• Climate Change

The EU Contemplates A Carbon Tax At the Border, Spain Is Latest to Declare Climate Emergency

• border tax
• carbon border tax
• carbon tax
• European Union
• Paris Agreement

The European Union is seriously considering imposing a carbon border tax on items it imports from countries that do not meet climate goals, and the U.S. is apparently pushing back arguing that this would hurt U.S. businesses and jeopardize a purported U.S.-E.U. trade deal.

Why This Matters:  It may not matter that the U.S. is withdrawing from the Paris Agreement because the rest of the world is going to make the U.S. comply with it one way or another.

• Politics

Green Wave Fuels Gains Across Europe In EU Parliament

• EU
• European Union
• Green Party
• Greens

The European Parliamentary elections last Sunday yielded an increase from 52 to 71 seats for Green Party members, reflecting an overall trend that Europeans are growing increasingly concerned about the climate crisis, and making them the fourth largest voting block.