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CO2 Enrichment Improves Plant Water Use Efficiency

by Craig D. Idso

This article is the third in a series. You can read the first post here. and the second one here.“Gratefully, nature does not have to wait another century or so for the air’s CO2 concentration to double before reaping benefits from enhanced water use efficiency. It has already begun to profit in this regard from the approximate 50% increase in atmospheric CO2 that has occurred since the Industrial Revolution began.”In my last article I wrote about increased plant productivity … [Read more...]

Dated: May 24, 2022

Tagged With: carbon, carbon tax, Water
Filed Under: Bridging Humanity and the Environment, Climate & Energy, Climate Change and Insurance Industry, Climate Change and Insurance Industry, Climate Consensus, Climate Policy, Economics, Poverty & Development, Energy Options, Energy Policy, Environmental Subjects

Indiana Economists Endorse ‘Carbon Tax’ — But Should They?

by E. Calvin Beisner

Fifty Indiana economists advise bad science and bad economics.Recently, 50 Indiana economists issued a public letter to their state’s legislature endorsing a “carbon tax” as an economically wise way to curb global warming by reducing carbon dioxide emissions.The fundamental premise of taxing CO2 emissions is that they cause more harm than good (and thus are what economists call a “negative externality” — a cost of doing business not borne by a firm but foisted off onto others … [Read more...]

Dated: May 21, 2021

Tagged With: Carbon Dioxide, carbon tax, CO2, Indiana, Plant Growth
Filed Under: Bridging Humanity and the Environment, Climate & Energy, Environmental Subjects, Featured

Indiana Economists Endorse “Carbon Tax”—But Should They?

by E. Calvin Beisner

Recently fifty Indiana economists issued a public letter to their state's legislature endorsing a "carbon tax" as an economically wise way to curb global warming by reducing carbon dioxide emissions.The fundamental premise of taxing CO2 emissions is that they cause more harm than good (and thus are what economists call a “negative externality”—a cost of doing business not borne by a firm but foisted off onto others—the typical case with pollution).Economists are right to say that taxing negative … [Read more...]

Dated: March 4, 2021

Tagged With: carbon tax
Filed Under: Bridging Humanity and the Environment, Climate Policy, Energy Policy, Environmental Economics, Featured, Legislation

What’s the ‘Most Important Figure You’ve Never Heard of’?

by E. Calvin Beisner

Get ready. You’re about to meet “the most important figure you’ve never heard of.”SCC.No, not SEC—Securities and Exchange Commission. (And you sports fans thought that was Southeastern Conference!)SCC stands for “social cost of carbon.” Which should prompt you immediately to ask two questions: “What’s that?” and “What’s that?”Okay, that’s one question. But you need to ask it twice.The first time, you want to know what it means. The answer, according to Wikipedia, is (take a deep breath) “the … [Read more...]

Dated: June 10, 2020

Tagged With: carbon tax, social cost of carbon
Filed Under: Bridging Humanity and the Environment, Climate Policy, Energy Policy, Environmental Economics

What’s Wrong with a Carbon Tax?

by Tracy C. Miller

The old joke is that if you put all the world’s economists end to end they still wouldn’t reach a conclusion. That’s another way of saying that economists routinely disagree with each other—often completely.Nonetheless, much of the public and many journalists treat a recommendation from a group of economists like the word from Mt. Sinai—as long as they agree with it.That kind of response was widespread when, as the Wall Street Journal recently reported, a group of economists signed a … [Read more...]

Dated: March 7, 2019

Tagged With: Carbon Dioxide, carbon tax, CO2, Environment, Government, Wall Street Journal
Filed Under: Bridging Humanity and the Environment, Climate & Energy, Politics & Law

The Curbelo Carbon Tax as Wealth Redistribution

by Benjamin Zycher

No matter how you look at it, the Florida Republican’s new proposal is bad policy. Environmental policy as a tool of wealth redistribution is nothing new. The latest example is a proposal for a greenhouse-gas (GHG) tax just introduced by Representative Carlos Curbelo (R., Fla.). Curbelo’s tax would start at $24 per metric ton of GHG emissions, growing 2 percent per year above inflation and an additional $2 per ton every two years if emission-reduction goals are not met. Those goals rise … [Read more...]

Dated: July 28, 2018

Tagged With: carbon tax, Economics, Environment, Federal Highways, Florida, Greenhouse Gas, Greenhouse Gas Tax, Politics, Pork, Regulation
Filed Under: Bridging Humanity and the Environment, Politics & Law

A Humorous and Devastating Critique of Green Economics

by E. Calvin Beisner

Just a brief note to recommend the reading of Tim Worstall's Chasing Rainbows: How the Green Agenda Defeats Its Aims. For fullest enjoyment, understand from the start that you must imagine its whole text being said aloud by an Englishman in a tone riddled with sarcasm. Think of Fawlty Towers or some such. Worstall, a Fellow of the Adam Smith Institute, is an economist and businessman. His "Introduction" actually teaches some basic economic principles, such as comparative advantage and the … [Read more...]

Dated: June 20, 2018

Tagged With: carbon cap-and-trade, carbon tax, cost/benefit analysis, environmental economics, recycling, Tim Worstall
Filed Under: Bridging Humanity and the Environment, Energy Policy

What’s Wrong with a “Carbon” Tax?

by E. Calvin Beisner

James Baker, chief of staff to Ronald Reagan and secretary of state under George H.W. Bush, and George Schultz, secretary of state under Reagan, have endorsed a "carbon" tax plan that is just plain wrong from the git-go. Stephen Moore explains why in "The Carbon-Tax Scam," but here's the gist: Even if it succeeded in ending all United States carbon-dioxide emissions (and it's only designed to reduce, not end, them), it would fail to accomplish the end used as its justification: … [Read more...]

Dated: February 14, 2017

Tagged With: carbon tax, George W. Schultz, income redistribution, James A. Baker, Ronald Reagan, socialism, Stephen Moore
Filed Under: Bridging Humanity and the Environment, Climate & Energy, Climate Policy, Energy Policy

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June 18-21, 2025–Dallas, TX

Cornwall Alliance will be a host of the Association of Classical Christian Schools’ (ACCS) annual Repairing the Ruins conference in Dallas, TX, and will have an exhibit booth.

Details and registration can be found HERE.

September 19-20–Arlington, VA

Dr Beisner will represent the Cornwall Alliance at the fall meeting of the Philadelphia Society and will have a literature table.

Attendance is for Society members and invited guests only. To inquire about an invitation, email Dr. Cal Beisner: Calvin@cornwallalliance.org.

September 26-27– Lynchburg, VA

Dr. Beisner will be speaking at the Christian Education Initiative Annual Summit, “Advancing Christ’s Kingdom Through Biblical Worldview Education.” 

Details and registration can be found HERE.

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