Cap And Dividend

Copenhagen climate crash

Hot planet to Obama: What’s your Plan B? 6
Posted 2 days, 8 hours ago The planet just can't endure another year of inaction. Obama should travel to the Copenhagen climate conference in December and guarantee dramatic action from the U.S. in 2010 even if it means blowing everything up in Congress and starting over.
how will key senators vote on a climate bill?

Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) 2
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Sen. Bob Corker came out swinging against the climate bill that the House passed in June. Yet he understands that climate change is a problem and has called for legislation to address it. His preferred approach is a carbox tax.
Better study up on federal climate policy.

Cap-and-trade primer goes to Washington (DC) 0
Posted 5 months ago
We all know that the devil's in the details when it comes to legislation, and the American Clean Energy and Security Act, a.k.a. Waxman-Markey, is no exception.
A common person’s guide to the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 1
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
On May 21, following months of work, the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, a 946-page piece of climate legislation. There have been mixed reactions from environmental and climate groups, but most groups are in agreement that it needs to be strengthened going forward. Here's a summary analysis of the main features of the bill.
Dividend and conquer

To get support for a climate bill, offer cash back to Americans, argues Rep. Chris Van Hollen 5
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Rep. Chris Van Hollen thinks he's got the key to passing a climate bill this year: send every American a rebate.
A flawed strategy: Why environmental groups should not be chasing carbon dollars 4
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
The strategy of using carbon permit auctions to fund the green agenda is deeply mistaken, and it risks pushing serious action against climate change many more years into the future -- a delay we earthlings can ill afford.
Utility players

Beware utilities seeking free pollution permits 3
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago
America's electric utilities are waging a no-holds-barred campaign to get 40% of carbon emission permits allocated for free. Why aren't Obama and Congressional Democrats fighting back?
Would you pay $2,000 per ton for your carbon footprint?

Cap-and-rebate is more robust in the face of carbon high prices 0
Posted 8 months ago
The other day, I used the fanciful example of $50,000-utility bills to illustrate how cap-and-rebate schemes can inspire energy efficiency and conservation. The numbers were deliberately exaggerated, but they highlight one of the features of cap-and-rebate that I like: the robustness of the system in the face of higher carbon prices.
Gold that's put to use begets more gold

How cap-and-rebate brings about carbon reductions 0
Posted 8 months ago
Let's say I'm your utility, and I raise your energy prices so that, at present rate of consumption, your bill will rise to $50,000 per year. Pretend that energy here means everything: heating oil, electricity, natural gas, everything encompassed in a carbon cap. Then I hand you an annual rebate check for $50,000. You can do two things.
Sound and fury

How would rebating carbon revenue to taxpayers give anyone incentive to reduce emissions? 0
Posted 8 months, 1 week ago
CBO blind spot

Why it makes sense to use carbon revenue to fund efficiency programs 0
Posted 8 months, 1 week ago
Why does the CBO -- and most conventional economists -- not consider the option of using carbon revenue to fund efficiency and renewable energy?
Eat the rich or beat the poor

The choice of what to do with carbon revenue is a clear-cut issue of justice 0
Posted 8 months, 1 week ago
The debate around various climate policies sounds complex, but there's a simple way to understand it: follow the money. When we put a price on carbon emissions, we place value on something that used to be worthless. That means all the sudden there's a big new pot of money. The most important question facing policymakers is: who gets that money?
Climate policy can be fair to families all across the country 0
Posted 8 months, 1 week ago
Some perspective on tax-and-dividend and a better alternative 26
Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Van Hollen to introduce cap-and-dividend bill 2
Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Peter Barnes chats about cap-and-dividend 8
Posted 9 months, 2 weeks ago
There’s a reason Republicans stump for a carbon tax, and it ain’t to reduce emissions 37
Posted 9 months, 3 weeks ago
An open letter to the president and first lady from the nation’s top climate scientist 48
Posted 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Where will the money for public investment come from? 10
Posted 11 months ago
Attempting to un-vex the vexing subject of cap-and-dividend 9
Posted 11 months, 1 week ago