The European Union is planning to tax all airlines that travel to and from the 27 EU nations based on the amount of carbon emissions they produce.  The tax, to be collected beginning in 2013 for prior year emissions, will be calculated based on the length of each flight. The farther the airlines travel, the heftier the tax.

The European Union (EU) has announced plans to levy a tax on airline emissions for all planes landing and taking off from EU airports. This tax would be calculated not only based on mileage flown in EU airspace but also for the entire length of the flight (thus, Chinese and Japanese airlines would be taxed for an entire journey from Beijing or Tokyo).

The higher costs of production will translate to higher energy and product prices.

Cap and trade may be superior to command-and-control regulatory approaches, but it is not necessarily superior to other alternatives, such as a carbon tax.

A debate over policy responses to greenhouse gas emissions.

The conclusion of adebate over policy responses to greenhouse gas emissions.

A continuing debate over policy responses to greenhouse gas emissions.

President Obama’s all-of-the-above strategy isn’t a policy change, it’s just a lie.