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Policy Options for Addressing Carbon Tax Impacts to Households

Posted by on Monday, April 29, 2013 · Leave a Comment 

Carbon pricing remains the strongest option for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating climate change. But such a policy still faces serious political hurdles in part because of the perception that a carbon tax would most negatively impact the poor. Clayton Munnings and I address the potential of a carbon tax to actually be progressive in a new RFF issue brief. Read more here.

About Daniel F. Morris

Danny Morris is a Center Fellow in the Center for Climate and Electricity Policy at Resources for the Future. His research spans a wide array of issues related to climate and energy policy, including carbon pricing design, domestic adaptation, international climate regimes, and natural system mitigation. He is also RFF's resident expert in the development and cultivation of haiku poetry.

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