T-Charge: New London traffic charge comes into force

New "old diesel" charge in London
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41695116

and from Sky
The idea explained
http://news.sky.com/story/t-charge-all-you-need-to-know-about-londons-new-anti-pollution-measure-11094729
and
http://news.sky.com/story/drivers-of-the-most-polluting-vehicles-face-2150-charge-to-enter-centre-of-london-11094609
and
http://news.sky.com/story/london-t-charge-for-most-polluting-vehicles-will-cost-taxpayers-7m-says-sadiq-khan-11094764


and this collection from tutor2u
https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/10-t-charge-comes-into-force-in-london?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Tue%2024th%20October%202017&utm_content=Economics%20daily%20digest%20Tue%2024th%20October%202017+CID_3393acd384d6e9550d3d98a7ed433d37&utm_source=CampMonitor&utm_term=10%20T-Charge%20Comes%20into%20Force%20in%20London%20As%20of%20today%20a%20new%2010%20daily%20charge%20has%20come%20into%20force%20for%20older%20more%20toxic%20vehicles%20that%20drive%20into%20central%20London

Carbon Tax – Pros and Cons

Thanks to economicshelp
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/2207/economics/carbon-tax-pros-and-cons/

Unit 1: Australia launches a carbon tax

Thanks to tutor2u for this post with links to 2 further BBC stories

http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/economics/comments/unit-1-micro-australia-launches-carbon-tax

and from Aljazeera

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k21F2V2An8M


a) Discuss the pros and cons of introducing a carbon tax to reduce the failings of the free market

Unit 1: Should we tax carbon?

Great collection of videos from tutor2u on the topic

http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/economics/comments/unit-3-micro-video-resources-on-carbon-taxation

a) Using a diagram, explain how a tax on carbon would reduce the market failure
b) Using information from the video and what we've covered in the lesson, comment on how likely such a tax is likely to be in reducing the market failure