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Dir. climate & power initiative @RockefellerFdn. Climate policy & finance. NYC via Dublin. Member, Irish Climate Change Advisory Council. Views personal.
Dec 7, 2018 27 tweets 9 min read
1. Thread:

Riots in France, 2nd rejection of carbon tax in Washington State, and u-turns in Germany and Ireland, all since Oct:

Are carbon taxes are dead, and we should look to plan B on climate?

My piece here: thetimes.co.uk/edition/irelan…

Or: josephcurtin.com/single-post/20… 2. Climate dumbassess have been lining up to dance on carbon pricing's grave.

@WSJ_Online ’s Ed Board were among the 1st to sound the death knell, arguing that nothing better reveals “the disconnect between ordinary voters and an aloof political class”: wsj.com/articles/the-g…