Put a price on carbon now!

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2020-05-07
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Singer, Peter
Mintz-Woo, Kian
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Project Syndicate
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Before the COVID-19 pandemic and the accompanying fall in oil prices, a carbon price would have been immediately painful for the countries that imposed it, but far better for everyone over the longer term. In this unprecedented moment, introducing a carbon price would be beneficial both now and for the future.
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Carbon price , Carbon pricing , Bioethics , COVID-19 , Carbon taxes
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Singer, P. and Mintz-Woo, K. (2020) 'Put a Price on Carbon Now!', Project Syndicate, 7 May. available at: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/low-oil-prices-ideal-time-for-carbon-tax-by-peter-singer-and-kian-mintz-woo-2020-05
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