Trevor Tombe (trevortombe): Why raising capital gains taxes makes sense—yes, really

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This comes on top of $6 billion in DOE grants for industrial decarbonization on Monday, making it $10 billion of public funding in clean industries and manufacturing in the US, supporting over $30 billion in total investment.

'Carbon pricing is right not just because it’s the moral thing, but because it’s the smart, serious thing. That needs to be the message,' writes Trevor Melanson and Mark Zacharias.

Our new op-ed👇
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Minister Anita Anand outlines government buy clean strategy at launch of Building on Success: Implementing Effective Buy Clean Policies - Aluminum Association BlueGreen Alliance Canadian Steel Producers Association (CSPA) Cement Association of Canada Clean Energy Canada FPAC Infrastructure Lab EllisDon Arup Global Public Affairs

Thank you to Anita Anand, President of the Treasury Board for joining our event to mark the launch of the Buy Clean Industry Alliance's latest report Building Success: Implementing Effective Buy Clean Policies bit.ly/4a36VQk.

Green procurement is a key part of building a resilient economy - and that’s what the Buy Clean Strategy is all about!

Clean Energy Canada launched their #BuyClean report and hosted a discussion with #GreeningGovt champions on how Canada can continue to lead the green transition.

JUST PUBLISHED: Independent study number 56 on hydrogen for heating concludes

'Direct hydrogen heating is not competitive even under favorable technology conditions.'

Paper by Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK in Cell Cell Press Sustainability cell.com/one-earth/full…

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Just left the grocery store and I have a take: There are too many kinds of apples now. Not saying we should go back to just RED but the number of options is confusing. Around 5 types of apples is enough.

Working on something new... Trying to understand the potential audiences for different broad approaches to policy/politics... stay tuned.

I used to be very into this stuff, all this tweaking & nudging to change beliefs & behaviors. But the science has been pretty clear that almost none of it works, certainly at any scale.

My conclusion: change policy, change infrastructure, behaviors & beliefs will follow.

EVs slash energy demand!

Say a country burned equivalent of 1,000 TWh of gasoline for road transport.

Do you need 1,000 TWh of electricity to replace gasoline cars with electric ones? Nope!

You might need as little as 224 TWh. Four to five times less.
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Because I'm aggravated I'm working on a Saturday. Inspired by climateinstitute.ca/wp-content/upl…

Swedish firm H2 Green Steel secures down $7B in equity and debt to build world's first large-scale green steel facility, aiming for operations by end of 2025/beginning of 2026 canarymedia.com/articles/clean…

NEW TCB REPORT

Strengthening & cooperating on green public procurement policies in 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 & 🇩🇪 could place us on a fast track to achieving global climate targets. Experts from adelphi 🌐, Clean Energy Canada & American Progress explain how here 👇

Just an absolute pleasure working with Ollie Sheldrick Mary Hellmich (she/her), Jana Elbrecht, and Rachel Chang on this joint report on #BuyClean . Long story short... great progress is being made and there's huge opportunity for global collaboration!

NEW report out from Clean Energy Canada, adelphi 🌐, and American Progress senior fellow Mike Williams & policy analyst Rachel Chang, on the implementation of 'Buy Clean' policies in the U.S., Canada, & Germany:

It was a privilege to collaborate with Mike Williams
at CAP Energy Policy and Mary Hellmich (she/her) at Transatlantic Climate Bridge on this report. Harmonizing our approaches to Buy Clean polices with key trading partners will unlock even greater benefits.

A net-zero economy by 2050 requires meaningful investment in the 2020s.

Read our full report to see the next steps for Canada, the U.S., and Germany 👇 cleanenergycanada.org/report/a-green… #cdnpoli #uspoli #emissions #energytransition #economy #IndustryNews #IndustryInsights

For those with a Hill Times account, this is an important read #BuyClean #netzero #cndpoli
hilltimes.com/story/2023/12/… via @thehilltimes

🇨🇦 Federal leadership will reduce Canada’s emissions, but 'meeting the scale of the climate challenge means rowing together as a country—every province, political party, community, and industry.'

Our statement on Canada's emissions progress report ⬇️ cleanenergycanada.org/canadas-first-…