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Climate activists join anti-capitalists in Canary Wharf's biggest protest | Environment | guardian.co.uk

One of London's key financial districts saw its biggest ever protest on Friday as an estimated 200 people occupied Canary Wharf to protest against public spending cuts and lack of action against climate change.

Among the protesters were pensioners, children, people with disabilities, a brass band, musicians and a range of groups including Fuel Poverty Action, Disabled People Against Cuts, the Greater London Pensioners Association, No Dash for Gas and UK Uncut.

Baucus: Interest in carbon tax is ‘creeping up’ | The Daily Caller

Michigan Republican Rep. Dave Camp, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said, “I don’t support a carbon tax.”

“It is not going to come from the Republicans,” said Michigan Republican Rep. Fred Upton, who is chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee. “We are going to do our very best to make sure that this is not a mole that pops up again.”
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“It’s not just energy prices that would skyrocket from a carbon tax. The cost of nearly everything built in America would go up,” said Louisiana Republican Sen. David Vitter. “Let’s not lose sight of how big of a dud cap and trade was in 2009, or as it came to be known, cap and tax. This is really no different.”

“The carbon tax is a bad idea,” said Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers, adding that manufacturing output could tumble 15 percent if a carbon tax were to be imposed.