climatepolicyinitiative.org
United States « United States
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Mission & History. Mission & History. In the U.S., a low-carbon energy system is within reach. Technology is progressing quickly and the cost of some renewables has plummeted. CPI analysis shows that changes to business, regulation, and finance models can reduce the cost of the transition. News & Events. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has engaged CPI to review and analyze a set of potential options for the future of large-scale renewable energy, to support New York...
kegel.com
Local Climate Tax Cuts
http://www.kegel.com/climate/carbontax
Local Climate Tax Cuts (aka Revenue Neutral Carbon Taxes). At the risk of stating the obvious: a carbon tax is a Pigovian Tax. Ie a tax on bad things, meant to expose otherwise hidden costs to efficiently motivate rational consumers to consume fewer of the bad things - without imposing any cumbersome regulations. Raising taxes is difficult if not impossible in today's world. To get around this problem, British Columbia managed to create a carbon tax. That did not raise taxes. Where Carbon Is Taxed. Perha...
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