emirate into the eco-police. And we like it. And they are starting to get serious. MORE >>

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