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Ultimate success for a carbon tax would mean so complete a shift to renewable energy that the tax would stop raising much revenue at all.
Timothy Noah

Meaning of "carbon tax" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CARBON TAX

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CARBON TAX

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WHAT DOES CARBON TAX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Carbon tax

A carbon tax is a tax levied on the carbon content of fuels. It is a form of carbon pricing. Carbon is present in every hydrocarbon fuel and is released as carbon dioxide when they are burnt. In contrast, non-combustion energy sources—wind, sunlight, hydropower, and nuclear—do not convert hydrocarbons to CO 2. CO 2 is a heat-trapping "greenhouse" gas. Scientists have pointed to the effects on the climate system of releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Since GHG emissions caused by the combustion of fossil fuels are closely related to the carbon content of the respective fuels, a tax on these emissions can be levied by taxing the carbon content of fossil fuels at any point in the product cycle of the fuel. Carbon taxes offer a potentially cost-effective means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. From an economic perspective, carbon taxes are a type of Pigovian tax. They help to address the problem of emitters of greenhouse gases not facing the full costs of their actions. Carbon taxes can be a regressive tax, in that they may directly or indirectly affect low-income groups disproportionately.

Definition of carbon tax in the English dictionary

The definition of carbon tax in the dictionary is a tax on the emissions caused by the burning of coal, gas, and oil, aimed at reducing the production of greenhouse gases.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CARBON TAX

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carbon disulphide
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carbon footprint
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carbon monoxide
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carbon paper
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carbon process
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carbon sequestration
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carbon tetrachloride
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WORDS THAT END LIKE CARBON TAX

advance corporation tax
capital gains tax
capitation tax
corporation tax
council tax
departure tax
excise tax
green tax
income tax
mainstream corporation tax
Pigouvian tax
profits tax
property tax
road tax
sales tax
sin tax
Tobin tax
transfer tax
value-added tax
wealth tax

Synonyms and antonyms of carbon tax in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «carbon tax» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CARBON TAX

Find out the translation of carbon tax to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of carbon tax from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «carbon tax» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

碳税
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

impuesto sobre el carbono
570 millions of speakers

English

carbon tax
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कार्बन टैक्स
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

ضريبة الكربون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

налог на выбросы углерода
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

imposto sobre o carbono
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কার্বন ট্যাক্স
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

taxe sur le carbone
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cukai karbon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kohlenstoffsteuer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

炭素税
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

탄소세
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pajak karbon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuế carbon
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கார்பன் வரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कार्बन कर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Karbon vergisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

carbon tax
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podatek węglowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

податок на викиди вуглецю
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

taxa pe carbon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φόρος διοξειδίου του άνθρακα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

koolstof belasting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

koldioxidskatt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

karbonskatt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of carbon tax

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about carbon tax

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3 QUOTES WITH «CARBON TAX»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word carbon tax.
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Campbell Newman
The carbon tax is the single biggest rolled gold example of Federal Labor not listening.
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Timothy Noah
Ultimate success for a carbon tax would mean so complete a shift to renewable energy that the tax would stop raising much revenue at all.
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Najib Razak
Anything to do with any new form of tax, like consumption tax in Japan, carbon tax in Australia, these are big issues that cannot be easily decided.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CARBON TAX»

Discover the use of carbon tax in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to carbon tax and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Case for a Carbon Tax: Getting Past Our Hang-ups to ...
Shi-Ling Hsu examines the four major approaches to curbing CO2: cap-and-trade; command and control regulation; government subsidies of alternative energy; and carbon taxes.
Shi-Ling Hsu, 2012
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Exploring a Carbon Tax for Australia
"Humphreys compares carbon trading with the alternative of a carbon tax and comes out strongly in favour of the latter. In his words, it is more efficient, effective, simple, flexible and transparent."--Provided by publisher.
John Humphreys, 2007
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The European Carbon Tax: An Economic Assessment: An Economic ...
This book provides answers to such questions. It analyses the effects of the European carbon tax on both a domestic and at an international level.
Carlo Carraro, Domenico Siniscalco, 1993
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The incidence of a U.S. carbon tax: a lifetime and regional ...
Our two measures of lifetime income are current consumption and adjusted or "lifetime" consumption. The use of the adjusted lifetime measure for consumption is intended to correct for long-run predictable swings in behavior.
Kevin A. Hassett, Aparna Mathur, Gilbert E. Metcalf, 2007
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The cost impacts of a carbon tax on U.S. manufacturing ...
This study, through an input-output analysis, estimates the impact of a carbon tax on the production cost of a full array of U.S. manufacturing industries.
Arthur Michael Wiese, Barbara Tierney, American Petroleum Institute, 1996
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Carbon Tax and Cap-and-Trade Tools: Market-based Approaches ...
This book consists of public documents which have been located, gathered, combined, reformatted, and enhanced with a subject index, selectively edited and bound to provide easy access.
Nelson E. Burney, 2010
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Cap and Trade: The Kyoto Protocol, Greenhouse Gas (GHG) ...
TheCapitol.Net. This point was illustrated in the PJM Study that I referenced earlier. As shown in that study, raising carbon prices alone has a limited impact on the dispatch of fossil fueled generation and therefore a limited impact on the level ...
TheCapitol.Net
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Environmental Taxes: An Introductory Analysis
In a sector procedure carbon tax relief is directed at all firms in some specified sector of the economy. In an energy intensity procedure the tax relief is directed towards firms having the highest energy intensity, computed as an approximation of ...
Kalle Määttä, 2006
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Carbon Taxes, the Greenhouse Effect, and Developing Countries
1 illustrates the impact of a US$ 10 carbon tax on fossil fuel prices, and on CQ,, S02, NOx and PM emissions for selected countries. The impact of the carbon tax on CC*,, S02, NOx and PM depends on the percentage increase in the end-user  ...
Anwar Shah, Bjorn Larsen, 1992
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An American Solution for Reducing Carbon Emissions, Averting ...
During the past government administration, many powerful voices urged the President to propose a Carbon Tax. The main idea was that by taxing the emission of carbon dioxide from a coal fired power, oil or gas power plant you would propel ...
Andre DuPont, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CARBON TAX»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term carbon tax is used in the context of the following news items.
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British Columbia's Carbon Tax and “Leakage” Into the US
In the U.S. debate over a carbon tax, one of the alleged smoking guns is the experience of British Columbia. The Canadian province ... «Canada Free Press, Jul 15»
2
Australia electric emissions rise after carbon tax ends
Australia instituted a carbon tax in 2012, but ended it last July after a push from conservative Prime Minister Tony Abbott. In its place, Abbott had ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
3
A Carbon Tax to Combat Global Warming is Getting a Fresh Look
It has been more than six years since lawmakers, business leaders and economists seriously discussed using a carbon tax or free-market ... «The Fiscal Times, Jul 15»
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Carbon Tax, Value Added Tax, Sales Tax -- and Puerto Rico
But dearest Chuck has a solution: a carbon tax! I thought the purpose of that was to save the planet, but there is an even nobler goal: feeding a ... «American Thinker, Jul 15»
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The climate one year on: exit carbon tax, enter brown coal
The climate one year on: exit carbon tax, enter brown coal. Date: July 5, 2015. 9 reading now; (29); Read later ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
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Don Cayo: BC's carbon tax is effective, but its potential is being eroded
VANCOUVER — Politically motivated tinkering with B.C.'s carbon tax has chipped away at some of its best features and may well begin to ... «Vancouver Sun, Jul 15»
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Is the Carbon Tax Dead?
A carbon tax that passed in 2012 cost Australia's Labour Party its parliamentary majority in 2013, and last year a triumphant Conservative Party ... «MIT Technology Review, Jul 15»
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Noosa Council undecided on returning carbon tax to ratepayers
Noosa Council has not decided whether it will return to ratepayers the carbon tax money it has received from the federal government after the ... «Brisbane Times, Jun 15»
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Carbon Tax a Plus for Mrs. Clinton?
A carbon tax is one of the Obama administration's few pieces of unfinished business, so Sen. Chuck “Schumer's Carbon Tax Prediction” if ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
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Why Big Oil Wants A Carbon Tax
Why Big Oil Wants A Carbon Tax. The U.S. shale boom may have helped reduce CO2 emissions. This gives big oil companies leverage to use ... «The Federalist, Jun 15»

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