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Carbon Tax and Dividend Endorsed by Irish Prime Minister

by Jason Burke Murphy | Jan 30, 2019 | News

The Prime Minister of Ireland, Leo Varadkar, has just endorsed a carbon tax in which all funds go to a direct cash dividend.

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US: Prominent Republicans call for carbon tax and dividend

by Kate McFarland | Feb 11, 2017 | News

A group of prominent Republicans has released a proposal for a carbon tax and dividend as an alternative to the Obama administration’s regulation-based approach to mitigating climate change.

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VIDEO: Economist James Boyce on Basic Income, Carbon Tax and Dividend

by Kate McFarland | Jan 13, 2017 | News

James K. Boyce, Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, defends a universal basic income of $200 per month, funded in part by taxes or fees on carbon emissions and financial transactions.

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CALIFORNIA, US: State Legislature Recommends Carbon Tax and Dividend

by Kate McFarland | Aug 27, 2016 | News

On Tuesday, August 23, the California State Senate voted to approve a resolution calling on the United States Congress and President to enact a national carbon tax-and-dividend.

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INTERNATIONAL: Petition for a global carbon tax and dividend

by Karl Widerquist | Feb 15, 2014 | Research

An online petition calling for a referendum on a global carbon tax with a dividend (a form of basic income guarantee)...

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‘Liberate our imagination’: Taiwan holds first basic income march

by Tyler Prochazka | Dec 15, 2020 | Featured, News

Taiwan held its first-ever basic income march on Sunday, attracting over 100 participants to rally in front of Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan. Current and former legislators joined the march led by UBI Taiwan, calling for greater discussion of a youth dividend and guaranteeing the right to a basic livelihood for all Taiwanese.

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Europe: An EU citizens initiative for a Carbon Fee & Dividend is collecting signatures

by Andre Coelho | Jul 2, 2019 | News

An European Citizen’s Initiative on the application of a carbon tax-citizen’s dividend scheme has been accepted by the...

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US: California State Legislature to Consider Carbon Dividend

by Kate McFarland | May 6, 2017 | News

The proposed law would create a type of Basic Income funded by revenues of a carbon cap-and-trade program.

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ARTICLE: Jason Hickel on Why Basic Income is a Birthright

by Cameron McLeod | Apr 16, 2017 | News

In a recent article for The Guardian, Jason Hickel writes that “a basic income could defeat the scarcity mindset,...

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Conservative Carbon Dividend Proposal is a Welcome Development for Introduction of Partial Basic Income

by Michael Howard | Feb 11, 2017 | Opinion

The Climate Leadership Council just put forth a proposal for a carbon fee and dividend, as a key policy to combat...

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GOA, INDIA: Mining reform group releases Manifesto, calls for citizen’s dividend

by Kate McFarland | Nov 24, 2016 | News

The Goenchi Mati Movement advocates for the reform of mining practices in the Indian state of Goa. Among its proposals is the investment of all money from iron ore mining into a permanent fund, which would be used to finance a citizen’s dividend, similar to Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend.

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The Basic Income Podcast launched

by Kate McFarland | Aug 16, 2016 | News

This summer, Jim Pugh (cofounder of the Universal Income Project) and Owen Poindexter launched the first podcast exclusively about basic income, which bears the apt name “The Basic Income Podcast”.

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Basic Income, sustainable consumption and the ‘DeGrowth’ movement  

by Jason Burke Murphy | Aug 13, 2016 | News

The Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative conference is dedicated to interdisciplinary study of consumption and the ecological impact of that consumption. They take seriously the threat of climate change and posed strong questions about the ways that our consumption decisions are driven by corporate culture and social planning.

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Size of a Citizens’ Dividend from Carbon Fees, Implications for Growth

by Michael Howard | Sep 14, 2015 | Opinion

An emerging proposal for a carbon fee and dividend would yield a substantial dividend payment, eventually exceeding...

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