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Comeback Categories: Economics

The global response to the COVID-19 crisis shows us how the world could pull together and tackle the climate crisis.

No it doesn’t. World leaders came together and inflicted an emergency shutdown on the economy because the viral pandemic was...
15 Apr, 2020|
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“The burning of fossil fuels is destabilizing the very foundations of life on the planet.” (An actual quotation from a recent Canadian newspaper opinion piece.)

No, actually the burning of fossil fuels has radically improved the foundations of life on this planet. It has given...
08 Apr, 2020|
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Don't believe the naysayers: the transition to a low-carbon economy is an incredible economic opportunity and we need to embrace it now.

Great, then it will happen through private sector innovation and investment, the way all major technological transformations have happened. If...
06 Apr, 2020|
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The experts tell us that putting a price on carbon is the best way to tackle climate change.

Yes but they also say it's the only policy you should use. But no government is ever satisfied just with...
06 Apr, 2020|
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The low-carbon transition is one of the greatest economic opportunities of our generation and we need to make sure Canada is at the forefront of it.

Great, if it’s an economic opportunity then we don’t need to force it on people through big-government regulations, they’ll choose...
06 Apr, 2020|
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A new study shows that, if we don’t make deep carbon emission cuts, climate change could cost X city/region/country $Y billion/trillion/quillion/bazillion dollars by the end of the century.

Fill in the X and Y and this claim gets repeated ad nauseum around the world, based on glossy consultant...
06 Apr, 2020|
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