State-owned energy companies are among the world’s most polluting – putting a price on carbon could help

Governments that publicly commit to carbon pricing are compelled to get their own house in order.

Gerhard Schnyder, Professor of International Management & Political Economy, Loughborough University • conversation
Feb. 16, 2024 • ~7 min

A carbon tax on investment income could be more fair and make it less profitable to pollute – a new analysis shows why

Taxing consumption that contributes to climate change hits the poor the hardest, while overlooking the huge profits tied to greenhouse gas emissions.

Jared Starr, Sustainability Scientist, UMass Amherst • conversation
Aug. 17, 2023 • ~8 min

A carbon tax on investment income could be more fair and quickly make it less profitable to pollute − here's why

Taxing consumption that contributes to climate change hits the poor the hardest, while overlooking the huge profits tied to greenhouse gas emissions.

Jared Starr, Sustainability Scientist, UMass Amherst • conversation
Aug. 17, 2023 • ~8 min

6 priorities could deliver energy breakthroughs at the Glasgow climate summit – there's progress on some already

Clean energy innovation, giving up coal, cutting methane and getting China and India on board for net-zero can deliver progress at COP26.

Morgan Bazilian, Professor of Public Policy and Director, Payne Institute, Colorado School of Mines • conversation
Nov. 2, 2021 • ~10 min

6 priorities could deliver energy breakthroughs at the Glasgow climate summit – there's progress on some of them already

Clean energy innovation, methane cuts and getting China and India on board for net-zero can deliver progress at COP26.

Morgan Bazilian, Professor of Public Policy and Director, Payne Institute, Colorado School of Mines • conversation
Nov. 2, 2021 • ~10 min

Why we need the opposite of a carbon tax to reduce emissions

Making the solutions cheaper – rather than the problems more expensive – could reduce emissions more fairly.

Sumedha Basu, PhD Candidate in Sustainability, University of Warwick • conversation
June 24, 2020 • ~7 min

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