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2011-05-22 18:07:32 | Will unilateral taxation of GHGs cause industries to move overseas? | |
perseus owlsmoor@googlemail... 188.220.205.42 |
This article explains the difficulty in introducing taxes for polluting industries on a national basis. It seems that the ability of governments to force polluters to pay is limited. Without international agreements it is the taxpayers of the country concerned will need to pay the cost, since the industries will threaten to relocate to countries with less restrictions. | |
2011-05-25 18:19:40 | ||
perseus owlsmoor@googlemail... 188.220.205.42 |
Well I'm afraid unless countries agree to place taxes on imported products to allow for the additional carbon, there is no hope. I think Brazil should be threatened with a higher tariff on exports for this. Brazil's Chamber of Deputies have passed a law that eases deforestation rules. The legislation, first enacted in 1934 and subsequently amended in 1965, sets out how many trees farmers can cut down. Regulations currently require that 80% of a landholding in the Amazon remain forest, 20% in other areas. The new bill, which now needs approval from the Senate and President Dilma Rousseff, reduces the amount of land farmers must keep as forest. Other changes include some amnesties for those who have illegally cleared land in the past.
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2011-05-25 22:07:50 | ||
Rob Painting Rob paintingskeri@vodafone.co... 118.92.112.9 |
That's just great Perseus, IIRC 21-23% deforestation is a tipping point for the Amazon rainforest, according to the 2010 world bank study on Amazonian die-back. | |
2011-05-25 22:10:50 | ||
Paul D chillcast@googlemail... 82.18.130.183 |
The issue of corporations moving from one country to another, goes well beyond emissions and carbon taxes.
The point being is that the retailer and sales end need to change their philosphy and stop pushing prices down. Plus of course the inventor stuck to his guns and challenged the retailer about prices. | |
2011-05-26 05:55:09 | Reverse Offshoring? Or Yet More Evidence of Corporate America's Squeeze on Workers? | |
John Hartz John Hartz john.hartz@hotmail... 99.95.221.238 |
is the title of an article about offshoring jobs recently posted (May 24) on Alternet. |