Items tagged with climate change:

News & Updates:

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  President Trump likely to sign executive order banning Chinese telecom equipment
  With love hopes for federal emissions standards, States have led the initiative to set climate goals; Through an executive order, President Trump looks to ban Chinese telecom equipment; In light of an approaching March 1st deadline, US businesses are pushing for a resolution between US and China; The number of Americans applying for jobless claims retreat from an almost two year high.
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  Actually, the United States already has a carbon tax
  In a discussion on carbon tax legislation, or lack thereof, Penn Law Professor Cary Coglianese examines the covert ways in which climate change has actually incurred an unfair and often disparate charge on US citizens due to events such as property damage from natural disasters and depreciating air quality following mass fires. 
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  Will the Poland Climate Talks Lead to Action — or More Talk?
  In a discussion on the the Poland Climate Talks, Wharton Professor Eric W. Orts reflects on the need to establish carbon pricing policies to help businesses better anticipate and consider “externalities” in their investments. However, Orts claims that our current economic system does not take into account the externality of carbon and its equivalence being put into the atmosphere.
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  Federal Reserve raise interests rates
  Senators introduce a bipartisan carbon pricing bill; Federal judge strike down a Trump administration policy that prevented asylum seeker fleeing domestic violence or gang violence from entering the country; Jobless claims rise less than expected; Feds increase interest rates for the fourth time this year. 
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  Disputes around border wall funding, push government closer to shutdown
  As we approach Saturday evening, seven federal spending bills are the expire and slim chances remain of replacements in light of border wall disputes; Following a Texas Judge ruling that found the ACA as unconstitutional, critics rise from both parties; 24th annual summit of the Conference of Parties negotiating international climate change initiatives concludes in Poland; Homebuilder sentiments fall in December.