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Comparing carbon pricing policies One issue is how carbon pricing policies outside Europe can be compared with the EU’s in order to work out whether the levy should apply or not. Unlike Europe, the US has no harmonised price on carbon because it chose not to implement an emissions trading scheme at federal level. “We do have substantial and rigorous investments and regulatory programmes, but those are somewhat harder to compare and contrast,” Pershing said. From the start, the European scheme will need to apply to every country that imports goods into the EU in order to be compatible wi...

We Europeans take water for granted. Barring the occasional ban on using hosepipes during heatwaves, we use as much water as we like, when we like. It won’t be like that for much longer. Climate change has already forced many cities in Europe to drill even deeper for groundwater. Within the next decade, Europeans are likely to face the twin dilemmas of either too much or not enough water, as both droughts and floods become more frequent and extreme. As with other precious commodities, the question of access to this water will become intensely political. By and large, policymakers are yet to...

POLITICO Biden contemplates a climate deal with the ‘Trump of the tropics’ Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is a climate-scoffing populist whose allies are hacking away at the Amazon, the rainforest that sucks up vast amounts of the world's carbon pollution. Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro. | AP Photo/Eraldo Peres Link Copied Much of President Joe Biden’s ambitions to save the planet comes down to a delicate dance: Can he cut a deal with the Brazilian leader whose allies are slashing and burning the Amazon? Biden may have little choice but to try — despite warnings from U.S. allie...

Biden is pledging steep carbon cuts – but isn’t explaining how he got there POLITICO 4/29/2021 By Zack Colman © Andrew Harnik/AP Photo President Joe Biden sits in the Oval Office of the White House. White House officials have said the ambitious target to reduce U.S. emissions of planet-heating gases by 50-52 percent by 2030 was built on a rigorous analysis that laid out the pathways to success. But nearly a week later, no one outside the administration seems to have seen it. Several Republican, Democratic and committee offices on Capitol Hill told POLITICO they had no...

Published: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Photo credit: Cameron Smith/White House/Newscom President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the White House last month. Biden will address both chambers of Congress tonight as Harris makes history as the first female vice president to attend a joint speech. Cameron Smith/White House/Newscom President Biden is expected to use his first congressional address tonight to tout how the first 100 days of his administration have yielded the most ambitious climate policy of any U.S. president. But much of it...