carbon tax

noun

1. a tax on the emissions caused by the burning of coal, gas, and oil, aimed at reducing the production of greenhouse gases

Example Sentences

I’m still not permitted to name the Biden-Obama official who visited the Journal and privately lamented his party’s turn toward green pork and away from a carbon tax.

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But an equally insidious carbon tax has been quietly advancing in county courthouses across the U.S. in the form of climate lawfare targeted almost exclusively at American industry.

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“Essentially the tort liability is an indirect carbon tax,” Mr. Bookbinder said.

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“You sue an oil company. An oil company is liable. The oil company then passes that liability on to the people who are buying its products. . . . I would prefer an actual carbon tax, but if we can’t get one of those—and I don’t think anyone on this panel would agree that Congress is likely to take on climate change anytime soon so this is a rather, you know, somewhat convoluted way to achieve the goals of a carbon tax.”

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Appeared in the October 29, 2025, print edition as 'The Supreme Court Can Stop an Unconstitutional Carbon Tax'.

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