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Posted: Apr 30, 2008 12:42am | comment (0) | discuss () | permalink    
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Alert: Ancient Tazmanian Forest Destruction!  
Focus:Environment
Action Request:Petition
Location:United Kingdom
     Tazmania is clearfelling its native, old-growth forests at an
     astonishing rate and this continued destruction is affecting so
     much as a result. The true story of Tazmania's logging Industry
     is both devistating and unbelievable! Protected species are NOT
     being protected as forests are totally eradicated; complete
     felling of the area followed by the dropping of napalm means no
     life can continue to survive. The Government is
     allowing this, both through political corruption and continued
     funding (bribery) by the logging Industries, to happen.

     Take Action now and help...

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/clearfellingdestruction-of-tazmanian-old-growth-forests
 


     To read more about the Clearfelling of Tazmania's Ancient Forests: 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml;jsessionid=OSZYZIUXYN1 BPQFIQMFSFGGAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/earth/2007/06/28/eatas128.xml

 
Posted: Dec 24, 2007 3:29am | comment (0) | discuss () | permalink    
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Blog: Green Tax Shift  
A Green Tax Shift is a way to address global warming, create jobs, save the environment, strengthen our economy and reduce our dependence on middle eastern oil, all at the same time. For greenhouse emissions, it could involve reducing income tax for low income earners and increasing the tax on coal (=electricity), oil, gas, beef, milk and cement. The increase in tax on each product would depend on the amount of greenhouse emissions from it. The decrease in income tax would be set so that government revenue was unchanged. Income tax at the low end would be the best option for the decrease because it would result in the least change in the distribution of wealth and would create more jobs. Petrol will not bear the brunt of the price increases because it causes only a small fraction of our greenhouse emissions.

This method of reducing greenhouse emissions is preferred by economists. If you consider the negative impacts of global warming to have real economic value (ie, would people pay to get rid of them?) then it will actually strengthen the economy. This is because not charging companies for the right to pollute is effectively subsidising pollution.

A green tax shift is better than carbon trading because society is effectively renting out the right to pollute, rather than giving the rights away for free. It allows you to reduce other taxes to offset the increase in the price of petrol etc, rather than just having an increase in price with the extra money going to oil companies. It is also the more moral choice, because the right to clean air should rest first and foremost with the public, rather than the right to pollute resting with companies.

A Green Tax Shift is more flexible, as the taxes can be adjusted as is necessary or as more information about global warming becomes available. Overtaxing slightly will not harm the economy as it will just be an alternative form of revenue raising. Carbon trading may require governments to buy back emissions rights at hugely inflated prices (= profits for greenhouse emitters). Or, as is currently the case, the emissions rights may become worthless due to minor adjustments made by industry that have a big impact on effiency, or other changes that limit industrial activity in participating countries.

A Green Tax Shift does not require international agreements because it does not place a country at a competitive disadvantage.

Green Tax Shift

Read the statement of economic consensus:

http://www.care2.com/c2c/groups/disc.html?gpp=6314&pst=563066

sign the petition:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/882018862

A follow-up share:

http://www.care2.com/c2c/share/detail/175160

 
Posted: Aug 23, 2006 5:40pm | comment (8) | discuss () | permalink    
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