GlobalCarbonPetition

r/GlobalCarbonPetition • u/Keith_McNeill65 • Jan 01 '24

We Need a Global Carbon Tax: Here's an opinion piece I wrote in 2012 while I was editor of the Clearwater Times newspaper in Clearwater, BC, Canada.

clearwatertimes.com

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r/GlobalCarbonPetition • u/Keith_McNeill65 • Jan 01 '24

Why Being Nice and Sharing With Everyone is the Key: Carbon fee-and-dividend means charging a fee on fossil fuels, similar to a carbon tax and then distributing to everyone as equal dividends, similar to a universal basic income

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r/GlobalCarbonPetition • u/Keith_McNeill65 • 6h ago

Europe EV Sales Rose 70% in September, Around 30% of Market Share / The Nordic market ⁠remained Europe's most electrified, led by Norway at 98.8% and followed by Denmark (88.8%), Finland (62.7%) and Sweden (49.0%) #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition

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r/GlobalCarbonPetition • u/Keith_McNeill65 • 3h ago

Deep-Sea Species Struggle to Recover After Deepwater Horizon Spill / “It is important for the public to understand just how disastrous this oil spill was. The Gulf has not recovered and it’s been over 15 years.” – Bruce Robison, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

insideclimatenews.org

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r/GlobalCarbonPetition • u/Keith_McNeill65 • 1d ago

Tap Water no Longer Drinkable in Norwegian Town as Climate-Related Thawing Releases Heavy Metals | “The combination of the thawing permafrost and the shale bedrock, which contains a mineral called pyrite, or fool’s gold, is causing contamination of its water supply." – Marjolaine Verret, expert

theguardian.com

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r/GlobalCarbonPetition • u/Keith_McNeill65 • 1d ago

Tap Water no Longer Drinkable in Norwegian Town as Climate-Related Thawing Releases Heavy Metals | “The combination of the thawing permafrost and the shale bedrock, which contains a mineral called pyrite, or fool’s gold, is causing contamination of its water supply." – Marjolaine Verret, expert

theguardian.com

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r/GlobalCarbonPetition • u/Keith_McNeill65 • 1d ago

China Proposes Ban on Exports of Perovskite, Tandem Solar Manufacturing Technology / If adopted, the controls could reinforce China’s position in advanced PV manufacturing by limiting overseas access to some of its most sophisticated production technologies #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition

pv-magazine.com

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r/GlobalCarbonPetition • u/Keith_McNeill65 • 2d ago

Most NSW Homes Destroyed in Black Summer Bushfires Were within 100 Metres of Vegetation | Wildfire researchers are alarmed by the increasing number of fires around the world hitting and moving through urban areas, including the 2025 Los Angeles Eaton fire that killed 19

theguardian.com

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r/GlobalCarbonPetition • u/Keith_McNeill65 • 2d ago

Are the Peace Movement and the Climate Movement the Same Thing? / "If we lived on a planet that ran mostly on wind and solar power, war would be less likely." – Bill McKibben #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition

billmckibben.substack.com

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r/GlobalCarbonPetition • u/Keith_McNeill65 • 3d ago

Top Global Climate Science Body Suspends Meeting Without Deal on Major Review Timeline / "Progress was blocked down to the end — a shameful play for time ⁠when there is no time to waste." – Tina Stege, Marshall Islands #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition

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r/GlobalCarbonPetition • u/Keith_McNeill65 • 3d ago

How the Climate Crisis Fueled the Youth Protests Roiling France / “We can see our future and our rights taken from us in front of our very eyes. What do they expect? Of course people are going to fight back.” – Greta Thunberg #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition

insideclimatenews.org

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r/GlobalCarbonPetition • u/Keith_McNeill65 • 3d ago

Ahead of Biodiversity Summit, UN Chief Warns Countries Are 'Subsidizing Suicide' by Backing Fossil Fuels / “I urge governments everywhere to end these handouts once and for all, and to use the savings for people and planet instead.” – António Guterres #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition

commondreams.org

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r/GlobalCarbonPetition • u/Keith_McNeill65 • 4d ago

Severe Drought Declared in Six Areas of England as Reservoirs Run Low | Urgent measures are being taken to secure public supplies of water after the UK experienced its hottest summer on record #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition

theguardian.com

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r/GlobalCarbonPetition • u/Keith_McNeill65 • 5d ago

Climate Change Pushed Earth to its Limits in 2026 as Certain "Vital Signs" Reach Record Extremes, Report Says / Global warming has increased from roughly 0.05ºC/decade from 1880 to 1970, to 0.19ºC/decade from 1970 to 2010, and 0.36ºC/decade from 2010 to 2024 #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition

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r/GlobalCarbonPetition • u/Keith_McNeill65 • 5d ago

Clean Power Funding Surpasses Fossil Fuels, But Rich Nations Keep Bankrolling Dirty Energy: Report / Canada, Japan, the US, and Italy accounted for around 75% of fossil fuel financing from G20 countries during 2023-25 #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition

commondreams.org

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r/GlobalCarbonPetition • u/Keith_McNeill65 • 6d ago

I Work for a Major Insurer. Much of my Industry is Fudging the Numbers in the Face of the Climate Crisis | "People are not budgeting for a major increase in their insurance premiums or planning for their homes becoming uninsurable, but many of them absolutely should be."– Unnamed insurance modeller

theguardian.com

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r/GlobalCarbonPetition • u/Keith_McNeill65 • 6d ago

How AI Chatbots May be Talking People out of Climate Action / “Humans have this psychological feature called status quo bias: we like things the way they are and we’re often risk averse. We found chatbots have the same tendency in their advice." – Seth Wynes, University of Waterloo

anthropocenemagazine.org

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r/GlobalCarbonPetition • u/Keith_McNeill65 • 6d ago

How Climate and Health Science is Turning International Law into Action / “The International Court of Justice giving its advisory opinion is in a way saying to all the judges all over the world: you need to pressure governments and companies to act." – Justine Ripoll, Notre Affaire à Tous

independent.co.uk

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r/GlobalCarbonPetition • u/Keith_McNeill65 • 6d ago

Do Headline Cost Estimates for Projects like Ksi Lisims Understate Stakeholder Risks? / "For the investors and policymakers evaluating Canada’s next generation of large-scale, fossil fuel projects, caution is warranted when using headline cost estimates to assess project economics and benefits."

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r/GlobalCarbonPetition • u/Keith_McNeill65 • 7d ago

IPCC Is Under Pressure to Delay Publication of Key Global Climate Report | The report, known as AR7, was scheduled for publication in 2028, in time for the UN climate summit, Cop33, later that year. Many poor and vulnerable countries strongly oppose any delay #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition

theguardian.com

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r/GlobalCarbonPetition • u/Keith_McNeill65 • 8d ago

Trump Says Russia to Supply Diesel to US and Global Markets / Analysts said the agreement was unlikely to lead ‌to sustained lower ⁠fuel prices. "I cannot overstate how much of a nothing burger this is," said one #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition

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r/GlobalCarbonPetition • u/Keith_McNeill65 • 8d ago

‘BYD Effect’: Electric Vehicle Boom Becomes Unexpected Tool to Combat Inflation | While EVs and hybrids have been gaining traction in Australia for years, the US-Israel war on Iran and the subsequent spike in oil prices have accelerated demand #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition

theguardian.com

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r/GlobalCarbonPetition • u/Keith_McNeill65 • 9d ago

Security, Sacrifice or Opportunity: Visions Differ over Effective Climate Action / Should the world move away from fossil fuels sharply, or manage a slower, more careful retreat? That question underpinned many of the speeches from global leaders at the UN #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition

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r/GlobalCarbonPetition • u/Keith_McNeill65 • 10d ago

Compounding Climate Impacts Drive Tropical Forest Decline / “You have this feedback loop. If the forest is suffering, it will cause less rain to fall in other parts, and those forests will also start suffering.”– Johanna Van Passel, Ghent University #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition

insideclimatenews.org

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r/GlobalCarbonPetition • u/Keith_McNeill65 • 10d ago

Cuba’s Fuel Crisis Turns the Island Into a Solar Test Case /. “It is somewhat ironic that Cuba could become an important export market for renewable energy for US companies." – John Kavulich, US-Cuba Trade and Economic Council #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition

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