Carbon Tax

tax on energy sources which emit Carbon Dioxide

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_tax

Energy Policy attempt to mitigate Climate Change

one example: Gas Tax

Sam Penrose's bookmarks on Carbon Accounting (cf Energy Accounting): https://pinboard.in/u:sampenrose/t:carbonaccounting/

• Sam also suggested reading David Roberts, such as http://grist.org/climate-energy/ten-reasons-a-carbon-tax-is-trickier-than-you-think/